What an interesting topic. I look forward to reading comments from everyone=
.
As for my take on this, I recently blogged about digital textbooks here.
Some ideas may be pie-in-the-sky, I suspect, but doable.
http://taffee.edublogs.org/2010/10/24/an-open-letter-to-e-reader-companies/
Take care,
steve
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You don't *really* need to print this do you?
On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 7:00 AM, Fred Bartels <fredbartels@gmail.com> wrote:
> I suspect that most of us would like to:
>
> =95reduce the backpack loads of our students;
> =95reduce the vast amount of money spent on textbooks;
> =95and, take advantage of the pedagogical playgrounds opened up by rapidl=
y
> advancing information technology.
>
> At the same time none of us want to lose the many advantages provided by
> the
> good ol' paper textbook.
>
> So with these goals in mind, I hope you will share your experiences and/o=
r
> thoughts about digital textbooks.
>
> I will compile any information shared on the School Computing Wiki, where
> it
> can serve as an ongoing resource available to all. (Demetri Orlando has
> very
> kindly migrated the wiki to a new advertisement-free home
> http://www.4dmo.com/w/index.php?title=3DHome_Page)
>
> Here are some questions to help get you started with this crowd-sourced
> information gathering effort.
>
> 1. What is working with digital textbooks at your school?
>
> 2. What doesn't (or didn't) work with digital textbooks at your school?
>
> 3. What do you see happening in the next few years with digital textbooks=
?
>
> Thanks for considering!
>
> Fred
>
>
> --
> Fred Bartels
> Dir. of Info. Tech.
> Rye Country Day School
>
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