The online textbook idea I think is a very interesting topic. College students now a days, have grown up in a very technological generation. Every year, there is a new and innovative piece of technology that becomes the newest trend … Continue reading
I thought I was against online textbooks (and online journals, and ereaders by extension), much like I thought I was against Twitter before I was forced to delve deeper into the issue. Like tweeting, I found a while ago that … Continue reading
Anne Eisenberg’s “Making Science Leap From The Page” mentions the new features of ebooks that make them so appealing—especially as textbooks. It’s really just a continuation on the things that make a textbook good anyway. A good textbook doesn’t contain … Continue reading
Unfortunately, I am extremely torn on the whole Textbooks v. iBooks v. E-Books discussion. Why, because I have never had an opportunity to interact with an iBook or E-Book and because I am completely biased toward history books. The article, Apple and … Continue reading
After reading Audrey Watters “Apple and the digital textbook counter revolution” we saw Apples plans to change the textbook industry. They offer textbooks that are available to download from you Ipad and I even Iphones. Digital text books are a … Continue reading
I really like the idea of e-books being used as the new medium for reading books for pleasure as well as using them to access textbooks for school. I personally do not have an iPad or Kindle or any tablets … Continue reading
The New York Times article, “Making Science Leap From the Page” by Anne Eisenberg made online textbooks seem like a college student’s dream. She detailed a book with interactive graphics, permanent access, a low price and seamless audio and video. Pretty much … Continue reading
I chose to respond to Making Science Leap From the Page by Anne Eisenberg because it pertains a lot to the situations faced by college students at this point in time. The whole process of dealing with textbooks is something … Continue reading
In Tim Carmody’s article 10 Reading Revolutions Before E-books he describes exactly what the title eludes to, that is, reading and writing revolutions through time. The most important revolution in regards to our topic ‘E-books’ is number five where he … Continue reading
This semester, I made a life-changing purchase: I bought an iPad. *cue applause* Thanks to that purchase, I was able to download nearly all of my textbooks in digital form, saving hundreds of dollars. Although there are some things that … Continue reading