Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Re: Ebooks

Our teachers use VitalBooks (http://www.vitalsource.com/) which comes
pre-loaded on our IBM laptops. The licensing comes with the lease of the
machine. The software also allows note-taking and highlighting.


On Dec 17, 2007 11:38 AM, Luthra, Shabbi <ITDirector@asbindia.org> wrote:

> Thanks, Demetri.
>
> Here are two more that I'm researching that you may want to add to the
> page.
>
> http://www.stenhouse.com/html/ebooks.htm
>
> http://udtprogram.com/udtp/k12/index.php
>
>
>
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> From: A forum for independent school educators on behalf of Demetri
> Orlando
> Sent: Mon 12/17/2007 9:04 PM
> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Re: Ebooks
>
>
>
> Hi Shabbi,
> Thanks for your messages about tablets and ebooks. I just added a new
> wiki page that includes the names and ISBN numbers of a few full-text
> digital versions of texts we use here at BGA, and info I learned from a
> previous search. We are pursuing this for all or our upper school text
> books. I would appreciate others adding to this list of text books.
> http://schoolcomputing.wikia.com/wiki/Electronic_Books_and_Texts In case
> that URL gets broken, here is a shorter one: http://tinyurl.com/yst4uh I
> do hope others will add info or email a response to this query. I'd
> appreciate hearing what you find.
> Thanks!
> Demetri
> BGA
> demetrio@battlegroundacademy.org
> Tablet ning group: http://isenet.ning.com/group/tabletpcusers
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Luthra, Shabbi <ITDirector@asbindia.org>
> Sent: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 3:57 am
> Subject: Ebooks
> Is anyone using ebooks? We are exploring their use. Does anyone have any
> guidance on publishers and licensing with using these on student owned
> tablets?
>
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