I just found an article about how one school is incorporating technology, namely the iPod touch, into the classroom. Basically the school has decided to embrace the new technological advances available and being used by students rather than ban these things from the classroom. They are protecting the use by putting passwords and blocking certain internet content but they believe they will see a difference in reading and math test scores when the trial is all done.
Another article discussed how there was an app coming out this month available for the iPod, iPhone and iPad for text books used for the Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT) and U.S. Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE). That will be great in my opinion and it’s really where I see college and graduate education going. College students spend so much money on books and are always looking for ways to save money and yes you will have to pay for these textbook apps but I’m sure the cost would be significantly less than if you were purchasing books from the bookstore or even online.
Something else I found last semester when looking for my own textbooks was a website that allowed you rent your textbooks for the length of the semester. You had the option of different lengths of time you could rent the book. It was a great service, I wasn’t able to use the service because I procrastinated, as usual, and there wasn’t enough time before I needed my books.
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