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How to help IT teams manage digital transformation

July 9, 2021 by Peter Newton, Senior Director of Product Marketing, Fortinet

District IT teams are tasked with protecting distributed education networks from attacks, while at the same time enabling digital growth.

From educators, IT teams, and school administrators to parents and students, nearly everyone with a stake in the education industry is aware of the promise new digital technologies…

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Tips to help IT teams manage digital transformation

March 4, 2020March 4, 2020 by Peter Newton

District IT teams are tasked with protecting distributed education networks from attacks, while at the same time enabling digital growth.

From educators, IT teams, and school administrators to parents and students, nearly everyone with a stake in the education industry is aware of the promise new digital technologies…

Amazon wins $30M contract to sell e-books to NYC schools

April 22, 2016 by Staff & Wire Reports

Amazon.com Inc. has won a $30 million contract to sell digital textbooks to New York City's public schools. The Wall Street Journal reports that the Panel for Educational…

Follett acquires ClassBook

March 2, 2016March 2, 2016 by Laura Ascione

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Follett announced it has acquired ClassBook, a K-12 education online bookstore that serve schools, teachers, parents, and students. ClassBook provides private and parochial schools with 24/7 bookstores, streamlining…

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Two key steps to using digital content

April 30, 2014 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

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Today, it seems like digital content is king. But how can districts effectively navigate the transition to digital content and digital resources? Despite digital content's benefits, including a…

Colorado schools face challenges in transition to digital textbooks

December 16, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Mesa County parent Elizabeth Chiono received letters from some of her son's teachers at the beginning of the school year informing her that he would not get textbooks…

How districts are transitioning to digital content

November 5, 2013April 18, 2013 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor

As a concept, using digital content in the classroom is nothing new. But making the leap from using traditional print textbooks to fully integrating digital content in the…

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Discovery Education offering schools free digital textbooks

May 10, 2013April 12, 2013 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor

During a conference on digital learning, award-winning Miami-Dade County Public Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho told peers, publishers, and congressmen that going digital in schools is more than just…

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North Carolina pushing for digital devices to replace textbooks

March 29, 2013 by From staff and wire reports

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Four keys to success with digital textbooks

March 7, 2013 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor

Moving to digital textbooks is easier said than done—it takes months of planning, stakeholder buy-in, and perseverance. A new infographic from OnlineCollege.org pulls data from the Federal Communications…

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Schools shift from textbooks to tablets

March 7, 2013March 6, 2013 by From wire service reports

Well before the cleanup from Superstorm Sandy was in full swing, students could read about the weather system that slammed the East Coast in their textbooks.

Schools confront digital textbook challenges

February 19, 2013February 17, 2013 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

The federal Education Department has called for schools to use digital textbooks within the next five years, but what does that mean for school leaders?

Publishers answering the call for digital textbooks

January 16, 2013January 15, 2013 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor

The call for U.S. schools to move toward digital textbooks within the next five years has some education officials pondering their options. Publishers, meanwhile, are starting to answer…

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Pearson invests in Barnes & Noble’s Nook

January 2, 2013 by From wire service reports

Pearson, the U.K. publisher and education company, is buying a 5-percent stake in Barnes & Noble's Nook eReader as technology companies seek new inroads into the potentially lucrative…

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Top ed-tech news: November/December 2012

May 8, 2013November 19, 2012 by From staff reports

The nation’s top education chief wants textbooks to go all-digital within the next five years … a Georgia elementary-school teacher has made about $1 million selling her lesson…

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State leaders: Here’s how we’re going digital

October 22, 2012October 19, 2012 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor

There’s been much recent talk about schools going all-digital--from Arne Duncan’s call to action to the backlash from educators--but implementing digital resources is no easy task. During a…

Can school networks keep up with demands?

November 5, 2013October 17, 2012 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor

School networks must be equipped to support new technologies if educators and students are to realize the full benefits of these changes—and new data suggest they aren't keeping…

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Readers: Digital textbook implementation just a dream

October 15, 2012October 12, 2012 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor

According to readers, though digital textbooks sound good in theory, not all students would have access to these materials from home as well as school. Also, many schools…

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Education chief wants textbooks to go digital

November 20, 2012October 3, 2012 by From wire service reports

Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Oct. 2 called for the nation to move as fast as possible away from printed textbooks and toward digital ones. "Over the next…

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SETDA urges shift to digital instruction

September 26, 2012September 25, 2012 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor

Everyone remembers lugging a 20-pound textbook. But should today’s students still have to consult hefty—and often outdated—printed texts? And should states and districts still pay for resources that…

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New Florida school is high-tech—and eco-friendly

September 24, 2012 by From wire service reports

When students entered Palencia Elementary School in St. Augustine, Fla., for the first time in late August, they stepped into a high-tech, futuristic school focused on environmental sustainability.

Albuquerque schools embrace ‘techbooks’ instead of textbooks

November 5, 2013September 4, 2012 by From wire service reports

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State’s push for digital textbooks, tests has schools scrambling

July 2, 2012 by From staff and wire reports

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States move slowly toward digital textbooks

November 5, 2013April 25, 2012 by From wire service reports

Despite enthusiasm for digital textbooks at the national level, states have been slow to get on board. But the movement is gaining strength.

National leaders brainstorm for digital learning

November 5, 2013March 30, 2012 by From eSchool News staff reports

In a move that could be considered encouraging for advocates of digital learning, leaders from the Education Department (ED), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and the textbook and…

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Digital textbooks get a boost with new offerings

March 23, 2012 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor

Apple recently made a splash when it unveiled its iBookstore, featuring digital textbooks for high school math and science education from McGraw-Hill and others. Now, Discovery Education has…

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Feds’ challenge to schools: Embrace digital textbooks

April 26, 2012February 1, 2012 by From staff and wire reports

Are hardbound textbooks going the way of slide rules and typewriters in schools?

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Apple iBooks 2 license agreement gets icy reception in higher education

November 5, 2013February 1, 2012 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Advocates for open-license textbooks in higher education, while largely unhappy with Apple’s new iBooks 2 platform, say the technology behemoth has done a favor for their movement: Apple’s…

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Textbook-free schools share experiences, insights

November 5, 2013September 7, 2011 by By Jenna Zwang, Assistant Editor

Nearly one year after a pilot program that put Virginia's fourth, seventh, and ninth grade social studies curriculum on an iPad, Virginia state officials say they have learned…

West Virginia asks counties to plan for electronic textbooks

November 5, 2013July 13, 2011 by From staff and wire reports

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All Korean textbooks to go digital by 2015

July 1, 2011July 1, 2011 by From wire service reports

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Who needs a bulky textbook?

May 31, 2011May 31, 2011 by From wire service reports

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$46M in funding for digital textbook reader aimed at students

September 9, 2010 by Laura Ascione

Kno Inc., a company developing a digital textbook reader for students, on Sept. 8 said it has received $46 million in the latest round of funding from venture…

e-Textbooks are on the way, but not dominant in classrooms yet

November 5, 2013August 23, 2010 by Maya Prabhu

The same digital revolution that upended the music industry and is transforming TV, movies, and books is slowly working its way into classrooms, reports the Austin American-Statesman—but when…

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Vendors link e-textbook content with LMS software

November 5, 2013May 21, 2010 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

As digital textbooks become more common on higher-ed campuses, providers are making it easy for professors to share textbook notes and resources with students through their class learning…

Textbooks that professors can rewrite, digitally

February 22, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

In a kind of Wikipedia of textbooks, Macmillan, one of the five largest publishers of trade books and textbooks, is introducing software called DynamicBooks, which will allow college…

Web not yet the answer to college textbook costs

February 8, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

Most students still prefer print to digital textbooks, and even if they didn't, college campuses so far have made very few titles available online, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer.

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