Zipfanatik
2nd String
Posts: 477
Joined: Aug 2007
Reputation: 11
I Root For: Akron Zips
Location:
|
Textbooks going extinct?
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Economy...997&page=1
All college students have access to online materials. School kids that don't could go to a library or could print out a few pages at school that they would need at home for their homework that night. The money saved would help shore up school budgets, upgrade facilities, etc.
|
|
06-14-2009 12:38 PM |
|
niuhuskie84
All American
Posts: 3,930
Joined: Sep 2004
Reputation: 12
I Root For:
Location:
|
RE: Textbooks going extinct?
(06-14-2009 12:38 PM)Zipfanatik Wrote: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Economy...997&page=1
All college students have access to online materials. School kids that don't could go to a library or could print out a few pages at school that they would need at home for their homework that night. The money saved would help shore up school budgets, upgrade facilities, etc.
Personally, having used some of these online materials and "e-books"...I hate them. I find the old fashioned way to be much easier to navigate, mark up, carry along with me...I cant tell you what a ***** it is trying to find a certain topic in a 500-page slow-loading PDF.
(This post was last modified: 06-14-2009 12:41 PM by niuhuskie84.)
|
|
06-14-2009 12:40 PM |
|
Zipfanatik
2nd String
Posts: 477
Joined: Aug 2007
Reputation: 11
I Root For: Akron Zips
Location:
|
RE: Textbooks going extinct?
Another option would be rather than buying new sets of textbooks on a regular basis, get a quantity/educational discount on Kindles to be loaned to each kid and load them with open-source lessons. Apparently Amazon.com is already working on it...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con...02597.html
|
|
06-14-2009 03:08 PM |
|
smn1256
I miss Tripster
Posts: 28,878
Joined: Apr 2008
Reputation: 337
I Root For: Lower taxes
Location: North Mexico
|
RE: Textbooks going extinct?
(06-14-2009 12:40 PM)niuhuskie84 Wrote: (06-14-2009 12:38 PM)Zipfanatik Wrote: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Economy...997&page=1
All college students have access to online materials. School kids that don't could go to a library or could print out a few pages at school that they would need at home for their homework that night. The money saved would help shore up school budgets, upgrade facilities, etc.
Personally, having used some of these online materials and "e-books"...I hate them. I find the old fashioned way to be much easier to navigate, mark up, carry along with me...I cant tell you what a ***** it is trying to find a certain topic in a 500-page slow-loading PDF.
I agree. I still prefer a newpaper to reading an online news story.
|
|
06-14-2009 04:03 PM |
|
DrTorch
Proved mach and GTS to be liars
Posts: 35,887
Joined: Jun 2002
Reputation: 201
I Root For: ASU, BGSU
Location:
|
RE: Textbooks going extinct?
(06-14-2009 12:40 PM)niuhuskie84 Wrote: (06-14-2009 12:38 PM)Zipfanatik Wrote: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Economy...997&page=1
All college students have access to online materials. School kids that don't could go to a library or could print out a few pages at school that they would need at home for their homework that night. The money saved would help shore up school budgets, upgrade facilities, etc.
Personally, having used some of these online materials and "e-books"...I hate them. I find the old fashioned way to be much easier to navigate, mark up, carry along with me...I cant tell you what a ***** it is trying to find a certain topic in a 500-page slow-loading PDF.
Yeah, but a keyword search can be handy at times.
|
|
06-14-2009 04:22 PM |
|
Tulsaman
This Space For Rent
Posts: 4,169
Joined: Nov 2003
Reputation: 26
I Root For: OK State, Tulsa
Location:
|
RE: Textbooks going extinct?
books are annoying. give me a PDF file. cheaper too.
|
|
06-14-2009 05:25 PM |
|
niuhuskie84
All American
Posts: 3,930
Joined: Sep 2004
Reputation: 12
I Root For:
Location:
|
RE: Textbooks going extinct?
(06-14-2009 04:22 PM)DrTorch Wrote: (06-14-2009 12:40 PM)niuhuskie84 Wrote: (06-14-2009 12:38 PM)Zipfanatik Wrote: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Economy...997&page=1
All college students have access to online materials. School kids that don't could go to a library or could print out a few pages at school that they would need at home for their homework that night. The money saved would help shore up school budgets, upgrade facilities, etc.
Personally, having used some of these online materials and "e-books"...I hate them. I find the old fashioned way to be much easier to navigate, mark up, carry along with me...I cant tell you what a ***** it is trying to find a certain topic in a 500-page slow-loading PDF.
Yeah, but a keyword search can be handy at times.
sometimes, and im not saying technology dosent have its advantages. the potential is great. but in its current stage, i find it more hassle than its worth. mouse clicking, key word searches, and scrolling still dosent come close to my own personal ability to flip through multiple pages and quickly scan for what im looking for, while at the same time holding down 2 or 3 other pages i want to quickly refer back to (all with the ability to mark it up, highlight, crease pages...do whatever). and i dont care what anyone says...its not comfortable curling up with a laptop.
the only issue i have with textbooks specifically is the ultra-inflated price and the need for publishers to come out with a new edition every year (thus killing the used market..which is what they're trying to do anyway).
but for normal reading, nothing beats the tactile, physical product. and plus i love the experience of browsing in a store..i rarely go into a shop with something in mind, but i almost always walk out with 3 or 4 paperbacks.
(This post was last modified: 06-14-2009 07:08 PM by niuhuskie84.)
|
|
06-14-2009 07:03 PM |
|
Artifice
1st String
Posts: 2,064
Joined: Jul 2008
Reputation: 168
I Root For: Beer
Location:
|
RE: Textbooks going extinct?
(06-14-2009 12:40 PM)niuhuskie84 Wrote: (06-14-2009 12:38 PM)Zipfanatik Wrote: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Economy...997&page=1
All college students have access to online materials. School kids that don't could go to a library or could print out a few pages at school that they would need at home for their homework that night. The money saved would help shore up school budgets, upgrade facilities, etc.
Personally, having used some of these online materials and "e-books"...I hate them. I find the old fashioned way to be much easier to navigate, mark up, carry along with me...I cant tell you what a ***** it is trying to find a certain topic in a 500-page slow-loading PDF.
|
|
06-14-2009 07:17 PM |
|
Zipfanatik
2nd String
Posts: 477
Joined: Aug 2007
Reputation: 11
I Root For: Akron Zips
Location:
|
RE: Textbooks going extinct?
I used to want an e-book reader, but not for $300. If they'd get down to about $100 I'd probably spring. I've moved enough times that I'm ready to start reducing my shelves of books (and scanning/digitizing my files of paperwork). As far as the textbooks, California is under a budget emergency so they likely will be gone soon under The Governator (he11, they may have to start closing schools) and then other states will find the will to do the same. Maybe students will be able to pay an extra fee out of pocket if they still want the paper. Printed newspapers are on the way out as well.
|
|
06-14-2009 07:30 PM |
|