tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217714482901352786.post2161793945914081043..comments2023-05-10T03:02:05.533-07:00Comments on Educational Ink: Rethinking The InterfaceMark Paytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06858175839274272285noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217714482901352786.post-20060997616980804692005-04-14T18:01:41.170-07:002005-04-14T18:01:41.170-07:00I also hope this way of rethinking the interface r...<i>I also hope this way of rethinking the interface represents only an opening salvo. Those of us in education really need e-books and e-magazines and e-texts that are something more than just web or Acrobat copies of the paper book. Publishing houses, are you listening?</i><br><br>I second the motion!!! What publishers really need to do is design the text/magazine/content for a tablet from the ground up -- a simple re-hasing of content through acrobat is good, but not good enough! If they were to actually desing texts with tablets in mind, I suspect that the content would be transformed in ways similar to the differences between books and the best web pages out there.<br><br>I expect that I would be "blown away" by something like designed for a tablet from the start.<br><br>...now there's a killer app!ScottyGu3http://www.blogger.com/profile/06993698384186619588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217714482901352786.post-74970986368192592142005-04-18T06:32:51.606-07:002005-04-18T06:32:51.606-07:00the school should get e-textbooks and send us e-ne...the school should get e-textbooks and send us e-newspapers....i think more people would be more adept to reading the text books...i know i would.Slick Rickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01258321731601034324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217714482901352786.post-32049728293521529022005-04-19T06:06:41.210-07:002005-04-19T06:06:41.210-07:00I am certainly trying to find sources for them, Ri...I am certainly trying to find sources for them, Rick. I spent dozens of hours last year working with the vendor who produced the Java programming book we used. While they worked hard with me, in the end they just weren't willing to risk having copies of their book spread around. Either digital rights management has to be made to work (and inexpensively at that) or vendors have to just trust their customers more than they do. <br><br>We are trying to get some e-book samples from Thomson Publishing, but they haven't come up with any yet.<br><br>Wouldn't it be cool if we could publish our own newspaper along the lines of the U of Missouri paper?Mark Paytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06888307842722370274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217714482901352786.post-10198103623826035902005-04-19T10:10:13.700-07:002005-04-19T10:10:13.700-07:00DRM is a real problem. Some companies get aroudn t...DRM is a real problem. Some companies get aroudn ti by having their digital text on-line, where they can control access.<br><br>I wonder how they would react if you bought the physical texts for your school, cut one up, scanned it into a .pdf, and made that .pdf available to the students? (How quickly would their lawyers descend upon you?)<br><br>What if a student did that on their own? ...and shared their file with others?<br><br>...and they think they have a problem with Xerox machines!<br><br>They (publishers) need to come up with something soon or they're going to end up in the same boat that the music industry is in. Soon.<br><br>=============<br><br>Publish a student newspaper! What a great project that would be for your journalism students!ScottyGu3http://www.blogger.com/profile/06993698384186619588noreply@blogger.com