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Fabian Aguilar

Google Wave Use Cases: Education - 21 views

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shared by Fabian Aguilar on 04 Nov 09 - Cached
  • One concern that seemed to pop up several times in the wave was that Google Wave could make it too easy for lazy students to get by. As Justin Neitzey succinctly put it: "I don't think kids should be allowed piggy back off the work of others."
Mike Cullum

As Classrooms Go Digital, Textbooks May Become History - NYTimes.com - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...09textbook.html

shared by Mike Cullum on 09 Aug 09 - Cached
  • students who own laptops can register for “digital sections” of several English, history and science classes
    • Mike Cullum
      Mike Cullum on 09 Aug 09
       
      Will this model work for publishers? Can we obtain the rights to distribute electronically some chapters of textbooks and only pay for the portions we use? An interesting question..
  • With California in dire straits, the governor hopes free textbooks could save hundreds of millions of dollars a year.
    • Mike Cullum
      Mike Cullum on 09 Aug 09
       
      So how are we going to pay the people who do the work of creating these "free" textbooks? If we could agree on content, perhaps school districts could work together and write the books and make them available through a creative commons license.
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