iPad in Education
One of the major
advantages of the iPad is that you can use many different e-book readers
(and even create books yourself). I have iBooks (free with the iPad but
needs to be downloaded) from Apple, Nook from Barnes and Noble, Kindle
from Amazon, Google Books (millions of free books that are out of
copyright) and even Boarders eBooks by Boarders (I haven't used theirs
yet).
I have taken advantage of free book offers and specials
from Barnes and Noble, had a few books that I had purchased for the
Kindle (we have one, and only one, in the district), but I try to
purchase them for iBooks whenever I can.
iBooks -
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ibooks/id364709193?mt=8
Nook -
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/barnes-noble-nook-for-ipad/id373582546?mt=8
Kindle
- http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kindle/id302584613?mt=8
Borders
eBooks - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/borders-ebooks/id368067444?mt=8
Google
Books - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-books/id400989007?mt=8
Two
others that concentrate on classics and books out of print are:
Stanza
- http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/stanza/id284956128?mt=8
kobo -
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id301259483?mt=8