Los Angeles' school system, the second largest in the United States, is ordering iPads for all its students, handing Apple a major success in its quest to make the tablet computer a replacement for textbooks.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 19, 2013
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Between 1831 and 1854, the French anatomist Jean-Marc Bourgery and his compatriot Nicolas-Henri Jacob, a versatile artist, produced a richly illustrated and ground-breaking medical textbook. The "Traité complet de l'anatomie ...
Other
Jun 18, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Research by an Indiana State University doctoral student found that students did equally well on a test whether reading from a digital book or a printed one.
Social Sciences
May 7, 2013
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(AP)—When it comes to high school math, the course titles don't really matter or even predict what's in the textbook.
Social Sciences
Mar 12, 2013
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(AP)—Schools no longer have to wait for textbook companies to print new editions to get the latest events. In some cases, it's as simple as a teacher hitting "refresh."
Social Sciences
Mar 6, 2013
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New York students would ditch textbooks and be issued tablets under a proposal by a leading candidate for mayor.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 16, 2013
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An educational search engine funded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) has gone mobile just in time for the holidays with the Dec. 16 release of an iPad app.
Software
Dec 20, 2012
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VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a free e-learning application called weLearn for Android tablets. The easy-to-use cloud service is designed to support and enliven learning by expanding the learning ...
Social Sciences
Dec 14, 2012
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(Phys.org)—The orientation of a diagram on the page of a textbook may seem inconsequential, but it can have a significant impact on a reader's ability to comprehend the information as presented, according to a team of researchers ...
Ecology
Sep 18, 2012
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Students don't seem to want to buy e-textbooks. So some schools are simply forcing them.
Other
Aug 16, 2012
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