Make Up Blog: E-Books

On my 13th or 14th birthday, my parents bought me a nook. At first, I hardly ever used it for anything except school required books because I hated reading. But as I started discovering new books that I liked and realized I actually liked to read, it started to get a lot more use. The only time I have ever had to get a real book was because a teacher of mine wouldn't let me use my nook in class because he though I was playing games on it. Now that our school has it's new technology rule, I have seen some kids taking notes on Ipads, and have seen many kids reading on readers. The idea of using readers or other electronic devices as textbooks sounds like a good idea. Every year, I have almost broken my back carrying what felt like 100 lbs. in my backpack from textbooks. But if we used readers and downloaded textbooks, kids wouldn't be walking around leaning forward because there backpack is too heavy. Even though it could solve plenty of problems, there are still some issues that I could imagine causing some trouble. First, the problem of getting to a page quicky and going back to other pages. On my nook, it is a pain to get to a certain page, because I have to drag a little dial until it is close to the page I want, and then have to go through the pages until I reach it. I don't know if that is a problem that only I have, but I could see that causing problems for classes that might have notes in the textbook, such as math. Second, money is always a problem. While some readers are cheap now a days, there are still families who struggle with money, and may not be able to afford a reader. I don't know how the fees for books currently work, but I could not imagine a public school being able to buy every student a tablet to use as a textbook. So, with that being said, I do believe that readers are the futures of textbooks, but maybe in private schools sooner that public schools.