Sentences with phrase «electronic textbooks allow»

In addition to added functionality (i.e., highlighting and dictionary functions), electronic textbooks allow the teacher to choose, edit, and modify text, becoming a more active consumer of curricular materials.

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Outside of the classroom, increased connectivity on college campuses provides opportunities for students and teachers to collaborate, empowers student research via university library — enabled online search engines, and allows students to use enhanced electronic textbooks, which include embedded videos and hyperlinks to pertinent articles on the Internet.

The Texas Board of Education's decision to allow school districts to buy a videodisk - based science curriculum with state textbook funds will encourage traditional publishers to step up their efforts in the electronic media, experts said last week, but it is unlikely to signal the end of printed textbooks in the schools.

This will allow users all over the world to purchase textbooks and electronic books.