Originally Posted By: uc50ic4more
Originally Posted By: strat81
Without getting into the political discussion about school taxes, from a financial perspective, tablets and laptops can be a cheaper means of content delivery compared to textbooks. The printing, delivery, storage, and inventory costs of traditional textbooks are not encountered with computers. Rather than tracking 6 textbooks per student, only a single tablet or laptop must be tracked.
On top of that, tablets and other electronic media are dynamic. Books are static and can be obsolete to some degree by the time they are delivered to the student.
Computers can be obsolete by the time you walk out of the store from buying them.
Obviously that is a stretch to be humorous but not that much of one.
Also, a book can be totally destroyed and replaced for small $$$. Not so a computer. Books don't get infected with viruses or have mechanical breakdowns either.
Originally Posted By: strat81
Without getting into the political discussion about school taxes, from a financial perspective, tablets and laptops can be a cheaper means of content delivery compared to textbooks. The printing, delivery, storage, and inventory costs of traditional textbooks are not encountered with computers. Rather than tracking 6 textbooks per student, only a single tablet or laptop must be tracked.
On top of that, tablets and other electronic media are dynamic. Books are static and can be obsolete to some degree by the time they are delivered to the student.
Computers can be obsolete by the time you walk out of the store from buying them.
Obviously that is a stretch to be humorous but not that much of one.
Also, a book can be totally destroyed and replaced for small $$$. Not so a computer. Books don't get infected with viruses or have mechanical breakdowns either.
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