South Korea abandons paper textbooks

The Ministry of Education of South Korea and the Korean Information Research Center reported early today ambitious project in the area of education. The project involves complete abandonment of traditional paper textbooks in school and the transition to more advanced media.

Start in Korea intend to junior students who are already in the new year issued "digital book" of a tablet device equipped with high contrast display, electronic memory and feeding from the network or battery. The pilot project will start on the introduction in March 2008, when a number of schools to receive digital books to the course lessons of the Korean and English languages, mathematics, social science, music and other subjects.

In the Foreign Ministry note that the term digital textbooks facing sensory screens that students can write, wireless capabilities, you need to obtain and rapid updating training materials, see the video, as well as to test the knowledge teacher, who will be able to download school work. Among vysheperichislennogo, Korean Digital also replace textbooks and exercise books, but it will happen in 1-2 years, when the sensitivity of touch screens will increase and students will be able to write stylus on the screen just as pen and paper.

In the Information Center study reported that the Korean development of digital textbooks is already for 5 years and the first prototypes of new products have emerged in 2006. At the same time, they tried to 300 pupils and teachers, who approved the innovation.

Now Korean Foreign Ministry entrusted with the development of an appropriate digital learning material, which will be downloaded to the new textbooks.

It is expected that the transfer of all students in South Korea to digital textbooks will be completed by 2011.