Apple iBooks 2 hands on review
iBooks 2 – exam results
This may be iBooks 2, but it still feels like an early iteration for interactive education. The iBooks 2 app itself crashed several times during our test and one book could not be downloaded at all. Highlighted text cannot be turned into study cards or shared, there's no way to save or export test results, and when a book says, for example, write an essay on evolution, the book doesn't link out to Pages. Overall, a B- for effort, A- for presentation but please fix the bugs before the end of term exams, Apple.
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cpwolves
1 year ago
Remember Dorling-Kindersley CD-Rom encyclopaedias? This has a similar feel, and doesn't seem to answer the online textbook problem.
The fact is that hard-copy textbooks generally have accompanying online content which provides a complete learning package, and having the whole text as an ebook doesn't improve matters.
In the US ebook sales have reached a plateau, and I expect the same will happen elsewhere as people realise that they just love to have a book in their hands. Publishers seem to think that just because students are young, they will demand the latest technology, but in fact they just want the most practical solution, which in many cases, is a book.
pozmu
1 year ago
Books may be practical, but carrying few kilos of them everyday to school isn't.
AppleUK
1 year ago
Private schools may be able to afford to buy an ipad for every student but it will never happen in state schools!