Comments on: Digital Textbooks Not Trouble Free http://www.educator.com/news/2009/digital-textbooks-not-trouble-free/ Latest updates on breaking news relating to educational in America Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:12:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Brian Bridges http://www.educator.com/news/2009/digital-textbooks-not-trouble-free/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Brian Bridges Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:12:47 +0000 http://www.educator.com/news/?p=64#comment-41 Thanks for sharing your thoughts about California's digital textbook initiative and for your analysis of some of the issues. Digital textbooks present the start of dramatic change to how students and educators discover and teach content. A purely digital book, though, is still relatively linear and not interactive. Still, it presents an opportunity to discuss how to move printed content into the digital age. I agree that there are a myriad of issues surrounding this change and it's important to discuss these issues with all stakeholders. This first phase isn't a final stopping place. It's just one step towards creating a new learning model, something that includes the excellent video lectures included on your site. E-learning experiences will absorb textbooks and include lecture components, interactive applications, and assessments. We're years away from the tipping point that Clayton Christensen writes about in his book, Disrupting Class, but every journey of a thousand miles has to begin with a single step. The Free Digital Textbook Initiative is that step and I appreciate the Governor's leadership in pushing electronic learning resources forward. Brian Thanks for sharing your thoughts about California’s digital textbook initiative and for your analysis of some of the issues. Digital textbooks present the start of dramatic change to how students and educators discover and teach content. A purely digital book, though, is still relatively linear and not interactive. Still, it presents an opportunity to discuss how to move printed content into the digital age.

I agree that there are a myriad of issues surrounding this change and it’s important to discuss these issues with all stakeholders. This first phase isn’t a final stopping place. It’s just one step towards creating a new learning model, something that includes the excellent video lectures included on your site. E-learning experiences will absorb textbooks and include lecture components, interactive applications, and assessments. We’re years away from the tipping point that Clayton Christensen writes about in his book, Disrupting Class, but every journey of a thousand miles has to begin with a single step.

The Free Digital Textbook Initiative is that step and I appreciate the Governor’s leadership in pushing electronic learning resources forward.

Brian

]]> By: Gabe http://www.educator.com/news/2009/digital-textbooks-not-trouble-free/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Gabe Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:38:29 +0000 http://www.educator.com/news/?p=64#comment-40 Perhaps, California Public Schools should consider working with companies like Amazon to create a lower cost model of the Kindle. Letting kids check out Kindles instead of textbooks would have great advantages in terms of long-term costs for districts. Check out our blogpost about this topic here: http://bit.ly/16YnC6 Perhaps, California Public Schools should consider working with companies like Amazon to create a lower cost model of the Kindle. Letting kids check out Kindles instead of textbooks would have great advantages in terms of long-term costs for districts. Check out our blogpost about this topic here: http://bit.ly/16YnC6

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