This document discusses moving beyond traditional textbooks towards digital textbooks and instructional materials. It notes that some states and school districts are beginning to require that schools provide digital content that covers all required curriculum standards. Concerns are raised about issues like internet access, student devices, teacher readiness, and literacy. However, many schools and districts around the world have already implemented digital textbooks and materials with large numbers of students and teachers. The shift towards more informational and complex texts is also discussed as an important change brought about by digital materials.
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4. Texas
SECTIONA1.AA, Subchapter A, Chapter 31, Education Code,
is amended by adding Section 31.004 to read as follows:
…the district provides each student with textbooks,
electronic textbooks, or instructional materials that cover
all elements of the essential knowledge and skills adopted
by the State Board of Education for that subject and grade
level.
Florida
1082 (1) DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD —The district school board has
1083 the duty to provide adequate instructional materials for all
1084 students in accordance with the requirements of this part. The
1085 term “adequate instructional materials” means a sufficient
1086 number of textbooks or sets of materials that are available in
1087 bound, unbound, kit, or package form and may consist of hard
1088 backed or soft-backed textbooks, consumables, learning
1089 laboratories, manipulatives, electronic media, and computer
1090 courseware or software that serve as the basis for
1091 instruction for each student in the core courses…
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6. Where’s the book?
What if the in
ternet goes d
own?
rt ELL?
ppo
it su
D oe s
It’s digital?
So, no hands-on
What if our activities?
teachers aren’t
ready for this
kind of change?
What
abou
t liter
acy?
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l my studen
What if al r?
a compute
don’t have Seriously, where’s the book?
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7. 28 states/provinces
1,400 schools
400,000+ students
23,000 teachers
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17. Why?
What is it?
(What do you want it to be?)
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18. Why?
What is it?
(What do you want it to be?)
How do we make it work?
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19. R U havN trouble rEDN
DIS? iz it makin U :-||,
^set, Grr? DIS iz d way
kds TLK. CreslE. It iz EZ
4 dem. dey luv it. dey
luv it mo wen U spk thR
lngwij. @ lEst a ltl bit.
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21. R U havN trouble rEDN
DIS? iz it makin U :-||,
^set, Grr? DIS iz d way
kds TLK. CreslE. It iz EZ
4 dem. dey luv it. dey
luv it mo wen U spk thR
lngwij. @ lEst a ltl bit.
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22. Are you having trouble
reading this? Is it making
you mad, upset, angry?
This is the way kids talk.
Seriously. It is easy for
them. They love it. They
love it more when you
speak their language. At
least a little bit.
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26. "The inventor or introducer of the system deserves to be ranked
among the best contributors to learning and science,
if not among the greatest benefactors of mankind."
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34. Context embedded Context reduced
Cognitively undemanding Cognitively undemanding
Talking on the playground Talking on the phone
Context embedded Context reduced
Cognitively demanding Cognitively demanding
Using manipulatives to Lectures about abstract
solve a word problem concepts
Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (BICS) vs. Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency (CALP) (Jim Cummins)
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54. The Shift
Informational larger than literature
50% of text read should be
informational by 4th grade
55% by 8th grade
70% by 11th grade
Career and college ready
Writing, Reading, Media and
Arguments
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57. At the Core
Getting to Know
Complex texts
eBooks
Range of disciplines
Reading Passages
Wide-ranging
Interactive glossary
vocabulary
Self-directed Assignments
Seeking out resources
Student Center
to assist them
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58. Engage
Elaborate Evaluate Explore
Explain
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64. Franklin Community
Schools, IN
Grades 1-8
116 teachers
3,036 students
Parent decision for adoption
Custer of computers in each
classroom
Parent advocates
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66. Not a technology initiative
Center Grove, IN
Grades 3-8
83 teachers
3,586 students
Pilot in 2010 - teachers drove decision
CG went against board’s decision to purchase
1:1 in grades 3-5 and have laptop carts in 6-8
PD is focused on instructional strategy
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67. Not a technology initiative
Center Grove, IN
Grades 3-8
83 teachers
3,586 students
Pilot in 2010 - teachers drove decision
CG went against board’s decision to purchase
1:1 in grades 3-5 and have laptop carts in 6-8
PD is focused on instructional strategy
Ridgefield, CT
Grades 6-8
15 teachers
1324 students
BYOD
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69. Mansfield, TX
Grades 5-8
9,942 students
107 teachers
Collier, FL
K-8
30 ES
11 MS
29,641 students
1,130 teachers
Community
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