E-Book
Reflection
Digital learning
is about to overtake education and change the way we distribute and interact
with information and, ultimately, the way we learn. EBooks are ideal for the academic
environment. First of all, eBooks
provide a means for non-textbook adoptions.
EBooks can enable daily, weekly,
or monthly updates via the Internet, eliminating out-of-date textbooks. Another
distinct advantage of eBooks is the equality of access to learning materials. Students
who are literally anywhere in the world will have access to the same content
that is available to the student in the classroom. EBooks can be enriched with a broad range of media
types to help with the learning process.
Ebooks would help the student and instructor stay on top of developments
relevant to their curriculum. EBooks along
with the use of interactive whiteboards, makes the class mobile and no longer
tied to the room. This allows the school to better utilize the spare classrooms
in any given period and therefore able to provide more content for their
pupils. This means that the school is able to target more suitable curriculum
to a pupil. From a student’s point of view they are unlikely to forget
something that is required for every lesson. If they do, then it would be
possible to lend a pupil a spare device from the school’s library and load it
with the content required for the day.
So, the use of eBooks could provide a practical solution to schools’
dilemma of having to offer more content directed towards the “average” pupil to
help them achieve better scores without the need of more classrooms. Schools
which are early adopters of this new technology also benefit from the added
marketing value as being seen as innovative and “hi-tech”. It should be less expensive for schools to use
eBooks as textbooks. Perhaps the future of education isn’t as bleak as it
appears today. Perhaps the future will include enhanced, customized instruction
that enables each student in a classroom to learn at his or her own pace and
depth.
Uses
for the Ebook
Big Books-Using an eBook and a
video projector a teacher can instantly create a digital “Big Book” on a screen
for use with a class. He or she can use the eBook to illustrate passages or
demonstrate how reading samples may be used in the literature circle. Teachers and students can create their own
talking electronic books. These books can be “played” on a computer or printed
and bound. Another classroom application of the PowerPoint eBook is to use
technology to create digital “Big Books” for class reading and other
activities.
Audio Library-Students and parents can
donate audiobooks that they have listened to and create an audiobook library
for a class or school. The use of audio text with print text has been found to
increase learning by 38%. If student have created their own audiobooks, place
the student created audiobooks as MP3 files onto the school or class web site
for download. This will allow students to download the class books in audio
format to listen to on their MP3 players.
Digital
Reading List-Teacher can take their
current reading list and search to find what books are available for free as
eBooks, also search for the authors, in case other works that they did are
available for students who might want to read more. Publish a set of hyperlinks
on a class web page so students can assess the list from home or school.
Home-School
Interaction-Teachers can develop reading
relationships between home and school. Place selected eBook or links to online
books on the school, library, or class web site. Students read the books from
home or school.
E-Books in the Future
Ebooks
will eventually be the most popular form of books. Kids e-read a lot via
tablets, Kindles and iPads. Even though many people still like to turn the
pages and use a book, I think that eBooks will increase in use in the future. I’m
not sure if they will become the top dog in books but I am sure that they will
become a very close #2.
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