World History
I am huge proponent of moving textbooks online, especially since the major textbook companies have finally figured it out and now have a number of digital ancillaries that come with the books. But every one in while they do server maintenance or have too many people on at the same time. At that point, I tell my students to go here for a complete US history e-book.
- Ditch The Textbook Facebook Page
If you read most textbooks, they are often (aside from AP ones) little other than the state required "essential knowledge" with verbs thrown in. I believe they are popular because they are easy as in a teacher telling his/her students to just read...
- Online History E-textbook
Years ago I worked with a group that was trying to get interactive textbooks up and free online. We managed to get the textbook up, but not the funding. But, for those of you who want to share a great e-textbook with your students, here is...
- Our Two Month Ipad E-textbook Pilot
Last November Houghton Mifflin Harcourt asked me to pilot their new iPad e-textbooks which we did for two months ending just this past Monday. The pilot was for Patterns of Interaction and I must admit the first day we had them there were some collective...
- "push Pop" Is A Cool Way To Read A Book
Facebook just bought Push Pop which is a tablet and smart phone e-book producer which pushes the boundaries of what an e-book is. One of the reasons I have been a huge proponent of students using e-books is because of the amazingly quick changes...
- E-books
Two years ago I had the opportunity to pilot online books w. our students and now thanks to some innovative county leaders, we are, as a county, mostly going to e-books next year for our high school social studies classes. When people ask me why...
World History
e-textbook
- Ditch The Textbook Facebook Page
If you read most textbooks, they are often (aside from AP ones) little other than the state required "essential knowledge" with verbs thrown in. I believe they are popular because they are easy as in a teacher telling his/her students to just read...
- Online History E-textbook
Years ago I worked with a group that was trying to get interactive textbooks up and free online. We managed to get the textbook up, but not the funding. But, for those of you who want to share a great e-textbook with your students, here is...
- Our Two Month Ipad E-textbook Pilot
Last November Houghton Mifflin Harcourt asked me to pilot their new iPad e-textbooks which we did for two months ending just this past Monday. The pilot was for Patterns of Interaction and I must admit the first day we had them there were some collective...
- "push Pop" Is A Cool Way To Read A Book
Facebook just bought Push Pop which is a tablet and smart phone e-book producer which pushes the boundaries of what an e-book is. One of the reasons I have been a huge proponent of students using e-books is because of the amazingly quick changes...
- E-books
Two years ago I had the opportunity to pilot online books w. our students and now thanks to some innovative county leaders, we are, as a county, mostly going to e-books next year for our high school social studies classes. When people ask me why...