Textbooks?
September 25, 2008
I never want to buy textbooks again! Since we just purchased several new versions, mostly at the secondary level, at a cost of over $400,000 – the time might be right. Unlike the past, we have other options – software, PDFs, video files, consumable workbooks, podcasts, and online tutorials are just a few.
Many textbook companies see this coming – they are adapting their “intellectual property” to allow educators to choose the format for receiving the content. iTunes University is being piloted here in Michigan as a way teachers can provide lectures and other materials to their students. The list of innovations goes on…. maybe textbooks will go the way of slate boards and the ditto machine?
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Scot Graden's Blog 
The first 2 thoughts that come to mind are a mix of the good and the bad.
GOOD: I am sure a lot of backs will greatly appreciate fewer textbooks.
BAD: It is hard now to verify if your student is concentrating on homework when the book is open and the iPod is plugged into his/her ears. How hard will this be when the iPod is the homework?