Early Results of the HMH Fuse Algebra App Pilot
This report from "The Unofficial Apple Weblog" details the progress of the California schools pilot of the HMH Fuse Algebra curriculum. The app is a digital version of the new Houghton Mifflin Algebra...
View ArticleDoes Digital Text Create a Cognitive Gap?
This article highlights studies regarding digital text and learning:Ereaders are changing the face of reading across the board, and experiments in creating more economic-friendly textbooks for students...
View ArticleCollege students views on eBooks vs. Paper
A recent "Inside Higher Ed" survey shows that although digital textbooks are ready for college, students are not quite ready to give up their "dead trees:"Only 5 percent of the survey respondents said...
View ArticleEPUB3 -- a game changer?
Back in January 2011 O'Reilly.com reported that EPUB3 (the newest revision of the EPUB standard) was soon to be released, (http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/01/epub3-preview.html) and offered predictions...
View ArticlePush Pop Press = no more ebooks
Today's article, "Why we'll never have innovative e-books" from Tim Carmody at WIRED (published on CNN Tech) reports that Facebook is acquiring Push Pop Press -- the e-publishing startup company that...
View ArticleBooktrack: Soundtracks that match what you are reading.
This just in from Business Insider ... "like movies have soundtracks, now books can have soundtracks." ... "In the coming weeks and months, Booktrack will also create editions of The Adventures of...
View ArticleInkling 2
Reprinted from the MacWord "Eddy" awards:An Inkling textbook on an iPad.Reading books on the iPad is nothing new. We’ve got iBooks, the Kindle app, and who-knows-how-many PDF readers. But one app shows...
View ArticlePressbooks for ePublishing: Connected!
Reprinted from: http://wpmu.org/an-introduction-to-pressbooks-a-digital-book-publishing-tool-built-on-wordpress/Pressbooks (now in public beta) is "a simple online book production tool, exporting books...
View ArticleChegg -- Connected!
Here's an eTextbook reader that provides the ability to collaborate with peers. Chegg advertises:Anytime, anywhere access across all connected devicesSearch, highlight, take notes & see key...
View ArticleFuture of the book is closer
Apple's new iBooks2 app, the availability of low-cost textbooks from some of the major textbook publishers, and iBooksAuthor for content creating content, might cause school districts implementing a...
View ArticleFrom NPR: Discussion on the Digital Future of Textbooks
On Tuesday 1/24/12, the NPR program OnPoint (hosted by Tom Ashbrook) hosted a discussion about the Digital Future of Textbooks (http://onpoint.wbur.org/2012/01/24/future-of-textbooks) with guests John...
View ArticleFuture of the Book ... Chapter 2
So many developments in a year's time! Are we moving in the right direction? What are some important components to consider for future textbooks?Please add your voice to this conversation:...
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Textbooks of Tomorrow: Infographic
Infographics are great for summarizing information ... they're just a bit long on the page.Via: OnlineEducation.net
View ArticleThe conversation continues... Beyond the Textbook
Several ed-tech bloggers have been sharing news of an upcoming "Beyond the Textbook Forum" that is being hosted by Discovery Education this week. A search of the #beyondthetextbook hashtag in twitter...
View ArticleStoryNory: Free Audio Stories for Kids
Randy Damewood presented an online PD session for "The State of Tech PD in your PJs" conference via "Google+ Hangout" technology, titled the "Future of Textbooks Here and Now" (look for the recorded...
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Boundless Freedon with Open Source Textbooks
This from http://edudemic.com/2012/08/boundless-textbooks-free/Although it looks like the priority is at the university level for now, you can sign up for the public beta of Boundless at...
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The move to digital textbooks still a long way off
Oct. 1, 2012: Adoption Rates of New Styles of K-12 Teaching, by Robert NillsonIn this blog post, digital textbooks are included in Enterasys Networks' survey of "new styles" of teaching. Infrastructure...
View ArticleCollege Students Boost Digital Adoption
Connected: According to this Coursesmart survey, the average college student uses 3 devices daily, although the majority (51%) report bringing a laptop rather than a print textbook.Reposted from...
View ArticleCustomized: More than just a textbook
From USA Today,Due to the control that college textbook publishers have on the industry, there has been a recent push for open-source material in what Slate called the open educational resources (OER)...
View ArticleIs it time to break the Textbook habit?
From Education Week:"Maybe now is the time to break the dependency on textbooks.Breaking the HabitThere are numerous reasons why many schools believe it's time to break the textbook habit. Most schools...
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