OhMyGov!: Digital textbooks on the way in Calif., says Schwarzenegger
Throw those out-dated textbooks out the door because the digital age is bringing in a storm of digital books. According to govtech.com, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced plans to digitize textbooks to help aid to current financial burden in California.
Last week at a press conference held at Calabasas High School, Governor Schwarzenegger said that beginning this fall with math and science subjects, California will become the first state to issues digital textbooks to their high schools.
Today information is so easily available with the access of different technologies obtainable to students. It’s only natural that their textbooks should be just as effortless to access. No longer will students have to lug around heavy books or have to pay for such expensive books.
There are already many different outlets online where students can purchase electronic books like Zinio Digital Textbooks, ichapters.com, and ecampus.com which offer full books at half the retail value or less. It would be cheaper than the traditional paperbound textbooks, especially now when the schools are in a tight money crunch. Govtech.com said that if California turns digital, they would save an average of $400 million dollars yearly, which would greatly help the financial burden and aid school funding.
