Tablets enable kids to have access to many e-books – an entire library at their fingertips. Our research consistently found that students demonstrated greater engagement with interactive e-books, resulting in improved comprehension (particularly for special needs kids). The popularity of the Kindle app and reader also attest to the fact that people are not reading less because books are now digital, they are able to read more.
It’s true that since computers enabled us to start word-processing, handwriting has declined. But it seems that it is now being revived through the many handwriting apps available through tablets. We really like “Use Your Handwriting” – which, according to the Discovery Channel, “saves the handwriting skills that are an important part of our education”.