Blyth Academy in Toronto is replacing textbooks with Sony Readers for 170 students. A Publishers Weekly report says the school will keep its library of printed books and the students will still read fiction in the printed versions. “We’re not doing away with printed text altogether because novels are so beloved, and people love to have their novels in a printed version,” said director or development Brandon Kerstens.
Electronic versions will be up-to-date, lighter for students to carry, and “it will cut down on the cost because obviously you aren’t paying for the pages, just the content itself. It’s really great,” stated Kerstens. The environmental aspect of using less paper was also viewed as an advantage.
Many of the electronic textbooks the Blyth Academy will be using come from Pearson Canada and McGraw-Hill Ryerson, which Kerstens said had advanced beyond basic text to be more interactive offering links and possibility to highlight and bookmark.
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