There is no such thing as adequate funding when it comes to education, no matter what type of school, geographic location, or age group, but K-12 teachers have reason to celebrate with Amazon's announcement of a free, fully searchable collaborative resource. Amazon Inspire lets teachers create and share their classroom materials from literally anywhere around the world. … [Read more...] about Amazon Launches Free Teacher Resource Site
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School Libraries to Get eBook Boost with Follett, Hachette Deal
As teachers, librarians, and administrators prepare to start a new school year, many school professionals are probably thinking very seriously about budgets, especially where their technology dollars are concerned. One of the many frustrations that schools have felt in regard to technology has been the availability of e-readers and tablet computers, but a lack of lending … [Read more...] about School Libraries to Get eBook Boost with Follett, Hachette Deal
OverDrive Furthers Educational Reach with New General Manager
OverDrive, which powers ebook lending for over 19,000 customer libraries, announced today that it is broadening its educational library focus with the addition of a General Manager of Education and Chief Sales Officer position over K-12 libraries. Don Fabricant, an educational industry veteran with experience at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Eduventures, and Thomson Learning, … [Read more...] about OverDrive Furthers Educational Reach with New General Manager
Data Conversion Laboratory and the Future of Digital Textbooks
DCL was on hand at Digital Book World and CEO Mark Gross spoke with GoodEReader about a topic that was a pervasive theme at this year’s event, especially in light of Apple’s new initiatives last week, namely the digital publication of textbooks. While the concept of digital textbooks at the higher education level became a widespread topic of discussion in the past couple of … [Read more...] about Data Conversion Laboratory and the Future of Digital Textbooks