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  Teachers reveal wide usage of digital tools — and wide disparities among lower and higher income schools

  491 readers Teachers widely use digital tools, but this survey shows technology integration is not consistent. A new report released by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project shows that though digital tools are widely used throughout U.S. schools, teachers who serve the lowest income students have more difficulty using digital tools effectively. “Digital technologies have become essential

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  Etextbooks may not be the way to go – at least not yet

  1028 readers From Inside Higher Ed: … a recently completed report on a yearlong pilot at Daytona State, comparing the satisfaction and success of students using all electronic texts with students using all print, has also complicated the picture. … “Avoid top-down mandates,” the study’s authors wrote as their top recommendation. “Institutions that require all instructors to simultaneously go e-text might

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  75% Of College Students Prefer Print Textbooks

  2453 readersWhile college students may love their technology, they don’t want it in their textbooks. According to a new study the Book Industry Study Group (BISG), 75% of students prefer print textbooks over eBooks because they enjoy print’s look and feel. Thi...

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  Google Introduces App Store Front For Educators

  72 readersGoogle announced Google Play for Education at the Google I/O conference this morning. This new section of the Android app store which sells apps aimed at schools and teachers. Google Play will let teachers and schools buy multiple copies of an app in bulk. When a teacher buys an app it will automatically download on their own device,

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  E-Textbook Use Down Among College Students

  1884 readers By Jeremy Greenfield, Editorial Director, Digital Book World, @JDGsaid Fewer college students bought and used e-textbooks in the 2011 academic year than in the year prior, according to a new report. While about 6% of the textbooks students bought for courses in the 2010 academic year were digital books, only 3% were digital in 2011, according to

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  Two Studies: British University Students Still Crave Print Over eBooks & US: Tablet Ownership, eReading, and Students

  702 readers From a BML Bowker Announcement: While the majority of the U.K.’s undergraduate students are now using e-books, none are yet relying on them as a primary source of information. Print continues its hold as a key resource for at least two-thirds of students. That’s one of the key findings of a major new study that explores

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  Survey finds generational gap in teachers’ comfort with digital technologies

  65 readers Only 44% of teachers age 55 and older are “very confident” with new digital technologies. Younger teachers use technology in their classrooms with more confidence than teachers aged 55 and older, according to a recent study by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project in collaboration with the College Board and the National Writing

• UK Students Still Prefer Text to Print, Study Says

  277 readers PRESS RELEASE (see the original, including several charts and graphs here): British University Students Still Crave Print, Says New BML Study E-books are gaining traction, but lag print as primary sources of information London, UK – March 15, 2012 – While the majority of the U.K.’s undergraduate students are now using e-books, none are yet relying on them

• UK Students Still Prefer Text to Print, Study Says

  315 readers PRESS RELEASE (see the original, including several charts and graphs here): British University Students Still Crave Print, Says New BML Study E-books are gaining traction, but lag print as primary sources of information London, UK – March 15, 2012 – While the majority of the U.K.’s undergraduate students are now using e-books, none are yet relying on them

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  Students Still Not Taking to E-Textbooks, New Data Show

  139 readers Despite the benefits of lower costs, lighter backpacks, added features and convenience, students just aren’t taking to e-textbooks, a new study shows. About 6% of students are using a “core digital textbook” as their main course material, according to a new study from the Book Industry Study Group, which surveyed a nationally representative sample of four-year