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flamin lib

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8. Provide e-readers and simply updrade the books as the student progresses.

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Wed Jan 23, 2013, 10:28 AM

Jan 2013

Updating done through the school servers and password protected content. With a contract as big as a state school system the readers could get real cheap.

Big states like Texas could no longer dominate the textbook industry, teachers could choose from a menu of approved books, lost books replaced from the library on the server, updates for changes and corrections would be possible and the saving of e-books vs hard copy would pay for it, if not upfront in the out years.

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The Growing Adoption of Creative Commons Textbooks [View all] marmar Jan 2013 OP

du rec. nt xchrom Jan 2013 #1

so are we to assume each student would have access to a computer and broadband to access? dembotoz Jan 2013 #2

you wouldn't have to d_r Jan 2013 #3

A kindle sort of device was exactly what popped into my mind when I read that article Victor_c3 Jan 2013 #10

We're to assume LWolf Jan 2013 #4

I've always been concerned about ... LisaLynne Jan 2013 #5

It would be cheaper for the schools to buy everybody kindles bhikkhu Jan 2013 #13

That does sound like a pretty good idea. n/t el_bryanto Jan 2013 #6

A problem I have seen first hand is that publishers revise popular texts rhett o rick Jan 2013 #7

When I was a professor this used to piss me off whopis01 Jan 2013 #11

Provide e-readers and simply updrade the books as the student progresses. flamin lib Jan 2013 #8

Yep, you can get a kindle fire or a nook color for the cost of 2 college textbooks. AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #12

great idea i love creative commons license Phillip McCleod Jan 2013 #9

f'ing awesome idea. n/t lumberjack_jeff Jan 2013 #14

Great idea...perfect for public schools. Old and In the Way Jan 2013 #15

I like it too! ananda Jan 2013 #16