Sweden goes back to basics, swapping screens for books in the classroom

Re:Sweden goes back to basics, swapping screens for books in... by abyssin on Thursday April 02, 2026 @08:04AM (#47613299)

A few years ago I went back to school. Hoping to manage some sort of Internet addiction, I bought a reMarkable 1 tablet. It did help me, but in retrospect I should've bought a black and white laser printer and a few boxes of paper. The ergonomy of paper is excellent after all, especially for a brain like mine that grew up without computers.

There's a major issue though, which is that course material get designed for use on computer screens first. But I have good hope that llm-based pipelines should help fix this issue.

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Re:Sweden goes back to basics, swapping screens for books in... by snkline on Thursday April 02, 2026 @03:45PM (#47619257)

I really like the reMarkable tablets, but they are still not quite the replacement for a paper notebook that I would like. I think the main problem is that the refresh-rate/software is slow enough that trying to "page through your notebook" to find specific notes is a grueling experience. The alternative is to just make lots of one page notes, but things still become difficult to find (not to mention you add a lot of stress coming up with good names for stuff...)

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