eTextbooks
With the advent of the eBook, textbooks have also moved in the direction of the digital library. Collections of standard-based textbooks for the core content areas of ELA, Math, Social Studies and Science are available online for free. Most of the major publishers of textbooks for school districts across the USA still do not offer the option of digital textbooks.
There are many benefits to accessing and using digital textbooks in the classroom. Some of the obvious benefits include:
*Students no longer will need to carry around 4 or more heavy books from
class to class or take them home.
*Students can access digital textbooks both in class or at home.
*Students can access their digital textbooks from a computer, tablet, smartphone, or I Touch.
*Schools will no longer have to check out or check in a physical book to
every student.
*If the digital textbooks accessed are free, then there is no cost to the
school district! Free is FREE!
To access FREE digital textbooks for the core content areas (for California)
visit the following website:
Flexbooks
Connexions
http://cnx.org/
open courseware MIT
http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm