No. I used text books managed to get some high grades perfectly fine. In fact, I'm sort of opposed to it due to experiences I had at high school with it. It caused more hassle than what it was worth and in the end it seemed like they were just using technology for the sake of using technology, even if its a step backwards.
Anyway, I'm no expert, maybe this will take off and be really successful. But from my experience using technology as an interface for education all the time has been pointless. Kids who want to learn, will learn, no matter what.
haha, you really think that? you dont want your kid to have fun while learning? to be able to interact with his textbook? watch all those videos, 3d models so he/she can understand it better, and be fascinated with it?
you see, for EVERY kid in the world today, especially teens in high schools, learning is a bad thing, a thing they dont wanna do but they have to, and if they think of it like that, they wont learn anything because they are not interested, not intrigued, and thats a very bad thing, possibly the worst...
there hasnt been changes in the school system for practically centuries, and every new thing, every shot at changing something should be welcomed dont you think?
did you watch the presentation from today? did you see those textbooks? i wish i had them in my days, dont you?
the most important thing in this world, above everything else, is the human educational system, everything else is secondary, because our future as human race depends on our children, and their knowledge, values etc. and it is our duty to make them interested, intrigued in that knowledge and in those values because thats the only way they are going to learn for real, and people that oppose improvements, do not welcome those improvements, or are just so narrow-minded that they dont see the big picture.
