New State School Superintendent Looking To Change Math Program

[I'm Floored]

Dr. Barge does think kids need books for math. He also thinks something like the Kindle could be used to down load books. Lots of ideas out there and no money in the budget. ???

What a great concept! And the Kindle is relatively inexpensive, so it could work in the long run. I'd love to see the school issue each student a Kindle and download the books needed for each semester!

 

[Blazing Saddles]

That's close to what our requirements were too, Fox. Even though you are 50 years older than me, school seemed to not change that much. Other than the invention of the bus and pencil, we could've gone to the same school.

 

[I'm Floored]

That's close to what our requirements were too, Fox. Even though you are 50 years older than me, school seemed to not change that much. Other than the invention of the bus and pencil, we could've gone to the same school.

You do know he is going to KILL you!

 

[Foxmeister]

That's close to what our requirements were too, Fox. Even though you are 50 years older than me, school seemed to not change that much. Other than the invention of the bus and pencil, we could've gone to the same school.

You do know he is going to KILL you!

I'm not going to kill him. Just beat him bad enough to where he begs me to kill him. ) I know he was just kidding around, but I'll get him for it anyway.

 

[Foxmeister]

Dr. Barge does think kids need books for math. He also thinks something like the Kindle could be used to down load books. Lots of ideas out there and no money in the budget. ???

What a great concept! And the Kindle is relatively inexpensive, so it could work in the long run. I'd love to see the school issue each student a Kindle and download the books needed for each semester!

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.

 

[Blazing Saddles]

That's close to what our requirements were too, Fox. Even though you are 50 years older than me, school seemed to not change that much. Other than the invention of the bus and pencil, we could've gone to the same school.

You do know he is going to KILL you!

I'm not going to kill him. Just beat him bad enough to where he begs me to kill him. ) I know he was just kidding around, but I'll get him for it anyway.

lol. hahahahahaha :B_S :B_S :B_S :B_S :B_S

 

[Foxmeister]

Just did some research on the Kindle and Kindle DX. The DX model is made for textbooks and periodicals and cost $379. The Kindle runs $139. Though you may be able to get slight discounts on either one by ordering them in bulk. I've been trying to find prices for textbooks for Kindles, but haven't been successful. I did find one article that said they would not be cheap.

 

[I'm Floored]

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!

 

[Foxmeister]

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!

Textbooks are expensive new in hard copy form. One reason for the costs because they are not purchased in the volumns that literary books are. The articles I have found have been saying they expect digital copies of textbooks will be expensive. I read an article where several universities have decided not to use digital textbooks because the cost savings would be less for students. They must have been taking into consideration that students are able to sell back their textbooks back to the student bookstore whether they were purchase new or used, which saves the students money. They wouldn't be able to do that with a digital copy of the textbook which would most likely cost somewhere between the cost of a used book and new one.