Digital Textbooks: Three Simple Shifts Can Speed Up Adoption
It makes a great deal of sense to me that we should think about our textbooks like we think about our food supply. Both should be locally grown, from the best of what’s available, and be sustainable in their development and impact on the school environment. I think we can pretty simply build, maintain, and distribute textbooks that meet the needs of 21st Century classrooms in multiple modes and means — without breaking the 21st Century budget. Three simple shifts can make this happen in school systems.
