Are Textbooks Soon To Become Extinct?

With all the benefits I have been discovering for incorporating computers into the classrooms, I had failed to even notice the environmental advantages until I came across Hayley’s posting, “Upgraded Information or Out of Date Textbooks?” where she states that encouraging students to “do more activities online” will help not only help to extend their minds but save paper. She then leads on to discussing the way in which students in this day and age conduct research selecting online information over textbooks. Reasons given by Hayley for this trend include the internet’s easy access, constant upgrading and cheap cost.

I believe that while the internet can be an incredibly valuable tool for finding information on a topic, I always find that textbooks nearly always contain a lot more useful and reliable information. Personally, I find that the Internet can be very frustrating at times to use, especially when you’re looking for something very specific and having to try avoid unreliable websites where the information can be adjusted by anyone at all who has access to the internet.

So in response to Hayley’s posting I would have to agree that yes while the internet does provide us with easy access to an abundance of information, it should not take precedence over textbooks, but rather enhance our understanding of what we have already read in printed textbooks.

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