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A Professor and Author’s Perspective on the Impact of Apple’s iBooks Textbooks

By Sam | January 20, 2012 | 2 comments

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A familiar conversation that takes place every semester surrounds the hot topic of textbook costs. The longest lines on campus are at the bookstore where countless students are buying books required for their classes. It’s not uncommon to overhear them declare the unfairness of a $200 textbook for a business class or about the class that requires multiple books.

With Apple’s announcement this week of its new iBook textbook program I felt a mix of interest, excitement, and apprehension. These are not uncommon feelings for professors and I had a chance to watch a colleague download and open his first new “textbook”.

McGraw-Hill Brings High School Textbooks To The iPad

By Lory | January 19, 2012 | No comment yet

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Textbook publisher McGraw-Hill has just announced the addition of five high school level math and science textbooks, designed specifically for the iPad, to Apple’s new iBooks Textbooks feature. Starting now, teens can learn about Algebra, Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Geometry from their iPad.

With today’s Apple education event, where it was announced that iBooks will start offering textbooks at $15 each, McGraw-Hill was first on the scene with its five high school level books. The company plans to double its program offering throughout the upcoming year.

Educational iPad App Promo Code Giveaway – KineMath

By Cristi | September 7, 2011 | No comment yet

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It’s that time of year again and students across the country are headed back to school for another year of reading, writing and arithmetic. In preparation for school days packed with learning, parents are hitting the back-to-school aisles in search of bargains on everything from notebooks and markers to clothing and gym shoes.

From now until September 11th, PadGadget is partnering with a host of great developers to offer a series of educational app giveaways for students from preschool to college. Make sure you check back every morning to discover the featured educational related app and Click to Tweet for a chance to win.

High School’s iPad Experiment a Success

By Jillian | September 6, 2011 | 2 comments

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Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop High School

Last year Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop High School in south central Minnesota bought iPads for all of their students. This meant 375 new tablets that meant to be used as companions to the learning process.

Moving into their second year, in which students are expected to return with their iPads, the school feels the experiment was a success.

Educational iPad App Promo Code Giveaway – CourseNotes

By Cristi | September 3, 2011 | 3 comments

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It’s that time of year again and students across the country are headed back to school for another year of reading, writing and arithmetic. In preparation for school days packed with learning, parents are hitting the back-to-school aisles in search of bargains on everything from notebooks and markers to clothing and gym shoes.

From now until September 11th, PadGadget is partnering with a host of great developers to offer a series of educational app giveaways for students from preschool to college. Make sure you check back every morning to discover the featured educational related app and Click to Tweet for a chance to win.

Get Textbooks on your iPad Using Amazon’s Textbook Rental Service

By Juli | July 18, 2011 | No comment yet

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We’ve written several articles and stories on the rising popularity of electronic textbooks, and overwhelmingly, students have been willing and eager to use digital versions of class texts, to save money and space.

Many companies have been eager to get into the digital textbook market, but so far, e-textbooks have failed to catch on and are not yet widely used. However, Amazon has decided to step into the market, launching Kindle Textbook Rental, a program designed to let students rent their books from the Kindle Store. Read More »

After Prom iPad Raffle

By Cristi | May 13, 2010 | No comment yet

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Senior Prom has been a tradition in US schools for generations. Boys and girls dress to the nines, go to dinner and enjoy an evening of dancing and fun. Each school has its own traditions and many of them include After Prom events. These events offer students a place to go and hang out with friends instead of engaging in less favorable activities. Always a good thing at that age!

Apparently Haverford High School in Pennsylvania is trying the high tech approach in order to attract students to their BLAST (Best and Last of All Senior Times) event this year. Despite a decrease in the number of volunteers and donations, the culmination of this event will include a 4:30 AM raffle with several prizes, the top ones being an iPad, iPod Touch and 19-inch HD TV/DVD combo. Now that’s the way to end your senior year and don’t worry, they must be present to win!

iPads for High School Students?

By Roberto | April 26, 2010 | No comment yet

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The Santa Cruz Sentinel reports that Monte Vista Christian School has 60 iPads ready to serve advanced placement students with e-books, instead of the old paper variety. The iPads were introduced, this past Thursday, to advanced placement students who will participate in a pilot project. If all goes well, the school anticipates replacing heavy and expensive textbooks with cheaper, interactive e-versions.

The school believes is among the first to adopt iPads, but it won’t be the last. Teachers love the ability to get definitions of words with a click, and the access to video and newspapers. In some classes, students are using the iPads for anatomy demonstrations. English teacher Marcus Schwager, is excited to show students how to look up obscure words in Shakespeare and get the proper pronunciations.