Changing the way we Learn

I remember slugging around a heavy backpack full of textbooks that in some cases were outdated the moment I bought them.

Big, heavy, and expensive, I was glad to get rid of them.

Now a revolution has happened.

Not just for textbooks but a change that drastically improves the way we learn and the way we teach and create learning materials.

Apple announced today in partnership with the major text book publishers a new way to use textbooks by using the iPad.

Watch the video here. It’s awesome.

But the innovation doesn’t stop there. With iBooks Author, Apple has made it easy to create books with interactive content, and it’s drag and drop to create.

The books can be used on the iPad. You can take notes and the notes are saved with the books.

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We’ve been stuck on a static system of learning for too long.

Now it’s time to catch up to the digital age.

The new iBooks still feature traditional text, but now video, interactive content, quizzes, note taking, flash cards, and more bring that learning to the new millennium.

And that’s only part of the innovation. Watch the video on Apple.com for more.