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Originally Posted by Quoth
There are schools with no books. We have some in Limerick. Sadly they use iPads which the parents have to buy. The pupils/students never get to keep the books. Admittedly most cheap (not all) Android tablets are not suitable.
Other schools (often in USA) use Chromebooks.
The Kindle DX/DXG was initially aimed at 3rd level education. It was a failure and Amazon sold them off cheap.
I don't believe any eink reader is suitable. Also there is the problem of DRM and the fact that textbooks are usually PDF.
It's a reasonable goal.
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Maybe this section could be more suitable for the topic, pardon: anyway I guess that those devices were introduced during Covid lockdowns, as to use 'em for video distance teaching...
Also a device that goes out of support after few years won't be the bestest option for those pourposes - imho. There are several ones that doesn't relies on DRM's tough.
Still I see some colleagues that goes at univerities and has just bunches of photocopies.
Personally (even if I don't go at uni/schools) I'd would had liked if them went to use
https://retroshare.cc/.
Also a physical book would always be better than a screen, but an ereader that someone can keep years (thought now them has water-resistant features, and screen-scratch protection) won't be that bad (also for youngest kids).