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jago25_98 · 09-10-2019, 01:15 PM

I teach and do some private tutoring. I really despise having to print everything out and storage for books is an absolute nightmare.

I've tried to teach with an ipad though a few times and it really isn't as good. Obviously the first thing is that the kid gets distracted by the interactivity of the screen. The next thing is that even the older kids don't actually learn as well with the ipad for some reason. Perhaps knowing that the information on the screen is transient causes them to assign less importance to it, perhaps it's the LCD screen, I don't know. I do know that I prefer to work on paper too. Somehow, writing things out tends to help me remember things. As a compromise I often write notes on a whiteboard or whitebook and then take a photo for records instead.

My question is this:
Is there anything I can to improve kid's interactions with screens? Would an eink screen with no touch interaction any better than an ipad?

09-10-2019, 01:15 PM	#1
jago25_98 Zealot Posts: 114 Karma: 3200000 Join Date: Dec 2005 Device: n35 p800 n30	Guiding a child's first interactions with an ebook reader I teach and do some private tutoring. I really despise having to print everything out and storage for books is an absolute nightmare. I've tried to teach with an ipad though a few times and it really isn't as good. Obviously the first thing is that the kid gets distracted by the interactivity of the screen. The next thing is that even the older kids don't actually learn as well with the ipad for some reason. Perhaps knowing that the information on the screen is transient causes them to assign less importance to it, perhaps it's the LCD screen, I don't know. I do know that I prefer to work on paper too. Somehow, writing things out tends to help me remember things. As a compromise I often write notes on a whiteboard or whitebook and then take a photo for records instead. My question is this: Is there anything I can to improve kid's interactions with screens? Would an eink screen with no touch interaction any better than an ipad?