Learning by digital material inspite of text books is one of the dream of Apple Ex CEO (Steve jobs) which is now fulfilled by the announcement at the Apple, the company presented its new vision for the text books. IBooks2 and ibooks are aim to produce more interactivity in school text.
In the recent event of Apple in Newyork it is showed that ipad could eventually make paper text book an endangered speciesand that's just the way Job's wanted. In fact, Jobs had set his sights on textbooks as the next business he wanted to transform. He believed it was an $8 billion a year industry ripe for digital destruction. He was also struck by the fact that many schools, for security reasons, don’t have lockers, so kids have to lug a heavy backpack around.
IBook2:
Apple set its slights for students and teachers on education by announcing its new apps and services.
Among them is IBook2
An updated version of the company's ipad e-reading app that add support for interactive text books. Apple promises that iBooks 2 is a complete reinvention of the textbook as we know it. The free iBooks 2 app is available today, along with a few sample textbooks on the iBookstore.
Ibook2 demonstratic video:
Apple unveiled several new apps Thursday aimed at reforming the way educators deal with textbooks, but the most interesting bit of Apple’s announcement could be the introduction of the iBooks Author app, which lets Mac users with Lion OSX create digital books for free.
In the recent event of Apple in Newyork it is showed that ipad could eventually make paper text book an endangered speciesand that's just the way Job's wanted. In fact, Jobs had set his sights on textbooks as the next business he wanted to transform. He believed it was an $8 billion a year industry ripe for digital destruction. He was also struck by the fact that many schools, for security reasons, don’t have lockers, so kids have to lug a heavy backpack around.
IBook2:
Apple set its slights for students and teachers on education by announcing its new apps and services.
Among them is IBook2
An updated version of the company's ipad e-reading app that add support for interactive text books. Apple promises that iBooks 2 is a complete reinvention of the textbook as we know it. The free iBooks 2 app is available today, along with a few sample textbooks on the iBookstore.
Ibook2 demonstratic video:
Apple unveiled several new apps Thursday aimed at reforming the way educators deal with textbooks, but the most interesting bit of Apple’s announcement could be the introduction of the iBooks Author app, which lets Mac users with Lion OSX create digital books for free.
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