Goodbye, Textbooks
Today the mothership announced new iBooks textbooks, and a new iTunes U. It’s pretty cool, just on the outside, but it only takes a little imagination to imagine what might be possible.
Education is something that has been rather unchanged in centuries. It’s still a group of kids, in one room, with one teacher, and one textbook.
For the first time, in a long time, somebody has the leverage to really change something. Also for the first time, in a long time, that somebody has decided to do something. Apple could do something great. I’m not saying it won’t flop. I’m not saying they’re already there. It’s going to be a long journey, but I hope they get there. They could really make a dent in our universe.
Maybe my kids won’t ever know what it’s like to fight for the best conditioned textbooks. I like that thought.
