After reading, Apple and the Digital Textbook Counter-Revolution by Audrey Watters I was surprised at the negative response in regards to iTextBooks. I have always been a huge supporter of any digital books because of how convenient and efficient they are. … Continue reading
As technology evolves and becomes increasingly widespread into our lives it seeps into our classrooms as well. Generally, there is an accepted idea that the further we develop our technology and the more it becomes integrated into every day lives, … Continue reading
The advent of this new era of technology has created a definite schism between publication media writers and those who would avail to the new technological field. I, myself tend to agree with Watters in his argument against Apple’s creation … Continue reading
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/1st-Gen-iPad-WiFi-iBooks.jpg/220px-1st-Gen-iPad-WiFi-iBooks.jpg Audrey Watters has many good points in her article about Apple and their potential future in the eTextbook market. She focused primarily on K-12 education, which is an interesting standpoint. Maybe it’s because I went to a poorer school … Continue reading
What is a textbook? To my understanding, it is a collection of various research presented in a fashion to teach the broad understanding of the field. Now, how do you improve this? Simply put, you make the information more assessable … Continue reading
Digital books or E-books are a great way to organize all your books on one device and not have loads and loads of paper all through out the house. Paper books are in my opinion so much more visually and … Continue reading
I had really never given much thought to the many revolutions in reading until this very moment. While I was reading “10 Reading Revolutions before E-books” (http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/08/10-reading-revolutions-before-e-books/62004/) something really grabbed my attention. The fact that reading has come so far … Continue reading
I gotta say, putting textbooks on to iPads, Kindles, or any type of table is a pretty good idea. Text has been evolving since the alphabet was written. Like Carmody was saying in his article 10 Reading Revolutions Before E-Books. … Continue reading
I am really not too sure how I feel about books switching over to only being digital. Personally, I like to have a physical book in my hand. I like the feel of it. There is something about seeing words … Continue reading
I thought the article by Audrey Watters titled “Apple and the Digital Textbook Counter-Revolution” was particularly interesting this week. I am a self admitted hater of just about everything apple (although I use an iPhone) and found Audrey pointing out … Continue reading