Comments on: I have held the future in my hands http://lastexiled.com/index.php/2010/05/06/i-have-held-the-future-in-my-hands/ residence-in-exile of The Last Amazon Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:53:02 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Kateland http://lastexiled.com/index.php/2010/05/06/i-have-held-the-future-in-my-hands/comment-page-1/#comment-4002 Kateland Thu, 06 May 2010 23:06:01 +0000 http://lastexiled.com/?p=4670#comment-4002 Absolutely. Not to mention we could offer our students a great deal more than just a 'basic' course content for those who want to explore a subject more in depth. We are missing opportunities to build on curiosity. A colleague has a daughter currently studying in Korea and she was amazed to discover the Korean university was no longer using textbooks - everything was done electronically which got me to thinking, why aren't we? I know my some of my daughter's text books came with a 'cd' but why have the book in the first place? Even with the CD you can always have a printed copy and have the advantage of only printing the pages you actually need. In my daughter's case, her text books for science program averaged around $1300-$1600 a year - which could be considerably reduced if it was supplied in an 'e' format. All of which goes to show what idiots we all are for opting to make the new technology adapt to outmoded models/patterns. Absolutely. Not to mention we could offer our students a great deal more than just a ‘basic’ course content for those who want to explore a subject more in depth. We are missing opportunities to build on curiosity.

A colleague has a daughter currently studying in Korea and she was amazed to discover the Korean university was no longer using textbooks – everything was done electronically which got me to thinking, why aren’t we?

I know my some of my daughter’s text books came with a ‘cd’ but why have the book in the first place? Even with the CD you can always have a printed copy and have the advantage of only printing the pages you actually need. In my daughter’s case, her text books for science program averaged around $1300-$1600 a year – which could be considerably reduced if it was supplied in an ‘e’ format. All of which goes to show what idiots we all are for opting to make the new technology adapt to outmoded models/patterns.

]]> By: James Bow http://lastexiled.com/index.php/2010/05/06/i-have-held-the-future-in-my-hands/comment-page-1/#comment-4000 James Bow Thu, 06 May 2010 15:30:34 +0000 http://lastexiled.com/?p=4670#comment-4000 Whatever I think about books (and I love paperbacks, myself), the fact is that every school should think about changing over from textbooks to e-readers. The content will be more current, and our students backs will thank us. Whatever I think about books (and I love paperbacks, myself), the fact is that every school should think about changing over from textbooks to e-readers. The content will be more current, and our students backs will thank us.

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