Foxmeister said:
I think purchasing Kindles to issue each student would be too expensive. You would still have to pay a price for each book you downloaded on top of that. Then multiply that by the number of Kindles. Then when a student loses their Kindle or breaks it, the parent would be responsible for the cost of the replacement plus the costs to reload each text book on it. I don't think you would be able to get that much money out of a lot of parents for replacement costs.
I think it could be cost effective. The downloads could be significantly cheaper than hard copies of books (and I don't even know if textbooks are available yet or not.) The lower end e-readers are less than $100. I'm sure there are publishers that would come up with a textbook e-reader package that could be really cost effective. (And that company could make a lot of money by doing so!)
If we could go back to the old days where students were held accountable if their Kindle was damaged, we could see our students become more..... :gasp: responsible!
Okay, maybe I'm being a little too optimistic, but I think this idea has potential!