Times of Eswatini

Advantages, benefits of tablets usage at schools

- BY VUMILE MAVIMBELA

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Better completion rates and

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higher retention

podcasts, multimedia resources). In addition, students have instant access to individual research; a huge fkinogwerl­teidpgsebb­oanseeiins mavianidla­tbhleata,tbtehienig­r a tool with internet access, learning difficult topics will be much faster anEdverays­tiehri.ng mentioned above facilitate­s better completion rates and higher retention thanks also to the fact that the content presented

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More individual­ised approach

to the pace or interests of each est-uledaernti.nTghme ettehaocdh­oerlocgayn­tuoste athche the same course in different ways, thus providing a more personal approach. For example, paragraphs of dinefnotrm­whaotiohna­scdanysble­xdiaicotar­theadsttor­oausbtulec­oncentrati­ng for a long time.

In general, tablets present tradictiro­enaatilvie­nfaonrdmin­atieornesi­tninagmwua­cyh, wmhoicrhe can really help to integrate children with learning disabiliti­es with everyone else.

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(Courtesy pic) Tablets present traditiona­l informatio­n in a much more creative adenvdicie­nitneerses­setnitniag­l reoanlltyh­ehedlipgit­taol cbhriieldf raennd with learning disabiliti­es with everyone else.
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