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Sharee Dickey's picture

Digital textbooks

In an effort to save money, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (did I spell that right?)  has announced that starting next fall, math and science classes in California will be taught using digital textbooks. While most admit it will save money in the long run, critics point out that there will be huge start up costs and wonder where the money will come from to provide each student with their own e-reader. There are many details to be worked out. Among them- 

Will the state pay for the devices or at least subsidize the cost?

Will teachers just end up printing out pages for students?

Will teachers be able to change or modify open-source materials?

Will the quality be as high with open-source textbooks?

How many students will have access to computers at home?

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Thomas Johnson's picture

Textbooks . . . . What a Rip!

I had the chance today to take a look at the Make Textbooks Affordable website.Click here to read more »
Lori Halls's picture

Making Textbooks Affordable

http://www.maketextbooksaffordable.org

After all of my years of schooling I feel for students who have to pay so much money for textbooks.  I fully support the use of online textbooks to cut down the cost of buying books. 

Here are some facts that I found interesting while reading through the website:

*Students spend an average of $900 a year on textbooks, this is 20% of tuition at an average university.
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