1. Let’s make the change…

2. Are textbooks obsolete?
 Types of e-Readers
 Educational Role:
 Preschool Level
 Elementary, Middle & High
School Level
 College Level
 Impact on Publishers
 Environmental Impact
 PTHSD – Let’s make the
change
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3. •Small, digital electronic book
•Wireless
•Light weight
•Ability to store huge amounts of
information
•Most come with dictionary feature
•Some have ability to highlight text
•Some have ability to take notes
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4. Amazon
Kindle
Cost and Specifications
$139 – wireless
$189 – 3G wireless
$379 – DX larger screen
free 3G
Up to 3500 books
Reads like real paper
Long battery life – one
month
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5. Barnes &
Noble
Nook
Cost and Specifications
$149 – free Wi-Fi
$199 – 3G with Wi-Fi
Stores up to 1500 books
Battery life – 10 days
Browse the Web
Built in Dictionary
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6. Apple
iPad
Cost and Specifications
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi+ 3G
16Gb - $499 $629
32Gb - $599 $729
64Gb - $699 $829
9.7 inch screen
Backlit touch screen
10 hour battery life
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7. Intel
Reader
Cost and Specifications
•$1399
•Designed for people with
low vision, blindness or
reading disabilities like
dyslexia
•Converts printed text to
digital text
•Easily change font size
•Intel Reader
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8. Educational Role- Preschool
“A major concern about
reading is not how to
teach children to read
but how to ensure that
they will continue to
read, enriching and
broadening their skills
and interests.” - Rich
(1997)
Many electronic formats
for enhancing reading, for
example - Leapster
Students learn the left to
right concept
Pinpoint specific words
Read along as it is read
aloud
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9. Educational Role –
Elementary, Middle & High School Level
Positive Negative
 Effective for students with
learning disabilities
 Enhance the learning for ELL
students
 Books are read to student via
headphones
 Students enthusiastic about
new technology
 Dictionary
 Shows pronunciation which
can increase fluency
 Cost per student is fairly high
initially
 Some additional technical
support required
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10. Educational Role – College Level
Positive Challenges
 Colleges testing out the use of
eReaders
 Less expensive than purchasing
multiple text books.
 Specific textbooks can cost up to
$250
 The average cost of text books
rose 186% from 1986 to 2005
 Students can print out the
electronic version
 Ability to take notes within e-
Reader
 Use dictionary for word meaning
or pronunciation
 Changes how you learn
 Interaction with paper lost
 Ability to make notes,
highlight has changed –
slower
 Hard to locate page numbers
on Kindle – reformatted
 For blind or vision impaired
students the e-readers
directions are not heard but
have to be read
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11. Publishers
 Legislature in some states
okayed using state money
to buy digital textbooks –
California, Texas, Florida,
Indiana
 Texas – spends $500
million on textbooks each
year.
 California spends
approximately $400
million per year on
textbooks
 Florida's spending is closer
to $260 million per year
 K-12 textbook market
reached $6.4 billion in
2007
 Average spending per pupil
for books in U.S. public
schools amounted to
$64.51 annually or 36 cents
per instructional day.
 McGraw Hill publishes
95% of their books
electronically
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12. Environmental Impact
 e-Readers can reduce the
amount of paper needed
for textbooks.
 How can eReaders be
recycled, what is their
life-span?
 Paper can be recycled
into many different
items
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13. Parsippany-Troy Hills School
District
 The average cost of text
books rose 186% from
1986
 Average supplies cost per
student is $241
 Average athletic cost per
student is $219
Year Supplies
2008 $1,758,855
2009 $2,062,504
2010 $1,468,824
Average per
student
$241
Athletic
Budget 2010
$1,603,063
Average per
student
$219
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14. Parsippany-Troy Hills School
District
 About 1000 special
education students
 $139,000 cost for one
Kindle per SE student
 $46,000 if purchased for
every one out of three SE
students
 At $139 cost is less per
student than what is spent
on athletics
 Does not factor in volume
discount
 Some additional technical
support needed
 Can be supported by
current staff
 No additional training
needed
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15. Proposal for PTHSD - Elementary
 One Kindle per classroom at the
elementary level
 Ability to borrow within school for
group use
 Effective for ELL learners to make
the connection between text and
word
 Effective for students with dyslexia
 Can aid auditory learners prior to
official classification
 Students can take notes while
reading
 Teachers can assess comprehension
based on notes taken
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16. Proposal for PTHSD -
Elementary
15 units per school
10 elementary schools
150 total units
Cost only $21,000
Fraction of what is spent on athletics
Increase of 1.4% of textbook and
supplies budget
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17. Educators, manufacturers, experts in educational
technology need to get together to create a
product that is effective for all learners.
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