Sentences with phrase «paper textbooks»

Features like this are critical if electronic books are ever going to fully replace paper textbooks in classrooms.

The scenario effectively eliminates the need for paper textbooks, and promotes collaborative work and healthy competition between students.

If a district switches from paper textbooks to digital as some have, those students won't have access.

I haven't used paper textbooks in my school for a few years now, as I've decided to go digital.

Students carry a single device instead of heavy paper textbooks.

With traditional paper textbooks, many students are reluctant to make notes or highlight passages for fear of ruining the book.

Having the coolest e-reader in the world does you no good if you still have to buy paper textbooks.

Ok, I'm either going to point out the obvious here, or I've missed the point entirely... But isn't your average paper textbook even more inaccessible to blind readers?

At CES we informed our visitors not only about the technical features of jetBook Color, which is available to order, but also about the educational project in Russia, where the devices are intended to replace paper textbooks in the long run.

It also suggests that technology can be empowering for students who may, for whatever reason, not benefit from traditional study techniques such as reviewing notes, reading paper textbooks or participating in study groups with peers.

Ultimately, technology can be a cost saver for schools and districts as they migrate away from expensive paper textbooks.

The Alabama Senate has approved a bill that would allow the state to spend as much as $ 100 million to wean its school districts off paper textbooks...

«This study demonstrates that institutions and the marketplace must first remove barriers that exist even in today's paper textbook market, most notably cost,» said Susan Grajek, EDUCAUSE vice president for data, research, and analytics and report author, in a press release today.

As an innovative change, Clearwater is going to stop making use of the conventional paper textbooks and instead give the students e-readers as substitutes in the following year.

Currently, states across the US are mandating a switch to an eTextbook format over the original paper textbook method to cut costs and limit the destruction of forests.

The scuffle between the two companies illustrates a vulnerability in businesses like Kno that convert paper textbooks to digital textbooks on behalf of third - party publishers.

The good news: While paper textbooks cost around $ 120, e-texts, usually sold for one - year use, are typically about $ 20, says Kahler.

Welcome to the new digital bookcase, where traditional ink - and - paper textbooks have given way to iPads and book bags are getting lighter.

Todd Schiller, 22, a student in the University of Washington's doctorate program in computer science, says he prefers the visual cues of a paper textbook to the «tunnel vision» that today's e-reading promotes.

Using the latest technology and the world's first Triton 2 Color E Ink screen the jetBook Color was originally focused on the education market for students to keep track of their schedules, check homework, and eventually replace all paper textbooks.

Across the globe, paper textbooks are slowly being relegated to «thing of the past» status to make way for enhanced digital textbooks.

The original focus was on the education market; helping students to keep track of their schedules, check homework, and eventually replace all paper textbooks.

-- Across the globe, paper textbooks are slowly being relegated to «thing of the past» status to make way for enhanced digital textbooks.

The buzz, also, at the conference, and at Tools of Change today, is that the incorporation of Creative Commons into Habitat will be really bad news for the paper textbook industry.

Will this solve all the problems and do away with the paper textbook altogether?