Textbooks become obsolete quickly, like the Kindle stormy market

The children of our generation has grown with the technology, chances are your grandparents have never dreamed of in their old age. Modern students are probably not capable of living without phone, smart high-speed Internet and high-definition (HD) or to present a Global Positioning System (GPS). And while some teachers go their way, the students, their list of add must-have technology for the school Kindle.

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Some schools have bought the Kindle for use in the classroom. But what is wrongthe old manuals, printed? After a few instructors who currently can use the Kindle's books are very limited and are an efficient way to distribute reading material. These educators believe that e-readers to "upgrade" for not only books, but libraries. The electronic addresses a common problem in school libraries - limited stock of popular books. With e-readers, any number of students access to the same work at the same time, a bookScarcity obsolete. In addition, textbooks are hard to make it clear to reduce the burden of backpacks, automatically improves your posture and reduce the risk of back injuries.

The Kindle, the best-selling e-reader from Amazon through out, has a 9.7-inch screen, weighs only 18.9 grams and is only 1 / 3 inch thick. With a capacity of 3,500 e-books, downloads for $ 9.99 or less, and a 7-day in the life of the battery in 3 weeks it is clear that a Kindle, or similarE-reader a useful learning in the classroom and be innovative.

It seems that most universities have used the Kindle - spread with a little help from the Amazon, the Kindle to seven universities in the United States in the fall of 2009. At that time, many were enthusiastic about the new technology could lead to education, and thought it could be the end of the traditional use of textbooks in the classroom to highlight. Princeton University, an institutionparticipate in the program, the digitization of the three courses that were delivered to the Kindle participating students and teachers has been approved.

However, some educators are not fully convinced that the Kindle is more than textbooks, citing concerns about the sustainability of compressed plastic in the hands of K-12 students. Other teachers have opted for the netbooks, because it is a power outlet, so the Kindle connect to a projector for the text in classScreen.

But probably the biggest concern is prohibitive K-12 educators are at the original price of the Kindle. Give each student or a class of students, with an expensive electronic devices are not only feasible for most school districts. While a small Kindle is for $ 139 (the prices even more in many districts "is), selling the Kindle, that's for digital textbooks, for a whopping $ 379 on Amazon.com.

Organized as a pilot program on campusLast fall, the comments by the students of the Amazon, which are less favorable. Kindle was a "poor substitute for a book heavy in the class and difficult to navigate." In addition, the device is reported not suitable for use by blind or visually impaired students.

While the Kindle and Kindle received rave reviews for casual readers who offers the way the device portability and ease of reading your favorite novel or a magazine, newspaper loveE-Reader does not seem ready to face the classroom - at least not yet.

Textbooks become obsolete quickly, like the Kindle stormy market

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