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The Amplify, a 10-inch Android tablet for kindergartners through 12th graders, will come with the company’s education curriculum, which can also be used on other devices.
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Thanks to Joanna Brinker for this one! This is the device mentioned in yesterday's AP article about the shift from print to digital textbooks. Delete the scoop?
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10 reasons why e-texbooks are still not widely used by teachers or students. Delete the scoop?
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"Charging $162 for a textbook may or may not be morally acceptable, but I am pretty confident that it will soon cease to be commercially sustainable." Delete the scoop?
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WASHINGTON-AP: "Welcome to the new digital bookcase, where traditional ink-and-paper textbooks have given way to iPads and book bags are getting lighter. Publishers update students' books almost instantly with the latest events or research. Schools are increasingly looking to the hand-held tablets as a way to sustain students' interest, reward their achievements and, in some cases, actually keep per-student costs down." Delete the scoop?
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Vikram Savkar from Nature Publishing Group describes the mission behind his successful digital textbook, Principles of Biology, at the IDPF Conference. Delete the scoop?
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