Major Textbook Publishers Strike iPad Deal With ScollMotion

Major textbook publishers have reportedly struck deals with ScrollMotion to bring their textbooks to the iPad, according to the WSJ.

"People have been talking about the impact of technology on education for 25 years. It feels like it is really going to happen in 2010," said Rik Kranenburg, group president of higher education for the education unit of McGraw-Hill

Other publishers include Houghton Mifflin Harcourt K-12, a unit of Education Media & Publishing Group Ltd.; Pearson PLC's Pearson Education, and Washington Post Co.'s Kaplan Inc.


Digital textbook applications designed for the iPad would let students play video, highlight text, record lectures, take printed notes, search the text, and participate in interactive quizzes, and determine problem areas.

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