E-Textbooks Against Normal Education Textbooks

Recent changes in the educational system have included things like change in teaching techniques and methods of learning. One of the more familiar methods of learning is through textbooks, writing notes and listening to the teacher. However, other schools have taken a different approach introducing e-textbooks, e-learning and use of computers during classroom hours. Does this new method mean that convention education textbooks will be overthrown by laptops and computers?

In Vail, Arizona, the Empire High School has taken the step towards turning their classrooms digital. Each student has been given their own computer, provided by the school, to do their homework and listen to podcasts of their teacher's science lectures. A Few blocks away from Empire, Cienega High School has initiated a new system allowing students with their own laptops to register onto the 'digital section' of many of their English, Science and History lessons.

As more schools within this area begin to take the digital approach of teaching, a growing number of people begin to speculate that education textbooks are heading in the direction of scrolls. With this being the case, for teachers who are strong on the idea of keeping textbooks thriving in classrooms choose to balance the use of computers and notebooks without ignoring the way young people are 'wired' today. More to the point, most young people around the world have access to the internet and have easy access to free learning tools. Where young people twenty years ago would conduct their research at the library, young people today are using the internet to download research information for various projects and coursework.

Fortunately textbooks have not yet gone in the direction of the scroll and are still very much prevalent in classrooms. Arizona is currently one of the locations experimenting with e-textbook learning, which is a major step as the final end of year assessments and examination results will reveal how this method of learning will benefit students.

Some teachers and educational professionals have stated the disadvantages of e-textbook learning. The structure of e-textbooks can be longwinded, in that they do not have page numbers like normal education textbooks do. Instead they have location numbers, which students can type in on the keyboard and jump straight to the desired section. However, these location numbers can be long and could take time for students to look up and type in, whereas normal textbooks only require a flick of a few pages leading them directly to the section that they need.

Furthermore, some students have been confronted with a few glitches and errors when trying to locate specific sections using the computer, breaking the flow of teaching and delaying class time. Students have also claimed that it can be difficult to make notes within the margins, taking them longer to type down information and keeping up with the lesson structure. With the above problems in mind it appears that the speculations of textbooks being taken over by digital means is just that - speculations! Normal textbooks are not likely to disappear anytime soon and will continue to play an important in student learning.

Though major internet book retailers are supporting digital learning, there is a balance between using computers as a tool for teaching and textbooks for studying in classrooms. The idea is for schools to provide an option for students, to be free to use digital resources as well as normal textbook resources. Many online bookshops are offering both e-textbook and normal textbooks, which have resulted in an increase in sales.

Young people do appear to be moving away from using textbooks at home for researching, but one of the first things they do is using the internet to source very specific textbooks which hold vital information that the internet is not able to provide. Furthermore, they may also purchase e-textbooks if time is of an issue and have a virtual copy if they cannot wait for a hardcopy to arrive.

To conclude, it is unlikely that e-textbooks will completely take over normal textbooks, however it is more likely that we will see a balance between the uses of both in classrooms sooner than we expect.

Gino Hitshopi is an expert on the subject of e-learning and textbook learning, having experiment distance learning courses via online methods and teaching using textbooks. For more on sourcing vital textbooks and e-textbooks visit http://edu.cengage.co.uk/

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Review Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary

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Featuring David Sedaris's unique blend of hilarity and heart, this new collection of keen-eyed animal-themed tales is an utter delight. Though the characters may not be human, the situations in these stories bear an uncanny resemblance to the insanity of everyday life.

In "The Toad, the Turtle, and the Duck," three strangers commiserate about animal bureaucracy while waiting in a complaint line. In "Hello Kitty," a cynical feline struggles to sit through his prison-mandated AA meetings. In "The Squirrel and the Chipmunk," a pair of star-crossed lovers is separated by prejudiced family members.

With original illustrations by Ian Falconer, author of the bestselling Olivia series of children's books, these stories are David Sedaris at his most observant, poignant, and surprising.

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Eclipse Book Review

Author: Stephenie Meyer

Genre: Best Seller

Point of View: 1st person through Bella's eyes

Pages: 629 pages

Age Recommendations: 16 and up, some material is too adult for younger readers.

Main Characters: Isabella "Bella" Swan, Edward Cullen, Jacob Black

Plot: As Bella nears High School Graduation, Seattle is being ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and has everyone in the small town of forks on edge. As Graduation nears, Bella's best friend, Jacob Black, confesses his undying love for her as Edward is trying to protect her. After graduation, the werewolves and the vampires unite to fight a pack of newly created vampires out for Bella's blood, but there is something more dangerous that is after Bella. While they are waiting for the battle to begin, Jacob tricks Bella into kissing him, and in that one kiss, Bella realizes that she not only loves Jacob Black, but she is in love with him. After the kiss, Jacob runs off the fight with his werewolves and Bella is left to deal with the implications this new knowledge brings. Edward isn't mad she kissed him and only wants her to be happy. Jacob gets injured in the battle and Bella realizes that she has to choose who to be with. As she visits Jacob in La Push she realizes that she can't live without Edward and tells Jacob that she is going to marry Edward and get changed into a vampire.

Impressions: The most pivotal plot development is when Bella realizes what she will really be giving up being with Edward. Meyers does a superb job portraying Bella's inner conflicts between Jacob and Edward. You really see Bella start to mature a little more and think about the consequences of her actions. Eclipse is a pivotal novel in the Twilight series. Definitely worth the time.

Itsagoodday Star Rating: 5 Stars

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Book Review - The Mammoth Hunters by Jean M Auel

The third book of the best-selling Earth's Children series by Jean M. Auel picks up immediately after the end of the second novel The Valley of the Horses. The heroine of the series, Ayla, and her new lover Jondalar have just encountered a band of people whose identity is based on mammoth hunting. The meeting is shocking for Ayla because until this point in her seventeen years of life, she has never seen another living human except for Jondalar. From the age of five, Ayla had been raised by a cousin species of humans, known in the novel as Clan that are presumably Neanderthal people.

Ayla's upbringing leaves her without any cultural knowledge of how to live among her own kind. Her first experiences among the humans are bewildering and frightening. The group of mammoth hunters who take in Ayla and Jondalar designate their home as the Lion Camp, and Ayla takes this as a good sign because her totem animal is the cave lion that acts as her spiritual guide in life.

The people of the Lion Camp are also captivated by Ayla because she is beautiful, skilled as a healer, and rides a horse. The author does an excellent job in the novel of imagining the beginnings of animal domestication and how people might react to seeing for the first time a horse that obeys a human. Auel's approach to the process of animal domestication is plausible, and the way her narrative demonstrates the benefits that the animals brought to humans is compelling. Ayla's horse allows her to scout prey for the hunters more quickly and the horse helps to carry more meat back to the camp.

In this third novel, Auel gets to delve into an illuminating exploration of how early people might have lived upon the ice age steppes of Europe and Central Asia. Through Ayla's eyes that know only the culture of the Clan with its strict gender roles and unquestioning obedience to a group leader, the culture of her own people presents an astounding contrast. All that she was prohibited from doing among the Clan, Ayla is free to do among the mammoth hunters. She can hunt; speak her mind, laugh, and cry. She is also introduced to art, music and communicating with written symbols. These abstract concepts were unknown to the Clan. Throughout the narrative, the ability of humans to experiment with new ideas and innovate were presented in contrast to the Clan ways that are based on memory. Among the Clan, things are done as they were always done. They are not questioned and as a result they are not improved. This is not to say that the Clan lacked extraordinary skills. The healing arts Ayla learned among the Clan are highly effective, which brings her respect among the mammoth hunters. However, her association with the Clan is also controversial because most humans consider the Clan to be animals and call them by the derogatory term flatheads. The prejudice against the Clan is a source of conflict between Ayla and many characters in the novel.

Auel presents the mammoth hunter society as having looser gender roles, which she illustrates to be a strength. Because women and men can cross over gender lines to cook, hunt, gather, butcher, and so forth, they are more productive because everyone can pitch in on certain tasks when needed. The cooperative mindset of the prehistoric people is also an important theme of the novel. Although people certainly have their own interests and talents, they exist within a society that tacitly expects everyone to work together for survival.

Because readers of The Mammoth Hunters will be coming from the perspective of an individualistic and patriarchal culture, they will find this novel especially enthralling as it presents a society that respects and values women, bases hereditary on matrilineal descent, and depends on cooperative efforts. However, the prehistoric people in the novel are not selfless communists. They seek to improve their status and collect more valuable goods. They trade in possessions and skills and frequently gamble.

Amid the finely detailed portrayal of prehistoric human society, the gripping emotional drama of Ayla commands the narrative as always. A wrenching love triangle emerges among Ayla and Jondalar and her new suitor Ranec. As this romantic storm brews, most readers will likely wish for Ayla to stick by Jondalar, but because Ayla is such a endearing and powerful character, you, like me, will probably decide that you will follow Ayla wherever she travels. Being mad at her is impossible. She is a strikingly vivid character, both larger than life and totally familiar. Ayla represents a literary triumph for Auel, who I believe has delivered yet another brilliant novel. I praise Auel's writing so highly because her characters became real for me. I think about them when I am not reading the books. I worry about them. I wish I could talk to them. In The Mammoth Hunters, Auel has created that most blissful of reading experiences: one that is emotionally tangible.

For readers who like adventure, drama, romance, powerful spirituality, and contemplating the mysterious origins of humanity, The Mammoth Hunters is highly recommended. I rate it five tusks of mammoth ivory.

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How to Make a Scrap Book

Three years ago, I decided to do something with all the "stuff" I had saved from my children's school days. My daughter was 26 and my son was 30. They were married and had families of their own. Someone invited me to a Creative Memory party, and I was hooked. I don't think they knew I had saved their treasures. Some days when I missed having them close by; I would go through the boxes. I had made a lot of mistakes in my life but saving all of their collectables was one of the best things I ever did.

If I can do this, anyone can. I am not particularly creative or artistic. This is how I completed the process. It's time consuming but actually very easy.

The first decision is deciding what kind of book you want to make and who will be featured in the book. Some scrapbooks are basically like photo albums with comments. Others are filled with treasured items. Some people work on their books a few pages at the time, delaying final completion until a certain event like graduation. Others like me put one together in a few months.

Once you have decided on the type of book, you should know how many pictures and how much memorabilia you want to include in the book. Most of the books are large so you want to make sure you have enough to fill it. The amount of items you have will determine the size of book you decide to make. They range from very small to very large.

It is now time to go shopping for the scrapbook and other supplies needed to complete the job. Supplies can be purchased from specialty stores, craft stores, discount stores or independent dealers such as Creative Memories. You do want something that will last for a long time.

After you have purchased the supplies, sort out the pictures and collectables. You will need a lot of room to do this. Once you know exactly what you have it is easier to decide how it will be arranged. I did mine from birth to current time. I have seen scrapbooks that focused on one life event. Anything you have pictures for could be turned into a book.

When you have decided on the order, it is time to start preparing the pages. There are pre-made borders and artwork you can use or some people draw their own. Usually the pages have a theme, such as first birthday. To fit more pictures on the page you will have to do some cutting to eliminate unimportant backgrounds. This is known as cropping.

After you have the items and pictures cut out, you then glue or tape them to the page. You want to secure them so they will not move. You may want to add more borders, artwork, or comments. I added some of my memories from the time periods involved.

You can utilize both sides of the page, as I did, to increase the amount of space or use the front side only. When you are finished with the page cover it with a plastic, protective covering. These are hard to get off once they are on, so make sure you are finished with that page before applying.

Special effects like locks of hair or the first tooth can fit into pockets that you attach to a page. You can also purchase sheets with pouches made to hold items like report cards and valentines. I even included the outfits my children came home from the hospital in.

After you have completed all the pages and covered them with the protective covering, it is time to put them inside a binder. The binders come in different sizes and they are adjustable. It's a little tricky getting the binder to fit together but with a little effort it can be done.

Most scrapbooks have a place in the front cover to write who the book is to and the date it was completed. It's important to note this. The books can be heavy once completed. I recommend purchasing a tote bag just for the scrapbook. This protects the book and makes it easier to transport.

The last step is to give the book to the person it was intended for. I promise it will be one of the greatest gifts they ever receive. Who would not want to receive a memory book devoted totally to them?

The biggest mistake I made when making the first two scrapbooks was not allowing enough time to complete the project. I had planned to give them as Christmas gifts but did not purchase my supplies until the fall. It takes hours to go through stuff, cut the pictures, arrange them on the page, glue them, cover them, etc. I stayed up all night several times so that I could complete the project on time.

Making the scrapbooks was a very positive experience for me. It allowed me to go back and relive a lot of memories I had forgotten. Sometimes I cried but other times I laughed. I picked up the phone to call old friends. It made me more aware of how fast life goes by and how easy it is to lose touch with people in our lives.

My children were overjoyed with their gifts. For them to be able to go back and read report cards and old love letters was priceless. In some ways it helped them pull their childhood together - some of the missing pieces finally made sense. They talk about the day they will share these with their children. Both of them agreed the scrapbooks were the best gift they had ever received. For me, it was the best gift I ever gave.

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E-Book Cover Maker

E-Book covers are images containing a 3D representation of a book, folder, binder, etc., that are frequently used by authors, marketers and publishers of E-Books or other intangible (non-physical) products such as ezines, downloadable reports, private members' sites, etc.

There are a lot of different ways that you can use these graphics. Here are a few ideas:

1. You can use them on your web site as an illustration or just to jazz it up.

2. You can use them as part of header graphics on your web site.

3. If you have several different E-Books or intangible products, you can allow visitors to choose between them by clicking on the appropriate E-Book cover. You should remember however that some visitors may struggle to read small graphics, so it's a good idea to provide some text links as well, or at least some mouse-over text explaining the graphics.

4. You can use them in advertising materials - for example, as part of your banner advert designs.

5. You can use them to advertise other people's E-Books. For example if you are an affiliate of an E-Book seller, and that seller doesn't have a cover graphic, you could create a cover to use on your site or as part of your own home-made banners. In this situation, it's polite to ask the E-Book seller if they are okay with you doing this before starting.

6. You can use them in your own products. For example if creating an E-Book or report, you could put the E-Book cover graphic on the first page or in page headers.

7. If you use a E-Book compiler that supports splash graphics (e.g. Activ E-Book Compiler), you could use the cover as your splash graphics , or incorporate into a larger splash graphic design. (A splash graphic is graphic which is shown when an E-Book or program is loading).

8. You can create E-Book covers for others. There's a lot of demand for E-Book covers, so you create covers which you sell, or in return for a link to your web site. You may be able to find people who need this service on sites like Elance, RentAcoder or perhaps internet marketing discussion forums.

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Achieving Your Goals Is Just A Step Away

The old Chinese proverb has been told and re-told so often that it has become a cliché. But that should not cause us to lose sight of the fact that a long journey really does begin with a single step. And another, and another.

I am reading a very interesting new book called, The Seven Minute Difference: Small Steps To Big Changes, by Allyson Lewis. So far, even though she is covering ground already covered by others, her approach has been very interesting and helpful.

Lewis calls these small steps "micro-actions," and I believe she is on target.

Way back when I was a college student, I wrote a paper on Management By Objectives, which at that time was the trendy business "flavor of the month." But now, almost thirty years later (am I really that old?) I clearly remember that many studies had found that individuals and organizations that have clearly written "sub goals" were much more successful than those who merely have written goals.

In other words, as important as it is to write down your goals, it is also necessary to have smaller goals that lead, step-by-step, toward the bigger goal.

• There were several reasons why sub goals were so important. First, all of us have a tendency to lose focus if the finish line to our goal is too far away. But if we have a series of sub goals that can be achieved within a short time period, we tend to stay on track.
  
  


• Second, sub goals are plans. It is not enough to set a lofty goal of what you want to achieve, you must also have a plan that shows you how to achieve it.
  
  


• Third, sub goals are motivating. I tend to get discouraged long before I reach a long-term goal. Or I lose interest or get distracted. But sub goals give us our daily dose of success that can keep us moving forward with the desire to reach the end.
  
  


• Fourth, sub goals are progress reports. Nothing lends itself to aimless wandering more than not having signposts to mark the way. A series of sub goals are those signposts that allow us to figuratively look on the map and say, "we are here, and we have only this far to go."

Nothing great is ever accomplished in a single step. Real success only comes by putting one foot in front of the other until the journey ends. Whether you call them micro actions or sub goals, the steps along the way are just as important as knowing where you want to eventually wind up.

So set goals, but also plan your journey with sub goals or micro actions. That insures that you will actually achieve what you set out to do.

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Book Review of Plainsong

When one picks up Kent Haruf's novel, Plainsong, the title may be misleading. While the meaning of plainsong is "any simple and unadorned melody or air", the novel is far from plain. In fact, it is intriguing and demonstrates a depth of complexity in the characters and the storyline.

The book offers us a glimpse of the ordinary and the extraordinary, the mundane coupled with the heroic. We are presented with real characters living real lives in ordinary ways. Yet this book illustrates the extraordinary; the effect and impact that each of us can have on another person.

While the book may appear fragmented in the beginning, you soon come to realize that there is interdependency amongst the storylines. Though separate narratives, the lives of the characters later become weaved together in various ways. There is the mother who emotionally and then physically abandons her husband and two young sons, the pregnant teenager deserted by her mother and boyfriend and the two elderly brothers contentedly living an existence of solitude and unattachment.

The theme of desertion is a recurrent one in the novel. Yet what stands out is the way in which the lives of the characters in the novel are intertwined, entangled, and intricately interwoven together. At its very core, it is not desertion but interconnectedness as a theme that weaves the parallel stories together.

This is also an illustrative depiction of small-town America. While it identifies the small-mindedness of some, it also demonstrates the unifying nature of community and of coming together for the greater good of others. It also shows the depth of inter-human relations. In the face of adversity, when family fails you or abandons you, it is the relations we turn to who can sustain us even more.

No where is this more evident than in the example of the two old brothers, who are more connected to mother earth than to others in their community. While they are naïve to the ways of the world, they open up their home and heart to a young pregnant teenager. In the end, the reader is left questioning who has benefited most from this unique arrangement. It serves to illustrate that what we think we need is not always in our best interest.

As a caution, there is some sexual content in the novel. While not gratuitous in nature, it helps the characters on their journey of discovery and maturation. Our sexuality is one component that comprises our nature.

No man is an island and no where is this truer than in Holt County.

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Review The Surgeon: A Novel

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As a huge thriller buff, I cannot believe I just discovered this author. The novel starts in the voice of the beyond creepy killer and hooks you immediately. You will never sleep with your window open again.

We are introduced to Jane Rizzoli, smart, tough, and her own worst enemy. In fact, I did not love her in this debut but grew to adore her character in later books. Together, she and the very lovable Detective Moore hunt one of the scariest and disturbing criminals you have encountered in literature. This book has all that we crave from a "killer" build-up to a smashing climax. To add icing to the cake, the author is an actual doctor. That means the horrors are realistic and calculated.

I broke my arm and I've been glued to my kindle. Fellow readers, I am on the 7th book of the series now (in just a few weeks) and I promise it does not disappoint! I would highly suggest reading them in order for maximum experience, but if you have already started with another, no big deal.

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In her most masterful novel of medical suspense, New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen creates a villain of unforgettable evil--and the one woman who can catch him before he kills again.

He slips into their homes at night and walks silently into bedrooms where women lie sleeping, unaware of the horrors they soon will endure. The precision of the killer's methods suggests he is a deranged man of medicine, propelling the Boston newspapers and the frightened public to name him "The Surgeon."

The cops' only clue rests with another surgeon, the victim of a nearly identical crime. Two years ago, Dr. Catherine Cordell fought back and killed her attacker before he could complete his assault. Now she hides her fears of intimacy behind a cool and elegant exterior and a well-earned reputation as a top trauma surgeon.

Cordell's careful facade is about to crack as this new killer recreates, with chilling accuracy, the details of Cordell's own ordeal. With every new murder he seems to be taunting her, cutting ever closer, from her hospital to her home. Her only comfort comes from Thomas Moore, the detective assigned to the case. But even Moore cannot protect Cordell from a brilliant hunter who somehow understands--and savors--the secret fears of every woman he kills.

Filled with the authentic detail that is the trademark of this doctor turned author . . . and peopled with rich and complex characters--from the ER to the squad room to the city morgue--here is a thriller of unprecedented depth and suspense. Exposing the shocking link between those who kill and cure, punish and protect, The Surgeon is Tess Gerritsen's most exciting accomplishment yet.


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Penzler Pick, August 2001: Tess Gerritsen left a very successful career as an internist to raise her children and devote more time to writing. After several books that have had moderate success, Gerritsen has now written a gruesome and frightening story that should put her among the top women thriller writers working today.

A serial killer is on the loose in Boston. The victims are killed in a particularly nasty way: cut with a scalpel on the stomach, the intestines and uterus removed, and then the throat slashed. The killer obviously has medical knowledge and has been dubbed "the Surgeon" by the media. Detective Thomas Moore and his partner Rizzoli of the Boston Homicide Unit have discovered something that makes this case even more chilling. Years ago in Savannah a serial killer murdered in exactly the same way. He was finally stopped by his last victim, who shot him as he tried to cut her. That last victim is Dr. Catherine Cordell, who now works as a cardiac surgeon at one of Boston's prestigious hospitals. As the murders continue, it becomes obvious that the killer is drawing closer and closer to Dr. Cordell, who is becoming so frightened that she is virtually unable to function. But she is the only person who can help the police catch this copycat killer. Or is it a copycat? To complicate matters even further, Detective Moore, often referred to as Saint Thomas as he continues to mourn the loss of his wife, is getting emotionally involved with the doctor.

The suspense in The Surgeon is almost unbearable. The writing is superb and the stunning twists and turns make it almost impossible to put down. -- Otto Penzler

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Tess Gerritson, herself an M.D., weaves medical information into her tales with great skill. Dialogues move the reader along and in __The Surgeon__ the characters are clearly and highly defined. I've read several of her books and chose this one because I'd caught a reference to it in some other thing I was reading (not by her) and that sparked my interest. It was well worth it. Enjoy!!!






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