tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899849968987074570.post2888227387545323125..comments2022-05-25T01:55:23.852-07:00Comments on Organizing Teacher: Kindles in the ClassroomValerie McInallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417178191368204365noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899849968987074570.post-39476663640332089492012-01-05T13:59:28.352-08:002012-01-05T13:59:28.352-08:00There's a university just north of me that enc...There's a university just north of me that encourages professors to write their own course content, supplemented with e-edition-available books, so all the texts can be both low-cost (free in the case of professor-written texts) and digitally available. They also require all students to have a lap-top; with current e-readers and the linked-in keyboards available, this could work well.<br /><br />I don't know that textbook publishers will jump on board, because of the high profits they make on printed editions.<br /><br />But, it's a GREAT plan for cash-strapped districts with teachers willing to write their own curriculum and use freely available on-line resources (IF the kids can be trained to take care of the technology... and I'd suggest base-line models that don't have web-access, actually.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899849968987074570.post-92043644940695474762010-11-26T20:31:56.589-08:002010-11-26T20:31:56.589-08:00There's a school in Scotland where every child...There's a <a href="http://cedars.inverclyde.sch.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page" rel="nofollow">school in Scotland</a> where every child is given an iPad. <a href="http://speirs.org/blog/tag/theipadproject" rel="nofollow">Frasier Spiers</a> blogs about The iPad Project, and I find it fascinatin.Jeri Danskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01647833266269245240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899849968987074570.post-89786628499694691932010-10-15T05:31:25.209-07:002010-10-15T05:31:25.209-07:00Cindy, while I too am a paper fan and prefer a phy...Cindy, while I too am a paper fan and prefer a physical book to a computer screen, I also remember how heavy my backpack was in high school and university.<br /><br />I think kids these days could handle the ebook readers just fine. They can get "real books" for their pleasure reading, but especially Math and Science texts they're SO heavy! And then there's the volume of books you have to take with you... :DValerie McInallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11417178191368204365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899849968987074570.post-2836416706613792332010-10-13T18:18:30.185-07:002010-10-13T18:18:30.185-07:00I hate reading on screen. I prefer textbooks and ...I hate reading on screen. I prefer textbooks and novels that I'm reading to be on paper.<br /><br />I like the feeling of the book in my hands...<br /><br />Mind you, I collect vintage textbooks, like from the late 1800's and early 1900's. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14993973346711466704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899849968987074570.post-64341853481492183412010-10-06T13:02:22.034-07:002010-10-06T13:02:22.034-07:00I use to wonder when the schools were going to sta...I use to wonder when the schools were going to start sending the text books home on CD. Keep that mammoth volume at school but still have Junior's reading available at home. Never happened. Then I wondered about why they were never made available online as PDFs. But with both the publisher had no way to control their material being copied, I mean sure, you could xerox an entire text book, but what's the point, but copying a CD for someone(s) or sharing a PDF is all too easy.<br /><br />But with eBooks, the licensing and distribution models are already there, so I think it's safe to say it's going to happen ... it's just hard to put a time frame to it, but at some point an eReader will be $19.95, thin as a piece of paper (ok, construction paper) and virtually indestructible. And sometime between today and that day, it will happen.<br /><br />Should it be happening now? Heck yea. It's only because people get entrenched in the current system that it takes so long to get the boat turned around even though everyone realizes it should be going in a different direction. I hope someone at the text book publishing houses is working on putting things together to make this happen because they are probably the only thing from making some School Board somewhere take a shot at it right now, then it will be a matter of everyone else wanting to keep up with their neighbors.Jordie Fikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07332303278822424596noreply@blogger.com