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“Ripe for digital destruction,” (A Textbook) were words of the late Steve Jobs referring to the enormous potential for the textbooks industry. He believed the textbook market to be worth an estimated 8 billion dollars in the U.S. alone. His vision was to lessen the burden of carrying heavy textbooks around, while also offering them as a free feature with the iPad. He wanted to change the culture of textbooks forever. The essay “What are the Enablers and Barriers to Successful Adoption and Commercialization

when it comes time to purchase required course textbooks. For a first year student, the struggle of purchasing cheap textbooks from the bookstore can be hard, especially if there is no used version of that textbook available. However, the best way to get cheap textbooks are to look for alternatives, such as buying textbooks online, buying used textbooks, or renting textbooks. When it comes to purchasing a textbook, "a hardcover full-color textbook [can] cost $200 or more." (Liz Weston). That is

As students began to look into getting a higher education, certain factors determine what college they may look into: locations, academic profile, graduation rate, school size, and ,to some the most important, the cost of the university. The cost of a university can play one of the biggest deciding factors in furthering your educations. Many students don’t have hundreds of thousands of dollars and there are many poor people in this world who want to attend college and earn a degree to support themselves

Appropriateness of resource. Starfall.com is an appropriate resource for students who are pre-k to second grade with beginner to intermediate level ESL skills. The interactive activities, stories, songs, are designed to be easily and freely explored by young learners who are motivated by fun, colorful, animated charters and many prompt to “click on.” Visual and auditory learners will be well suited to this site as the activities consist of brightly colored visuals paired with auditory directions

responsible for our school’s presentation, who wants to be in a school where we don’t care about our equipment? Can you see this, what does this look like? This looks like this textbook that had no space, compressed in a bag, I mean look at our timetable Tuesday we have all six subjects meaning, for most of us, trying to squeeze in 5 textbooks into a small space, this is just terrible, not having all six subjects in a day, but the fact that we are expected to bring all our books to school when we struggle to

As every incoming freshman begins their preparation for moving day, one major task is always at the top of the to-do list. That task is buying textbooks. Most families dread this task because of the unnecessarily high price of each textbook they will have to purchase. Granted colleges and universities have developed some ways to lower the price on textbooks, such as buying used or renting, but the families are still stuck paying hundreds of dollars on books each semester that some professors will

The issue whether tablets or textbooks is a huge decision for us. As I speak I ask you to decide for yourself which tool you would consider. I believe that schools should use tablets for the K-12th grade instead of textbooks because it’s more beneficial to the schools and therefore better for our future the main reason why tablets are the key to our future is that they are safer, more cost friendly, and helps improve students achievements for education than textbooks. Now let’s talk about the first

to do. There is just one small problem in the way of many people's dreams, college textbooks. Now at first it sounds pretty dumb until you see that the average student in the U.S spends about $1,200 on textbooks each year. One textbook can go up to $200, that's just one textbook in one class. I'm here today to help find some ways we can reduce the cost so more people can chase their dream job. The reason textbooks are so pricey is due to the fact that there aren’t many publishers creating these books

waste, and allow the smartest generation in years to form. Technology allows students to learn more effectively and quicker. This is mostly due to the fact that technology gives instant answers, rather than looking and searching for the answer in a textbook. Students that are unable to attend a public school utilize the technology to take online courses. There are online schools that allow the same courses and curriculum as the public schools. Taking the courses online has even proved to have higher

phones are being bought every day. Some devices like IPads, Computers, and tablets are being used in the classroom. But is this really a good way to educate students? Students and teachers should focus less on technology and use textbooks. One reason that textbooks should be used is because handheld technological devices including tablets are associated with a wide range of health problems. According to the American Optometric Association, such issues like headaches, blurred vision, eyestrain