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The Return of the (Digital) Native | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Textbooks, blackboards, and overhead projectors remain the tools of choice for many teachers, at a time when their students are geared to learn from iPads, PowerPoint, and instant messaging. View all posts by Jim → ← What Can March Madness Teach Us About Blended Learning? Accelerated Learning: Where Does It Fit In? Properly d.

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What Will be the New Normal for State Digital Textbook Adoptions?

MagicBox

Every five to seven years, schools across the United States revise the textbooks used for every subject. The textbook adoption cycle is a way to keep learning current and relevant for students. Read More.

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Must Know Mobile Learning Facts

LearnDash

Consider for a moment that one study, conducted by the Association of American Publishers last year, indicated nearly $8 billion (with a “b”) is spent each year on k-12 textbooks in the United States. This makes sense, but what is pretty astounding is that roughly 2.8% of textbooks were ebooks.

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How Publishers Can Use Digital Platforms for State Textbook Adoptions and Curriculum Alignment

MagicBox

States have been slowly giving up the long-standing source of their power over education and allowing many school districts to select the instructional materials for their classroom. In the 19 adoption states, even the big ones, such as California, Florida, and Texas, have allowed greater freedom.

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Moving Games Forward

Kapp Notes

Barriers to adoption: Curriculum Requirements : Historically, schools have been reluctant to give up textbooks or purchase educational technologies that are either not clearly linked to state standards, or that have not proven their efficacy. Here is the list from the report.

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Driving Instructional Materials Adoption in 2021

MagicBox

In the United States, 30 states allow local education authorities to choose textbooks. In comparison, the remaining 20 states and three territories (known as textbook adoption states) decide the books that educational institutions can use at the state level themselves.

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OER for Precedent

CourseArc

Like many inside and outside the education system in the United States and globally, the cry for equity has been bellowed for years. Textbooks take a long time to be published and updated, and revisions can mean that an updated textbook publication can take years. OER for Precedent. Our system is broken. But what about money?

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