Are textbooks becoming extint?

As a student in the 21^st century, it is becoming apparent that textbooks are slowly becoming a thing of the past. These several hundred page paper weights are becoming more of a pillow for kids than a vessel to be used for learning. They are becoming handcuffs for some of today’s most creative thinking teachers. How can teachers design lesson plans that are fun and engaging if they are being tied down, by the out of date words in these expensive books? Teachers should have the option to either use the textbook or not. The benefits to not using textbooks are endless… more ways to make the lessons easier for the students to learn, greater attention spans, more money to use to create a variety of lessons. Why should the teachers and students be bogged down with material that will be outdated within the next year? In my most humble opinion, the textbooks are becoming extinct, just like the dinosaurs.

Greeting classmates!

My name is Erin McDaniel, from Bridgeport, WV. I am a student at Fairmont State University, studying to be an elementary/art teacher. If I could teach any grade, I would like to teach 2nd grade. When i was in elementary school, my favorite teacher was my 2nd grade teacher. She made learning fun and enjoyable. She made connections with her students. I feel I can make teaching fun and not some kind of boring thing that kids dread doing. I feel that if students have fun learning, their capacity to learn increases. I would have different hands on learning stations set up for the different units we are learning. I would also teach them about different cultures, so they can begin developing into well rounded individuals.