Re: ipad in education (was: Data exchange between Linux and iPad)
On Nov 20, 2012 9:23 AM, "Trent W. Buck" <trentbuck@gmail.com> wrote:
Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au> writes:
ebook reader might be cost effective because you can study at night after the library closes, without having to cart dead trees back and forth, and with access to content that would otherwise require a trip to the state library.
They also run for a *very* long time, and are cheaper, smaller and lighter than in ipad. As a uni student I find my ereader really useful.
Are you assuming every student buys every textbook, and throws it away at the end of the year?
At my mostly middle class school we tried to buy and sell books with our friends, and if that failed they were sold and bought through the school. If you got them second hand and kept them in good shape you could break even.
On 20 November 2012 11:12, Bianca Gibson <bianca.rachel.gibson@gmail.com> wrote:
They also run for a *very* long time, and are cheaper, smaller and lighter than in ipad. As a uni student I find my ereader really useful.
Not to mention readable in sun glare. I find my Galaxy 10.1 completely useless on the train on some days, because the sun glare is so bad. -- Brian May <brian@microcomaustralia.com.au>
On 20/11/12 11:20, Brian May wrote:
On 20 November 2012 11:12, Bianca Gibson <bianca.rachel.gibson@gmail.com> wrote:
They also run for a *very* long time, and are cheaper, smaller and lighter than in ipad. As a uni student I find my ereader really useful. Not to mention readable in sun glare.
I find my Galaxy 10.1 completely useless on the train on some days, because the sun glare is so bad. Comparing iPad with eReader, Better talk to the hand, ya aint gonna change Government decision.
On Tue, 20 Nov 2012, Roger wrote:
On 20/11/12 11:20, Brian May wrote:
I find my Galaxy 10.1 completely useless on the train on some days, because the sun glare is so bad. Comparing iPad with eReader, Better talk to the hand, ya aint gonna change Government decision.
The iPads are not used for reading only. The kids work with them, doing their homework with it etc. Regards Peter
That's why I have both. :) Sent from my iPhone On 20/11/2012, at 11:43 AM, Peter Ross <Peter.Ross@bogen.in-berlin.de> wrote:
On Tue, 20 Nov 2012, Roger wrote:
On 20/11/12 11:20, Brian May wrote:
I find my Galaxy 10.1 completely useless on the train on some days, because the sun glare is so bad. Comparing iPad with eReader, Better talk to the hand, ya aint gonna change Government decision.
The iPads are not used for reading only. The kids work with them, doing their homework with it etc.
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Bianca Gibson <bianca.rachel.gibson@gmail.com> writes:
On Nov 20, 2012 9:23 AM, "Trent W. Buck" <trentbuck@gmail.com> wrote:
ebook reader might be cost effective because you can study at night after the library closes, without having to cart dead trees back and forth, and with access to content that would otherwise require a trip to the state library.
They also run for a *very* long time, and are cheaper, smaller and lighter than in ipad. As a uni student I find my ereader really useful.
FTR I was lumping ipads in with "real" ebook readers, meaning at anything powered, as distinct from dead trees. Incidentally, regarding the kindle -- WTF does it have a screensaver for? Each page set costs power, so the screensaver is just draining juice. At most (presumably, for people embarrassed to be caught reading Austen) it ought to just blank the screen.
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