Textbook value is questioned.

Textbook value is questioned. In response to an August 10 Tech Disruptions blog blog,short for web log, an online, regularly updated journal or newsletter that is readily accessible to the general public by virtue of being posted on a website. post,"Textbooks Do Have Some Good Qualities": An e-textbook is just a textbook in a different medium. Textbooks,especially in K8 science, are notoriously bad. And the notion thatlosing textbooks leaves the teacher with nothing is incorrect. There arebetter alternatives to K8 textbooks. Joseph J. Bellina Jr., professor of physics, Saint Mary's College Saint Mary's College,at Notre Dame, Ind., near South Bend; Roman Catholic; for women; est. 1844 as St. Mary's Academy, chartered 1850 at Bertrand, Mich.; moved and chartered 1855. The school shares certain programs and facilities with the Univ. (Indiana) And in another response to the same blog: No offense, but youmissed it entirely. It's not about printed versus digital.It's about the entire metaphor of a "textbook"that's essentially out of gas. Matt Federoff, chief information officer, Vail Vail(vāl), town (1990 pop. 3,569), Eagle co., W central Colo., on Gore Creek, in the Gore Range of the Rocky Mts.; founded as a ski resort 1962, inc. as a town 1966. (Ariz.) School District Blogger Elliot Soloway responds: Textbooks have run "out of gas," as Mr. Federoff pointsout, but it is no mean feat to create a complete lesson aligned withstandards. Textbooks have played an important role in that. We need tocreate support for teachers in creating lessons. Letters to the editor may be sent to jhartnett@districtadministration.com, or mailed to Judy F. Hartnett, DistrictAdministration, 488 Main Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06851. Selections that arepublished may be edited for length and clarity, and become the propertyof DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION.