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Digital Textbooks: Do they save money? Are they effective? Is their use inevitable?

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Mary Beth Hertz replied to JohnBeloit's discussion 'Digital Textbooks: Do they save money? Are they effective? Is their use inevitable?'

John, Here is my blog post about the topic: http://philly-teacher.blogspot.com/2009/07/kindling-our-way-to-simplified.html I am excited by the possibilities of digital textbooks, but have some questions/concerns that are discussed in the…

Aug 9, 2009

JohnBeloit replied to JohnBeloit's discussion 'Digital Textbooks: Do they save money? Are they effective? Is their use inevitable?'

BTW, my apologies to Jack Hutchinson, who I see already suggested this article earlier. Thanks Jack!

Aug 9, 2009

Digital Textbooks: Do they save money? Are they effective? Is their use inevitable?

I hope most of you will check out this great article in today's NY Times on Digital textbooks referred to me by colleague Molly Hamm. Oddly, some administrators quoted cite budget cuts as a reason NOT to use them, while others, including California Gov. Schwarzenneger, claim that they will save tons of money. What do you think?http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/education/09textbook.html?_r=1&hp See More

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About Me: I have been writing about education for over 20 years. I am especially interested in cross-cultural studies, psychology, the Arts, and ways to use technology to bring together students from different cultures.

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At 8:15pm on January 27, 2009, Jack said…: Hi John. I was wondering if you and your students would be interested in participating in a nationwide SAT Vocab Video Contest @ MIT university. If not, perhaps you have some educator contacts you could direct me to. You can view contest details at BrainyFlix.com Please let me know. Thanks!

At 6:16am on October 17, 2007, BobStimson said…: Hey John,

hope to see you at the Open Source conference!

Bob

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