| There is no doubt that classical paper textbooks' days are numbered. With this in mind, the Education Ministry's initiative is welcome, giving the opportunity to experiment with electronic tablet devices for educational purposes. Initially, pupils at the Belarusian State University's Lyceum will be the first to receive their own personal e-books, loaded with digital copies of ordinary school textbooks and additional materials for independent work. In fact, Sakrament IT — a High-Tech Park resident has already developed prototypes of such textbooks in the Republic, as part of a UNESCO project. E-books initially prepared for those with sight problems use software that can voice any text, describing diagrams and tables. This can be offered as an additional option for children with full sight. Listening to teaching materials can be very useful and is a good use of travel time. "Technically and intellectually schoolchildren are ready to work with multimedia textbooks. Our research shows that they enjoy working in this way and learn better using software," explains the director of Sakrament IT, Valery Yegorov. "As regards the cost to the state budget, we believe that each schoolchild will use their own phone or mobile computer device to download our textbooks. Only families on low incomes will need computers bought for them." Yegorov agrees that reading texts on small smartphone screens is problematic but listening is possible. On coming home, or at school, a child can download a text to their computer, viewing it on a large screen. Moreover, it's possible to buy second hand computers cheaply. With this in mind, it seems likely that the education system will accept the proposal. Calculations show that the project will fully cover its costs in the first year of operation; moreover, a $6 million profit is expected. Sakrament IT is now planning to develop multimedia textbooks for higher educational establishments, having found that almost 90 percent of students arc ready to buy such devices. на русском Никаких сомнений, что дни классических бумажных учебников "сочтены. Инициативу Министерство образования приветствует, дает возможность экспериментировать с электронными устройствами для образовательных целей. Первоначально, учащиеся лицея Белорусского государственного университета будут первыми получать свои личные электронные книги, загруженные с цифровыми копиями обычных школьных учебников и дополнительных материалов для самостоятельной работы. | |
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