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Well guys, thank you for the responses (you can keep going!).
Many of the people who responded and that I talked to, say things like "I just like it" (about paper books), one even cited the smell of the books. These tacit and sometimes, subconcious questions that can barely be verbalized are what intrigues me.
We grew up holding paperbooks and notebooks, we learned it, however; The kids nowadays uses tablets before they talk; Will their generation abandon that love relationship with paper and only than open the space to e-books full potential?? I definitely would drop a tear if I help my kids learn projectile motion with a little help from an interactive figure.
The distraction caused by the eletronic devices is already a reality, as Barty said, is already a reality, maybe there will be tablets with a "school mode", or something, that limits what kids can access.
By the way, my name is Thiago Diniz Miranda Marinelli, I'm a Industrial Engenering student at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil. My supervisor is Prof. Adson Eduardo Resende, although he is cool about supervising too much hehee. The porpose of the research I understand is well written in my previously posts and it's a solo initiative, not being a part of a bigger effort. Apart from the academic reasons, I'm also interested in what you guys think.
An (almost) off-topic question: have you ever tried an effective and enjoyable eletronic writing device?
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