textbook

Iceland

DiScoro was invited to Iceland as keynote speaker at a conference. The audience consisted of twenty researchers from seven different countries. They research mathematics textbooks and how teachers work with these resources. My speech was about:

How do publishing houses evolve from paper-based mathematics textbooks to digital books?
What are the options when you design digital media?
What are the possibilities when you use digitale media?
What are the demands that come up in: taskformat, hints and feedback?
What are the challenges for authors and researchers?

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History

Digital History is a website about topics in American history. The entry of the website is visualised in pictures as well as on a time-line. The site offers a huge amount of information in text, pictures, films, historical documents etc. Additionally, it offers useful information for teachers. The content of the site is produced under the responsibility of the College of Education of Houston University (US).

The contents is possibly too elaborate to be widely used outside the US, but some topics will definitely be of interest and are worth studying for non-US students. The approach can also serve as an example to work on an historic project or topic nearer to the students.

Digital History (USA)

Purchase	Free
Hardware	PC, tablet
Requirements	browser

Schooltas App

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Gijs heeft als ontwikkelaar gewerkt aan de Schooltas App van ThiemeMeulenhoff. We weten wat de mogelijkheden zijn en de tekortkomingen. We dat het beter kan en moet en ook hoe dat gerealiseerd kan worden. De Schooltas App levert nu al alle schoolboeken voor VO digitaal op een App. Alle boeken in je I-Pad.