3. A Timeline of Books…
3500 BC Sumerian Clay Tablets come into general use.
2400 BC Date of earliest surviving papyrus scroll with writing.
150 BC The first paper is made in China.
47 AD The largest library in the world at the time, the Library of Alexandria, is damaged
by fire. Many of the great works of the ancient world are lost forever.
751 AD Paper making introduced in the Islamic world.
868 AD The first book is printed on paper in China using block printed Buddhist scripts.
1085 Papermaking is introduced into Spain.
1418 The oldest known example of the use of woodcut is created.
1456 The Gutenberg Bible, the first use of movable type and the most important
invention in launching the print revolution, is published in Mainz, Germany.
1493 The earliest known etchings are created by Daniel Hopfer in Augsburg, Germany.
1522 Luther's translation of the New Testament is published.
1661 The first Bible published in America, John Eliot's Algonquin Bible, is published by
Samuel Green.
1841 Paperbacks are introduced by Tauchnitz Verlag in Germany.
1942 The first computer is developed in the United States.
1977 The first mass produced personal computer, the Apple II, is introduced.
1991 The World Wide Web is introduced.
4. Creation of the first book depends on your definition, but Diamond
Sutra (868 AD) is considered the “earliest complete survival of a
dated, printed book” (British Library Online)
5. Gutenberg
It wasn’t until the 15th Century
that printing came to the
masses with Johannes
Gutenberg’s invention of the
printing press and his
Gutenberg Bible.
“For the first time in history,
the written word was readily
available and easily
accessible, and within a short
time the fields of science, art,
religion, politics, and literature
were transformed by printing.”
(Gutenberg to Gates)
6. The question of Text
By definition, eText or electronic text, is text that exists
in a form that computer can store or display on a
computer screen
What are the ways you read eText already?
Using etext is not a question of “Do you like print or electronic
books? We live in a world where we seamlessly transition from
one to the other. And so do our students.
7. Our Story Goals & Student
Skills Experience
Discussion
8. Welcoming the students to eBooks
Our summer read was Logicomix, a graphic novel exploring many of the concepts
we would explore in class. The remainder of texts for this course were free,
downloadable ePub books from Project Gutenberg. For a uniform reading
experience, I asked students to download the Kindle for PC app onto your
Toshiba before the first day of class. http://tinyurl.com/chpmx37
They downloaded our primary texts by using the links below:
Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift (Kindle w/images):
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/829
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (Kindle no images):
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/84
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (Kindle no images):
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1342
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (Kindle no images):
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/98
10. More reading options
In British Literature II, we will be using e-texts with audio options. There are many
advantages to stepping toward virtual text: (1) You can read anywhere on any reading
device including iPad, smartphone, computer… (2) You will never have to worry about
completing your reading if you forgot your book in your locker, because there is no
“book” to forget (3) With audio versions, you can read while driving to and from school,
during your sports practice (if personal listening devices are allowed for running or
weight training time), while helping make dinner (4) You can take the money you would
spend on books for English class and invest it somewhere else in your life.
If you would like to use audio texts for your reading, please download the mp3 files from LibriVox:
Gulliver’s Travels:
http://librivox.org/gullivers-travels-by-jonathan-swift/
Frankenstein (1818 version):
http://librivox.org/frankenstein-or-the-modern-prometheus-1818-by-mary-wollstonecraft-shelley/
Pride and Prejudice:
http://librivox.org/pride-and-prejudice-by-jane-austen/
A Tale of Two Cities:
http://librivox.org/a-tale-of-two-cities-by-charles-dickens/
11. What were the goals?
2-5 minutes:
What would be your goals if
you moved to eBooks in your
classroom?
- What skills would you want to keep?
- What would you want to add?
12. Goals & Skills
What did I hope the students would gain?
“Read with a pencil, computer, and dictionary”
Esthetic
Accessibility
Stronger annotation skills
Trending
Screen share
Citation
13. A Look into our eBooks
Our first text: Gulliver’s Travels
14. …but it really is about eText
Each unit also includes: (P&P Examples)
Historical context – (BBC Interactive Timeline)
An essay – (“Vindication of the Rights of Women” @ Bartleby)
A “Bonus” – (Jane Austen at Hark! A Vagrant)
A poem – Romantic Era poetry “She Walks in Beauty” by Lord Byron
Rules of society –
(Regency Era card games, dancing, fashion, rules of dating, titles and
power, superstition, the “God” debate, industrialization and country life…)
This allows for incorporation of the nonfiction voice, voices of
diversity and can come as links (annotated on Diigo) or PDF in the
web collection, or as handouts or activities in the classroom.
15. Were we successful?
Students in the BL classroom took three surveys
Post Gulliver’s Travels (their first book)
Post Pride and Prejudice (their second to last book)
Final Course Evaluation
16. …and the debate continues
Education Chief wants textbooks banned (National Press Club) - FOX News -
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/02/education-chief-duncan-wants-textbooks-to-become-obsolete/
Long Live Paper - NYTimes Opinions -
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/10/opinion/long-live-paper.html
Does the Brain Like eBooks? – NYTimes Room for Debate –
http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/14/does-the-brain-like-e-books/
eTexts can report back on student reading habits - Chronicle of Higher Education -
http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/now-e-textbooks-can-report-back-on-students-reading-
habits/40928
Why Printed Books Will Never Die - Mashable
http://mashable.com/2013/01/16/e-books-vs-print/
Interactive eBook Apps: The Reinvention of Reading and Interactivity
http://uxmag.com/articles/interactive-ebook-apps-the-reinvention-of-reading-and-interactivity
Summer Reading Recommendation:
Mr. Penumbra’s 24 Hour Bookstore by Robin Stone
mctereads.blogspot.com
17. Want to see this again?
www.slideshare.net/kcampbell0822
