While computers are expensive and constantly being upgraded, a part of me thinks that purchasing computers for student use in a public school would actually save money in the long run. Could technology like Diigo lead to the elimination of textbooks? If teachers and students can access and read information online, as well as write comments and highlight, is print really needed? If text was strictly on the computer, teachers wouldn’t have to worry about textbooks being stolen or destroyed, they wouldn’t need to worry about buying new books every few years, and they also would be able to incorporate technology into the classroom, which may be encouraging and enticing to students.

Of course, there are the problems of how students would do their homework. If questions are taken from readings and students can’t take those readings home to refer to, how can they answer them? How can students review information if it’s online and they don’t have a computer? Is it possible that maybe teachers could print off this information for students who don’t have internet access or computers at home? Would this cause some students to be outcast because they may not have the economic, social, or geographical ability to access the internet or own a computer?