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Apple knows how to change the way we look at the education system, by announcing iBooks 2 for the iPad. It is equipped with feature which is a totally new kind of textbook that intends to make learning far more dynamic and interactive. It’s been said that there are almost 1.5 million iPads that are currently in use for educational purposes and that it is slowly being embraced by schools across the US and all over the world. The iBooks 2 gives students a unique learning opportunity with the same level as that of school issued textbooks and other learning materials. It incorporates the same amount of information into the iPad but with a modern take, giving the learner an interactive way of absorbing knowledge with its state of the art 3D capabilities, animations and with that, an unrivaled navigation, making it user friendly as well.
Furthermore, since this is digital content that we are talking about, iBooks will ensure that iBooks 2 will always be up to date at all times, and even better is that you do not need to carry a backpack is really heavy like never before. Apple has a penchant for wanting the best always, and this has caused them to team up with leading education services companies such as Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, McGraw-Hill and Pearson in order to bring educational titles on the iBookstore. Apple also worked hand in hand with textbook publishers Pearson, McGraw Hill, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, DK and the E.O. Wilson Foundation to provide the essentials of learning and to help in the formation of higher education.
If you are interested to apply the new app will be able to download the new iBooks 2 app for free from the App Store. The iBooks 2 will offer gorgeous, fullscreen books, interactive 3D objects, diagrams, videos and photos, fast and fluid navigation, easy highlighting and note-taking, searching and definitions, plus lesson reviews and study cards, amongst many others just to recap. At this time is a good reason as any to get you an iPad 2, rattling off the list of benefits that the iBooks 2 app offers and keep secret the many wonderful games available for Apple’s best-selling tablet yet from them.
Some Specs Summary of Apple's iBook 2:
- Embedded Videos that are contextually placed.
- Rich, engaging layouts that are visually stunning.
- Portrait or landscape modes
- Glossary of terms
- Search for specific keywords
- Highlighting phrases with fingers.
- Take notes in-place
- Instant study cards
Some update features of the iBooks 2 app:
- Experience gorgeous full screen Multi-Touch textbooks designed for iPad. These textbooks are filled with interactive features, diagrams, photos, videos, and more
- Highlight your favorite passages and add notes with the built-in bookmarking features
- Switch to full screen to remove all distractions, or read in white-on-black with the nighttime mode
- Organize your books and PDFs into personal Collections. Swipe left or right to jump between Collections
The iBooks and iTune allows students and Professor to use textbook on iPads. And the iBooks Author is a Mac desktop, that works like desktop publishing app.
The Textbook will cost $14.99 and will belong to the student, like traditional textbook do today.
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