UK schools spend a significant amount of their budgets on top quality gadgets that can facilitate the teaching process, and it’s not uncommon to walk into a classroom nowadays to see 30 odd students using iPads.

That said, there is some debate over how useful these are, as they can be rather distracting. As an example, with a textbook, all the students can focus on is the text in front of them, they’re then more likely to absorb that information and process it. Whilst iPads may also be used for other apps, games and websites, so it could be a little easier for a student to go off topic. Of course, teachers can set up the iPads in ways that keep them focused, perhaps using passwords to keep the children in the app, but are costs going to waste on tech our kids don’t need, and should students just use textbooks most of the time instead? Let us know what you think about this one.