1. P APER OR P LASTIC ? The future of books in the classroom

2. F UTURE OF BOOKS ? “The physical medium cannot be distributed to enough people” Nicholas Negroponte, Founder one laptop per child Developing countries may actually be faster than developed countries Cell phones in Uganda and Cambodia

3. S O W HAT NOW ? Tablet PCs vs e-Readers,

4. W HICH TO CHOOSE Internet Entertainment media Document Creation Replaces laptop Book Reading Newspapers/Magazine Cost TabletE-Reader

5. APPLE’S I P AD Start at $500 up to $900 Intuitive functions One of the fastest in its class Strong support and following Battery life, 6-10 hours continuous use Soon to run OS 4.0

6. A SUS ’ E EE P AD Said to cost between $400 and $500 Runs Windows 7 Home Premium Intel Core 2 Duo processor Virtual Keyboard as well as connectivity for real keyboard and docking station available, which can fold over the screen Styllus with TFT- LCD touchscreen with 1024×758 resolution and 2450 dpi input resolution, Most accurate digital note-taking devices around. Battery life 10 hours continuous use

7. MSI’ S W IND P AD 110 Sub $500 projected Price Runs Windows 7 1.66GHz Intel Atom Z530 processor It has 2GB of RAM, 32 GB of SSD storage, and the finalized version is expected to have two USB ports, an HDMI and a webcam 1024×600- resolution MSI added its own Wind Touch UI Battery Life to be 8 hours

8. RIM’ S B LACK B ERRY P LAY B OOK “Lower price range of price for current tablets” Property QNX OS OpenGL 1GHz dual-core chip Front and back- facing camera for videoconferencing 1GB RAM 1080p high- definition video playback Wi-Fi, and supports HTML5 and Flash-based video HDMI out

9. A MAZON K INDLE & B&N N OOK - COLOR Kindle $140 for lowest end Read in low light or high light Easy buy and download of books from anywhere Most titles, 750,000 unique titles, not including public domain titles (Pre 1923) Nook $250 for color version with wifi Read in low light and high light

10. L IBROID - S OFTWARE Juergen Neffe’s vision of the future of books Self publish books Creative user created content Unique reading experiences Forums for sharing information or reviews

11. S O WHAT ? In the Classroom

12. T ECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM Slow refresh rate of e- Ink displays Inability to load PDFs over the network Viewing only one text at a time Problems converting documents to work well. Illinois Institute of Technology 550 freshman to receive iPad Oklahoma State School of Media and Strategic Communications and the Spears School of Business KindleIpad

13. W HAT WOULD YOU CHOOSE ? E-reader? Simple Long battery life Low cost Slow B&W Tablet PC? Powerful – Multimedia capabilities Document creation Business users Powerful OS