Will Tablet PCs replace Textbooks?
Will Tablet PCs replace Textbooks? I personally don't think so! This quick post from PC World really caught my attention today. Bill Gates proclaims that "In fact, we see a day where every student, instead of their textbooks, will simply have their tablet computer connected up to the wireless Internet." Ohh Mr. Gates if only you were a student!I started this semester with the hope of bringing the dream of digital textbooks to a reality. After all they are cheaper, you can carry them everytwhere you go and actually make a lot of sense on paper. I even wrote an enthusthiastic article before I began this jouney with ebooks. Now that semester is comming to a close I am expecting to write an article describing my feelings, observations and conclusions about ebooks and their ability to replace those heavy textbooks. I would love to cry out and rejoice how wonderful they are but without going into too many details at the moment let me just say we have some time before I see students turning to their tablets and leaving behind the textbooks.
I even experienced two differnt formats of this ebook world. One was purchased through SafariX and required an internet connection to view. The other was in the Adobe PDF format. As an individual that likes to adopt new and innovating technology I regretfully must tell you that I feel neither is an adequate replacment to those medevial textbooks. I have lots of reasons to back up these feelings and plan to share them in an article when school is finished. I currently have a lot of students eagerly awaiting my analysis so I really want to spend some time writing it all up but for now just wanted to share the thoughts of a student who has actually done the whole ebook thing for an entire semester.
Go ahead and read the article yourself but stay tuned to hear the real story behind digital textbooks!
Will Tablet PCs replace Textbooks
from PC World
posted by Jason Dorko at 2:24 PM
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well, there are some limitations that will change in the future such as: resolution of tablet pc screens, battery life will be significantly improved with OLED screens and newer processors.
the resolution of a tablet screen is usually 768x1024 where as a standard text book would probably be around 2550x3300 there is no competiting with paper
but look at the day when res does get close to the max of what a human eye can see(paper 300dpi). we can then display the entire text book on the top half of the screen (2 page spread) and take notes on the lower half. then hyperlink sections of the books, drop in pictures from the book or the web....
digital text books will always stay up to date. one can search their own library of past digital text books in seconds. notes can refer back to text books...
where are my notes about western history back in 10th grade? what was that quote from a book i read back in college. on i could really help my son with his physics homework if only i could find how i did a similar problem 20 years ago....
gates has a dream and it doesnt stop with BAMM we can highlight a digital textbook!
just realize this is the first wave of this new technology and there is much much more to look forward to.
I'm so sick of freaking expensive books and the fact they keep coming out with new additions that have like a word changed every five minutes. I have been using the site cheapesttextbooks.com which has really got me through my college years, they gave me really good deals on a whole lot of book sites. I just can't wait until everyone uses sites like this one so that overpriced book companies stop making so much money.
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