Posted by SchoolDays Newshound on 25/05/2012. Tags: Primary School News
Students can now access the full curriculum of post-primary books for the 2012/13 academic year as e-books.
The Educational Company of Ireland (Edco) has completed a five-year project to make every core subject available in the format.
Martina Harford, chief executive of Edco, said: "Uniquely, we have developed a system which can be used by the children on a range of hardware."
This allows pupils to continue their "interactive learning" outside of the classroom on their parent's iPads.
Edco has been rolling out its e-books to selected schools for the past 18 months and around 4,000 students across Ireland already use its platform of more than 100 e-books and 8,000 resources.
Ms Hartford claimed feedback on the technology is "extremely positive".
The news comes after Silicon Republic reported the Lord Mayor of Dublin Andrew Montague is to take part in the Camara Challenge in order to raise money for pupils in disadvantaged schools so they can gain access to digital literacy.
Written by Donal Walsh
Comments
GHalton
(16-06-2012 18:29)
in our Our post primary school, each child buys a laptop in first year, then the e-books are part of the book rental scheme for 70.00 per year. Very good value
Kalilileth
(25-05-2012 19:22)
How will they compare cost-wise?