The Internet as an effective replacement for textbooks in

schools

Introduction to Web TechnologiesACM10103whiteapples

Michael CiarloBrenton Sherwell

Yassir Mostafa

Textbooks are better!

- No Internet links or webpage's- Doesn’t rely on an easily interrupted Internet connection- Easy to use- No confusion as to how to access the information- All in one place- Minimal distractions

-Not eBooks

- Not iPads

- Solid physical books

- Annotate how you want to

- Reliable

- Environmentally friendly (in some aspects) - No batteries!

Your local/school library has a wide variety of creditable information on

many different subjects. The internet may have useful information, but you

can never be assured that the research conducted is accurate.

Modern books, post cave paintings, are online...

TextBooks V’s Laptops

$150 yr 7 Maths book$120 yr 7 English book$100 yr7 Science book$100 yr7 History book$100 yr7 Geography book$150 yr8 Maths bookEtc...

$999 yr7 computer$29 memory stick$10 electricity yearly

• Forced to research credibility

• Multitude of resources available

• Variety of explanations

• Challenging “Why”

• Spoon fed information• Only gathering

information from one source

• Only text books way of explaining

• Just reciting what was read

• Having to accept it as truth without further investigation

Distractions (msn/facebook/youtube)

Improved spelling, reading and grammatical abilities.

Improved self directed learning and self motivation

• Available 24/7• Can’t “forget” the internet at

home.• Dog can’t eat it• Can’t be vandalized so its

unreadable• Don’t need to organize re-selling at

the end of the year• No damaged spines from lugging

kgs of books to and from school every day

Other benefits of the internet are...

Summary

• Great teaching aid• Will never replace textbooks in my opinion• Most effective when used collaboratively