As Textbooks Go Digital, Campus Bookstores May Go Bookless
The face of the director of the U. of Kansas bookstore, Estella McCollum, is reflected in the console for a print-on-demand service she helped to set up. Called Jayhawk Ink, it could clear shelf space for other products.
As students cut costs by buying books from cheaper online retailers or by downloading e-textbooks, campus bookstores sell fewer and fewer textbooks. That’s triggering an identity crisis for one of the oldest institutions on campus and leading some college officials to ask: If textbooks go digital, does the campus even need a bookstore?
Laptops All Around! Now What? Seton Hall’s Support System
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E-School News Article on Mobile Computing
submitted by Dawn R. Sweet
Survey: Mobile learning at a tipping point
Parents say they support mobile technology in the classroom; teachers getting more comfortable with it, too
By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor
According to a recent national survey, access to mobile technology in the classroom has more than tripled among high schools students in the past three years—and even more interesting, parents say they are more likely to purchase a mobile technology device for their child if it’s for classroom use.
The information comes from Project Tomorrow’s annual Speak Up survey and was presented at a conference on mobile learning in Washington, D.C., Oct. 29.
Read more (http://www.eschoolnews.com/2010/10/29/survey-mobile-learning-at-a-tipping-point/)
Student Orchestra Performs Music With iPhones
submitted by Sean Cordes
Laptop orchestras ……
Similar events done, last year with iPods at Michigan.
Read more http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/12/michigan-mobile-phone-ensemble/
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