[CALIBK12] e-textbooks

[Ann Sperske]

Write to the governor and Jack O'Connell. I did. And maybe more letters
about this will help. I got a very nice letter in return... form letter
... but nevertheless, a letter. More librarians for more online learning
makes the most sense. Considering I work in a district where they don't
value teacher librarians and are looking for ways to eliminate the few
of us that remain, we need to do all we can to put our value into the
faces of those who make the rules. 
So I guess I will write more letters this summer. 
 
Ann Sperske

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As entertaining as it is to talk about e-textbooks, that discussion has
very little to do with what our governor has proposed.

Even he has moved away from his initial statement about free online
textbooks.  Now he is talking about learning online, which is, of
course, next to impossible on any broad scale in a state where 85% of
the K-12 schools don't have a librarian.

To imagine that all the work that goes into creating a massive tome
which exhaustively covers a subject would be given away free is just
silly.  To pretend that such resources exist online for free is to fail
to understand the nature of the Internet. To fantasize about the
research skills of students given access to databases without guidance .
. .

Can one learn online?  Of course.  One can have a rich, rewarding
experience, interactively with people across the world with a vast
diversity of viewpoints and ideas.  Those folks can bring resources with
them about which textbook makers can only dream.

None of which is a free online textbook.

And Debbie is sharing the packaging problems of the stuff you have to
pay for.

The discussions the governor is having may lead to some very interesting
products and services.  They will all have a price.  It may also lead to
the aha! moment....."Hey, wouldn't it be cool if we hired some
librarians like they do i n 49 other states......"


Richard K. Moore, InfoSherpa
Huntington Beach, CA
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-----Original Message-----
From: debbie at abilock.net
To: Bay Area Independent School Librarians <listserv at baisl.org>;
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Sent: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 9:00 am
Subject: [CALIBK12] e-textbooks


For those interested in the pros and cons of e-textbooks...
http://chronicle.com/free/v55/i39/39a01801.htm?utm_source=at&utm_medium=
en
 
Debbie Abilock
NoodleTools/NoodleTeach
debbie at noodletools.com <mailto:debbie at noodletools.com> 
http://www.NoodleTools.com/debbie <http://www.noodletools.com/debbie> 
 
"The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how
we behave when we don't know what to do."  -- John Holt
 
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