When it comes to reading and processing information, my preference is paper. I print out all the modules and readings because I like to be able to highlight and make notes so that I can refer back to them later, if need be. My daughters also prefer print over audio, however my husband much prefers audio books. I don’t think there is a difference between older and younger people, it most likely comes down to personal preference. 

After reading and watching about augmented reality and how it is now included in books, I am certainly not up with this change and don’t believe that I use technology any differently to older people. Technology is used very basically, for things like banking, emails, social media and some games – that’s about it. 

As for ebooks in our school, they were very handy in remote learning. We could assign readers for students, they could record their reading, and we could check how they were going. We could also use them for guided reading over zoom. The preference is printed books that students take home for reading now, but once or twice a week we will read an ebook in the classroom. I have been trying to incorporate them a little more in Maths, rather than watching a video. I know that in high school they are still using printed books. I wonder if this comes down to a licence cost and is it more cost effective to have parents buy textbooks rather than the school paying for licences.