As I sit here parallel-processing like the youth of today, watching a video stream of the recognition of the National Teacher of the Year and reading legislation recently passed by the Indiana Legislature that codified the change of definition of a textbook first embraced by the Indiana State Board of Education in February 2009, I […]
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New Indiana textbook law: digital and flexible
May 5th, 2011 by -
Will e-books in education go the way of consumer e-books?
April 19th, 2011 byWhile education has no shortage of trends, not to mention fads, to see where technology in education is going, often you need to look to the consumer world to see the way-cool technologies and related trends. iPods, cell phones, computers, tablets – you name it; the much larger consumer world gets it first and establishes […]
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Indiana Moves Digital
April 12th, 2011 byI spent some time last week talking to educators in Indiana about their efforts to move from print to digital content in their schools. I picked Indiana educators because about two years ago the Indiana State Board of Education changed the definition of a textbook to include electronic materials and the equipment needed to display […]
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The Tipping Point with Digital Textbooks? At least in higher ed.
April 1st, 2011 byFor a few years before I joined SETDA, I was fortunate to be Editorial Director for both a K-12 technology and education publication – T.H.E. Journal – and a higher ed publication – Campus Technology. It was fascinating to read and write about both levels of education and their use of technology and to watch […]
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Tracking Changes in Digital and Open Content
March 18th, 2011 byTracking changes is not only a feature in Microsoft Word, it also is a crucial component of keeping up to date in education. Changes in policy do not come easily in many areas of education, especially in an area as fundamental to education as the content used in the teaching and learning process. However, the […]