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Kindles in school make reading fun for students
Students “are learning to research with a purpose and back up their facts, which is the kind of learning Common Core expects,” said principal Danny Ramsey. From the outside looking in on Christy...
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Pearson invests in Barnes & Noble’s Nook
Major technology companies have looked for inroads into the digital textbook industry. Pearson, the U.K. publisher and education company, is buying a 5-percent stake in Barnes & Noble’s Nook...
View ArticleNo-book library? BiblioTech is coming
A book-less library. It sounds like an oxymoron, but come the fall of 2013, San Antonio’s Bexar County is going to be home to the BiblioTech, the country’s first book-less public library, ABC News...
View ArticleBarnes & Noble weighs its eReader investment
Even for a company with a lot of bad news lately, the bulletin from Barnes & Noble this month had an ominous feel, The New York Times reports. Barnes & Noble, the nation’s largest book chain,...
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Discovery Ed expands Techbooks to include math
Math Techbooks offers interactivity to boost student engagement. Discovery Education has announced that it will expand its digital textbook series to include mathematics. The Math Techbook is the...
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Discovery Education offering schools free digital textbooks
Experts said that the digital divide is education’s greatest challenge. Discovery will offer its Techbooks free through June. During a conference on digital learning, award-winning Miami-Dade County...
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Teachers: Ed-tech boosts students’ abilities, self-sufficiency
Technology’s potential to aid teaching and learning when properly implemented and used is widely agreed upon, and teachers say that ed-tech has the potential to both positively and negatively impact...
View ArticleIn Utah’s digital shift, students turning the page on traditional textbooks
On a typical day, the only thing ninth-grader Jonah Warnick carries in his backpack is a binder, the St. Louis Tribune reports. That’s because at his school, North Davis Junior High in Clearfield,...
View ArticleAmazon updates iOS Kindle reading app for blind, visually impaired
Amazon on Wednesday updated its Kindle for iOS reading app with new accessibility features that will help blind and visually impaired users navigate their Kindle library as well as read and interact...
View ArticleStudy: Students perform well regardless of reading print or eBooks
NDTV reports that students do equally well on a test whether reading from a digital book or a printed one, a new study has found. Research by an Indiana State University doctoral student surveyed more...
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How are classrooms implementing mobile technology?
Supporters note that mobile technology boosts student engagement. Advocates of mobile technology in the classroom say that devices such as tablets and smart phones boost student engagement and offer a...
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Creating your own eTextbooks for Common Core
Creating eTextbooks might be easier than you think. In an effort to save schools and districts money that’s often spent on outdated textbooks, many of which are not aligned with the Common Core State...
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School libraries: A shift to digital
With increased collaboration comes a growing need for expanded resources in libraries The school library is changing. Instead of a stuffy and silent space filled with books, today’s school libraries...
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eBooks could be the future of social media
In the future, eBooks will act just like social networks, Co.LABS reports. We’ll use them on our phones, share and comment right inside e-reader apps, and publishers will use our data to help them make...
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Go ahead and freak out about the school with no books
The Atlantic Wire reports that an all-digital school means no more books, no more heavy backpacks full of textbooks, and no more lockers to store those books. It also means saying goodbye to a lot high...
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eReaders may help people with dyslexia
CNN reports: People with dyslexia may have an easier time reading on an eReader than using traditional paper, a new study published today in the journal PLOS One suggests. Researchers say the idea for...
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App of the week: Luca Lashes
Name: Luca Lashes What is it? The Luca Lashes’ interactive eBook and app series are based on main character, Luca, whose magical eyelashes help make him brave. Geared toward children ages 0-4, the...
View ArticleWhat to consider for eBook implementation
eBook implementation is becoming crucial for schools and districts as part of the digital content movement. As mobile devices become a classroom staple, printed books are becoming a staple of the past....
View Article6 ways eBooks can support Common Core
As schools begin implementing the Common Core State Standards, experts say that this could be an opportune time for districts to explore eBooks, specifically because eBooks’ technology features can...
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Colorado schools face challenges in transition to digital textbooks
Mesa County parent Elizabeth Chiono received letters from some of her son’s teachers at the beginning of the school year informing her that he would not get textbooks in history and science classes,...
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