Comments on: iBooks 2 and Textbooks: A Game Changer for Schools – A Principal’s Perspective https://isource.com/2012/01/19/ibooks-2-and-textbooks-a-game-changer-for-schools-a-school-principals-perspective/ #1 Source for iPad, iPhone, iPod, Mac and AppleTV Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:05:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.6 By: Richard https://isource.com/2012/01/19/ibooks-2-and-textbooks-a-game-changer-for-schools-a-school-principals-perspective/#comment-42663 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:05:37 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=48835#comment-42663 Before you get too excited, you may want to read some of the recent posts regarding Apple’s extremely restrictive EULA for using iBooks Author, not to mention the distribution rights limitations, and their customized version of the .epub format. I would start here:

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/how-apple-is-sabotaging-an-open-standard-for-digital-books/4378

and here:

http://www.tuaw.com/2012/01/23/ibooks-author-an-ebook-publisher-looks-at-apples-textbook-crea/

]]> By: Brandon https://isource.com/2012/01/19/ibooks-2-and-textbooks-a-game-changer-for-schools-a-school-principals-perspective/#comment-42633 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:35:50 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=48835#comment-42633 Great read. As the Systems admin in a school district its encouraging to see that we might be able to get something out into the hands of students that wouldn’t be just another box on a desk that impedes a teacher’s ability to teach. Too often these education based applications that are used in the classroom are just not at all friendly to the classroom environment – teachers have to add students to “classes”, specify who has access to what content, etc etc. Teachers are in the classroom to teach – not manage the technology.

I tried out a couple books last night as well – and I was blown away. I can only imagine how much more interested a kid would be when the boring DNA structure leaps off the page and actually becomes something you can interact with, breakdown into components and really see how it all comes together.

There’s a lot to look forward to with these new digital texts – let’s just hope Apple can deliver and the publishers continue to support the project.

]]> By: Mike https://isource.com/2012/01/19/ibooks-2-and-textbooks-a-game-changer-for-schools-a-school-principals-perspective/#comment-42623 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:45:17 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=48835#comment-42623 I believe I shared the same excitement you had as I started to picture what the future could hold as a teacher. Yes, the startup cost would be higher due to the number of iPads being bought, but think about a curriculum upgrade in the future. An easy download from iBooks 2 and $10 to $15 per text, this could become a rather simple and cheap way to upgrade.

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