The digital plan launched by the National Education in May 2015 planned to equip in September 2016 more than 175,000 students in digital tablets co-funded by the State and local authorities (1,256 schools and 1,510 colleges).

 Some Advantages…

1. Lighten the weight of the binder and facilitate the organization. Heavy and bulky textbooks are replaced by digital books downloaded from the digital tablet. Also, exercises performed on this medium can be archived without the sheets stealing, getting lost or increasing the volume of the binders.
2. Make reading more accessible, including changing font and line sizes, using audio playback, recording when playing aloud, using the built-in dictionary … or accessing ebooks free of rights, so free “classics.”
3. Facilitate access to information and collaborative work among students, through consultation of the many resources available, and immediate sharing of documents.
4. Increase computer skills and those related to Internet use. The goal is to reduce the “digital divide” which is less expressed regarding access to technology than regarding use and control of these tools.

Some disadvantages…

1. The increase in the time spent in front of screens, with associated visual or muscular problems (neck and backache), but also during homework, less “cut” temptations offered by the Internet.
2. The distraction related to the many temptations offered by the tablet (games, Internet, messaging …): as an illustration (even if we know that it is artificial and unproductive to dissociate the game of learning), a little more than 62% of the students surveyed in the above-mentioned survey first define the iPod in the classroom as “fun”, compared to 18% who rate it as “useful”.
3. Less good memory: we remember better what we write than what we type. Drawing letters enhance learning, and handwriting seems to stimulate thought by activating more brain areas.