Group items tagged textbooks - iPad for Education

How 'Big Three' Publishers Are Approaching iPad Textbooks -- THE Journal - 3 views

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shared by Rick Beach on 12 Nov 12 - No Cached

As digital and mobile technologies assume a growing role in classrooms around the country, the stalwart textbook has remained largely analog. But this past January, Apple turned heads when it expanded its iPad bookseller, iBookstore, to include textbooks in partnership with the three largest K-12 publishers, who, together, are responsible for around 90 percent of textbook sales in the market.
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Rick Beach on 12 Nov 12

Publishers creating e-textbooks for use on iPads--raising questions about memory storage on iPads

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More Schools Embrace the iPad as a Learning Tool - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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shared by Timothy Smith on 05 Jan 11 - No Cached

The iPads cost $750 apiece, and they are to be used in class and at home during the school year to replace textbooks, allow students to correspond with teachers and turn in papers and homework assignments, and preserve a record of student work in digital portfolios.
- Timothy Smith on 05 Jan 11
  
  There taking the full concept of iPads to the level they should be used. A device that helps them manage thier digital lifes! Cool!
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">There taking the full concept of iPads to the level they should be used. A device that helps them manage thier digital lifes! Cool!</div>
  
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Educators also laud the iPad’s physical attributes, including its large touch screen (about 9.7 inches) and flat design, which allows students to maintain eye contact with their teachers. And students like its light weight, which offers a relief from the heavy books that weigh down their backpacks.
- Timothy Smith on 05 Jan 11
  
  Physical Attributes are a big deal. I have not thought much in this regard to "looking at a computer screen" and "looking at an iPad" and how that would change the way we use computers in the classroom.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Physical Attributes are a big deal. I have not thought much in this regard to "looking at a computer screen" and "looking at an iPad" and how that would change the way we use computers in the classroom.</div>
  
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New York City public schools have ordered more than 2,000 iPads, for $1.3 million
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200 Chicago public schools applied for 23 district-financed iPad grants totaling $450,000
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he Virginia Department of Education is overseeing a $150,000 iPad initiative that has replaced history and Advanced Placement biology textbooks at 11 schools
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six middle schools in four California cities (San Francisco, Long Beach, Fresno and Riverside) are teaching the first iPad-only algebra course, developed by Houghton Mifflin Harcour
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How Students Can Create Their Own e-Textbooks On An iPad - 7 views

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shared by International School of Central Switzerland on 25 Sep 12 - No Cached

International School of Central Switzerland on 25 Sep 12

" At the end of the year, a final conference would provide a holistic view of their work over entire course. By creating a math portfolio in iBooks, the students also gain a customized exam review system in addition to the documentation of their learning process."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">" At the end of the year, a final conference would provide a holistic view of their work over entire course. By creating a math portfolio in iBooks, the students also gain a customized exam review system in addition to the documentation of their learning process."</div>

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Reflections on a 1:1 iPad: It is a Tool, NOT a Toy! - TechChef4u - 2 views

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shared by Patti Porto on 18 Jun 13 - No Cached

Patti Porto on 18 Jun 13

"They focused on multiple benefits of the 1:1 iPad initiative where high school seniors were issued iPads like textbooks at the beginning of the year. In a time where global communication, inquiry-based opportunities, and self-directed learning is how students manage the information revolution, it was refreshing to get to observe an iLearning Utopia."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"They focused on multiple benefits of the 1:1 iPad initiative where high school seniors were issued iPads like textbooks at the beginning of the year. In a time where global communication, inquiry-based opportunities, and self-directed learning is how students manage the information revolution, it was refreshing to get to observe an iLearning Utopia."</div>

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Learning Japanese - 0 views

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shared by Andrew Kerr on 16 Sep 10 - No Cached

Andrew Kerr on 16 Sep 10

For iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store\n\nThis guide is an attempt to systematically build up the grammatical structures that make up the Japanese language in a way that makes sense in Japanese. It may not be a practical tool for quickly learning immediately useful Japanese phrases (for example, common phrases for travel). However, it will logically create grammatical building blocks that will result in a solid grammatical foundation. For those of you who have learned Japanese from textbooks, you may see some big differences in how the material is ordered and presented. This is because this guide does not seek to forcibly create artificial ties between English and Japanese by presenting the material in a way that makes sense in English. Instead, examples with translations will show how ideas are expressed in Japanese resulting in simpler explanations that are easier to understand.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">For iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store\n\nThis guide is an attempt to systematically build up the grammatical structures that make up the Japanese language in a way that makes sense in Japanese. It may not be a practical tool for quickly learning immediately useful Japanese phrases (for example, common phrases for travel). However, it will logically create grammatical building blocks that will result in a solid grammatical foundation. For those of you who have learned Japanese from textbooks, you may see some big differences in how the material is ordered and presented. This is because this guide does not seek to forcibly create artificial ties between English and Japanese by presenting the material in a way that makes sense in English. Instead, examples with translations will show how ideas are expressed in Japanese resulting in simpler explanations that are easier to understand.</div>

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