NEW YORK - Apple plans to make iPad to be a substitute for textbooks began to be implemented. More recently, the electronics giant apple logo is a standard book launch SMA electronic version.
Electronic books, among them the Biology and Environmental Science from Pearson, and Algebra-1 and Chemistry of the McGraw-Hill, adopting features of video and other interactive elements. Thus was launched the Associated Press on Monday (1/23/2012).
Despite efforts to reform the textbooks have started to run, the chances of success of this plan is still not visible. The textbook that has been used in lessons purchased by the school and reused every year, but things like that can not be done on the electronic book.
Many of the major book publishers who have made an electronic version of their product. However, the tool can be used to read it just recently started to attend. PCs are too expensive and complicated, while a special device to read e-books like Amazon's Kindle has a screen that is too small and colorless.
Meanwhile, the iPad and other tablet computers that can be used to read e-books, the price range is still high (USD499). Apple also has not revealed any program to make it easier pelajat get a tablet.
Albert Greco, professor of marketing at Fordham University in New York and former head of school said, if you want to replace printed books with iPad, schools will need to buy iPad for students. It is impossible to let students are able to buy iPad to use it in class with students who have economic difficulties.
"The problem of digital divide can be very embarrassing. Because if you do not have the iPad, you can not do the quiz, you do not get instant answers. This could invite a lawsuit," said Greco.
