Digital textbooks get a boost with new offerings | eSchool News - 0 views
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Discovery’s Techbook series is cloud-based, meaning students can access the materials from wherever they have an internet connection; the company says that’s because not all school districts have the funds to give every student his or her own device. The Techbooks are also platform-agnostic to work with whatever hardware a district or student might have—iPads, tablets, mobile devices, laptops, or desktops.
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Interesting to see that the kind of machine required for these e-textbooks is flexible. Also interesting to see this application at the elementary level. But will it be affordable?
