Tell us your thoughts on the growing offerings in digital books and textbooks. Do you like the idea of having your books on a Phone, Tablet or other device? What might be the drawbacks? What percentage of textbooks do you think will be digital 10 years from now? Do you think you’d read more if you had access to e-books? How do you think e-books will change studying and learning?
I really like the thought of digital books. Are generation will have a advantage as well as a disadvantage. We have all the talk about how our school books will be on our devices when actuality our devices have none. If we do have access to a book its not the actual material that in the real textbook. It just has examples of the problem and the steps of solving it. It would be a advantage if they were able to work out that kink and put the actual books on them.
Pesonally, books on my phone, tablet, or any portable gadgit I love. Drawbacks can vary. A major drawback that can happen is no service. Even if its 3G or 4G it can lose service. Say if there was a delimma and i needed to look it up on the internet in a basement I would not be able to obtain the information I am looking for. Another drawback is how the hard drive or the whole system itself crashes. One nasty or horrible crash can wipe away every single thing stored on that device.
Ten years for now I believe approximatly 98 percent of textbooks should be digital. Indeed, if more e-books are available I would read more. I can almost gaurentee that the average amount of people that read will increase. E-books will change studying and learning by actually making it more easy and more entertaining. Many more students will be active in class and eager to learn. If you change up your style and the way you present all the lesson more will learns and stay eager for more lesson and your class. Starting from the year of 2012 adapt to our generation and help us learn in a new and entertaing way.
