News and Trends
E-book resources
2/1/2011 By:
While standard e-books from
publishers are great, not all are
appropriate for the classroom.
Here are some resources that do
fit in schools:
Flexbooks (www.ck12.org)
offers extensive titles in math and
science that are customizable,
easy to update, and free.
Classic Books Online (www.classicsarchive.com) has about
1,600 books available in either
HTML or PDF format.
Curriki.org has 150,000 members
that share curriculum ideas,
resources, and knowledge.
Kinetic books (www.kinetic books.com) offers math and science
books via CD , Web download,
and Web access.
MIT (ocw.mit.edu/high-school)
has free online courseware available
in math, science, and the humanities.
Planet eBook (www.planetebook.com) has classic literature
available as a free download.
Project Gutenberg (www.gutenberg.org) has more than 33,000
titles available in many languages.
Flat World Books (www.flatworldknowledge.com) provides
study tools, like flash cards and
practice quizzes.