﻿ Textbook of the Future: The hardware | ZDNet  Textbook of the
Future: The hardware  Summary: If we acknowledge that iPad is
not the appropriate hardware solution for teaching students in
the 21st century, then what is?  In my last article, Textbook of
the Future: The challenges, I wrote at length about the hard
financial realities of having to deploy expensive tablet devices
like the iPad to tens of millions of K-12 students.  I also
discussed the flaws in Apple's iBooks Textbooks publishing model
and how it is unlikely that a non-reusable book system will
resonate with public school systems, and whether or not with the
iPad and iBooks Textbooks we are actually solving a problem with
electronic textbooks in the first place.  Also Read:  My ZDNet
colleague Chris Dawson and I have talked a great deal amongst
ourselves about revolutionizing the American educational system
by using enabling technology. Inexpensive and equal access to
learning materials would be a significant step towards improving
the education