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1-to-1 iPad E-textbook Adoption for GCS High School 2013-2017

1-to-1 iPad E-textbook Adoption for GCS High School 2013-2017. How iPads with E-texts will help students, teachers, and administrators by replace printed textbooks in GCS high school courses over the next five years. Why use iPads for E-textbooks.

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1-to-1 iPad E-textbook Adoption for GCS High School 2013-2017

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  1. 1-to-1 iPad E-textbook Adoption for GCS High School 2013-2017 How iPads with E-texts will help students, teachers, and administrators by replace printed textbooks in GCS high school courses over the next five years.

  2. Why use iPads for E-textbooks In a research article titled, “The smart way to use iPads in the classroom” by Linda Guernsey there is some great support for using iPads for E-textbooks. -According to Guernsey iPads can play a significant educational role in the modern classroom. (Guernsey, 2013). -E-texts are the future for classrooms, and iPads provide a versatile platform for E-textbooks to be used on. (Guernsey, 2013). -Due to the affordability of basic iPads when compared to other tablets iPads are a logical chioce for E-texts. (Guernesy, 2013). -There are more educational apps written for iPad than all other tablets on the market. (Guernesy, 2013).

  3. Moving textbooks into the 21st century. How iPad help E-texts excel. Digital textbooks offer some great advantages over conventional textbooks, some examples include: - Less weight for the students to carry from class to class. - Students being better prepared for class by having materials with them. - Significantly smaller Etext renewal fees when compared to print textbook adoptions. - Etexts allow the subject to teach the most current information in the field. (Schaffhauser, 2012)

  4. How Etexts on the iPad help the high school students at GCS Besides being a fun and modern way to learn material, the iPad used as a primary textbook will help students by: - Allowing them to directly access their textbooks quickly and conveniently. - Students will carry significantly less weight on their backs from class to class. • Students will have access to the most current text-issued materials and most relevant learning. (Schaffhauser, 2012)

  5. How Etexts on the iPad will help the Teachers at GCS iPads are all the rage for electronic devices, but these tools are not just fashionable but they are highly functional in the classroom and here is how: - They allow the classroom teacher to access student records instantly. - They keep the course taught relevant by having the most recent material available on the subject. - They allow the classroom teacher instant access to their grade book, blog, and email client for efficient business actions and communications. - iPads allow teachers to access the internet to enhance their lessons and lesson presentations.

  6. How iPads as textbooks help budget cost for the GCS high school iPads are not only functional for the students and teachers, they can help rein in high budget costs for textbook replacement. - iPads as Etexts can help eliminate the 5-10 year subject textbook replacement fees. - As opposed to hundreds of dollars to upgrade textbooks, and replace lost books, Etexts are extremely reasonable, most Etexts are $15-$25 per text to buy or replace. - The device will become a piece of equipment that the student owns, and thus takes better care of. (Schaffhauser, 2012)

  7. Summary of key points for using E-texts on iPads for print textbook replacement - iPads are affordable, and the most widely used tablet devices in the E-reader tablet category. - iPads are well designed to fit the needs of the school they are purchased for by being policy written. - iPads are light and mobile which will help the students in transit from class to class. - iPads hold there charge well allowing for day-long use on a single charge. - E-texts allow the teachers and students to have the most recent materials in the field of study. - E-texts are significantly cheaper than printed textbooks.

  8. References Guernsey, L. (2013). The smart way to use iPads in the classroom. Future Tense, 1(3)1-11. Schaffhauser, D. (April, 2012). Quality control maintaining standards in a digital world. Feature Digital Schools, pp. 2(4) 27-30.

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