Thursday, February 28, 2008

E-Books

Based on your response to the poll question, support your position (opinion) on the issue. Use DEX from the text to support your answer in at least a well-developed paragraph.



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13 comments:

Anonymous said...

We all need a upgrade in are life sometime. Well I believe that E-Book should be put into all the schools. I say that because you have the fact that you do save money off of it in the long run. Do to the fact that you wouldn't have to buy new textbooks because E-Book upgrades it self. That's what is cool about having E-Book in your school. Then you still could have textbook for students who feel better reading in books and not laptops. I say E-book is a great idea but then again I'm not the one voting on if we could have E-book or not, but if i did you will have my vote for yes.

Anonymous said...

i really enjoyed reading about E-books on line.I think that E-Books are the future, and i think that students will want to learn if we had the opportunity to use E-Books.

Anonymous said...

I believe that we should use e-books but we still should use text books also. For example, what if a person is used to using text books there are not going to want to just use e-books because they usually do not use one. I probably won't even use one because people all around the world have been using textbooks so why would they just replace it. They should just us both. I think the internet should just give e-books for people that want it.That's what my perspective is about this situation.

Anonymous said...

Are childrens of today ready for laptops in schools? No, I think there to ready for laptops. Teens are getting smarter and finding ways to hack and control computers. The school and teacher can protect their computers in every way they can, but someone is going to be able to crack it. For example, teens were able to log into a computer in school and were able to enter a blocked website. They found a way to break in a secured computer and enter a blocked website. What makes you think teens can't do it again with these laptops?

Anonymous said...

People like to use computer because it better to learn than to use textbooks.For example i think it catch there attention because it seems like you have your own computer.Textbook get boring and sometimes there tear apart. people like to search on the computer an read because of the lights and it's bright.when i found out when our school was getting laptops i was happy i was more interested in learning on there than in textbooks.i think there still should be textbook because maybe there people want to learn in them but i like to learn on laptops.

Anonymous said...

As time goes by you will start to notice good and better things. For instance, thirty years ago they didn't have cell phones like we do now and everyone is buying them. E-books happens to be a good idea because, some text books that we have now aren't updated. E-books are also better because,E-books are on the computer and students are able to adjust much better then reading from a boring book. In some of the stores E-books are less expensive then textbooks because, you don't have to replace them. E-books replace them selves and don't cost money. E-books are more better then textbooks because, they are more updated, fun, and you learn better and differently from textbooks.

cassie

Anonymous said...

Why should we waste paper, if we have the internet. With the e-book schools can save money. They really don't have to worry about buying new books every year because the information is old. On the internet(e-book) it updates its self. The kids will just need to have a computer. In order to get the e-book on line you will need to put in a password to get it. Also the e-book is downloaded for free so we don't have to worry about paying for it. It is more faster and we kids can make the font bigger if we cant see it. Thats if the kids really cant see that good. Textbooks should still be around just in case the computer doesn't work. We should use e-book but textbooks should still be available.

Anonymous said...

Everyone would rather us e a computer than a book. I know that I would like to.E-books are the new thing .E-books are about be used in a Texas school instead of text books. The issue is they cost a lot of money. Not all of the schools can afford them but I think that if they get a little bit of money from the government they will be able to provide the E-books and still have students do work in most text books. My school has laptops so we use internet all day at school. We blog and we read text articles from a site called achieve 3000. My opinion is that they should use IBM since they support the school. They should also use IBM because IBM said they will sell them for half the price as a regular text book.

Anonymous said...

I know E-books will be a good contribute but there is still room for the text books. I think E-books should replace text books because it will be more easier. You could be on the internet downloading books instead of carrying them around. All of your books could be on one computer and that will be better then having a lot of books in your bag. It is still important to have text books know matter what. The text books is still important because what if the schools stops paying the services for the E-books it is vital to still have the text books because you could always go back to them any time. I think e-books are here to stay, but I think the text books should be the back up plan because you will never know what might happen to E-books.

Anonymous said...

Sometimes its better to have new experiences to make a better future.To my opinion,i would say it would be better to have E-books as replacing textbooks.kids go to school for about 7 hours and have to go to and from school with textbooks.I think the best thing to do is let us have something a little lighter for us to carry where we can have all our information in and be easy.I think us on the computer is making things better and us hurt free.E-books should be replaced textbooks.

Anonymous said...

Textbooks are essential when it comes to school. Although they're essential, they can cause backaches. A company has come up with a way to stop all of the backaches. That way is by creating electronic books (also known as e-books). E-books are still textbooks, but they are on the computer. Computers have become very popular in many schools. Therefore, creating e-books is a very great idea. Although it's a great idea, textbooks should still be available. People shouldn't throw their textbooks a way just because they have E-books. You never know. Your computer might die on you and your text book will come in handy.

Anonymous said...

As time goes by you will start to notice good and better things. For instance, thirty years ago they didn't have cell phones like we do now and everyone is buying them. E-books happens to be a good idea because, some text books that we have now aren't updated. E-books are also better because,E-books are on the computer and students are able to adjust much better then reading from a boring book. In some of the stores E-books are less expensive then textbooks because, you don't have to replace them. E-books replace them selves and don't cost money. E-books are more better then textbooks because, they are more updated, fun, and you learn better and differently from textbooks.

Anonymous said...

E-books can put a bunch of schools out of dept. School dept has been a problem for a long time now. For instance, textbooks you have to keep up dating. an e-book updates its self. That one payment of e-books you will not have to pay for another book. It is good to have extra books. You never know what will go wrong.

Should E-books replace textbooks?