Sorry to baffle you with our UK slang…YT is an abbreviation for You Tube.

Bfn (bye for now:) )

Barry

Thanks for stopping by and for the very kind comment.

And yes, I’m really getting into the Kindle after spending my holiday with it.

But I’m baffled… what’s YT?

Cheers,
Ros

Came across you on YT…you are an inspiration to us all on what can be achieved long term online.

Loving your blog:)

Cheers

Barry Cross UK

I don’t know much about iPad, but you make an excellent argument for use by students, especially regarding those ridiculous backpacks. I cringe everytime I see a kid walking down the street over-laden with books and likely to suffer a bad back too early in life.

Thanks kindly for sharing!

Cheers,
Ros

Now, here’s what I predict occurring soon…what, 3-5 years from now: K-12 schools & colleges (colleges first) will adopt this delivery system, advancing into the 21st Century.

Now, before the purists attack me as heretic, hear ye: I was a high school English/business teacher for 16 years. I served on many textbook committees during that tenure.

When the district adopted new textbooks, the content already had dated itself. Granted, not really an issue for us English teachers who primarily resurrected the “dead poets’ society” (so to speak ).

But for disciplines wanting to teach CURRENT information, those shiny, new textbooks hot off the press disappointed students, parents & teachers.

Oh, not to mention (but absolutely critical), let’s STOP sending kids home with book bags weighing more than our kids…for heaven’s sake. My son (grade 3) carts a book bag around weighing more than he.

Last point: as a teacher I always had dreamed of integration, i.e. clicking on a link in the text and seeing a video, hitting a web page, a discussion, etc. — true interaction & integration.

To make this dream a reality, I admit it won’t be easy. Textbook publishers resented this evolution…at least back when I was teaching. I hope publishers have had time to discover profit centers for logical move into the digital world.

Could the iPad be the delivery tool? I’d love to hear what others have to say on this topic. Obviously, I see colleges embracing this technology before K-12.

Mike

P.S. Congratulations, Ros, for going cold turkey for TEN days! Now that’s why we do what we do, right? To enjoy life & not slave away on a computer.