Comments on: Δ Nerd humor: the next generation (or: hypertext rules, plaintext drools) http://dancallahan.net/2009/03/11/nerd-humor-the-next-generation-or-hypertext-rules-plaintext-drools Education. Games. Comics. Movies. Stuff. Sat, 28 Apr 2012 22:53:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Tom http://dancallahan.net/2009/03/11/nerd-humor-the-next-generation-or-hypertext-rules-plaintext-drools/comment-page-1#comment-1550 Tom Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:02:48 +0000 http://dancallahan.net/blog/2009/03/11/nerd-humor-the-next-generation-or-hypertext-rules-plaintext-drools#comment-1550 The company my wife works for is involved in something very much like this, mostly for medical texts (which change all the time) -- semantic tagging and other concepts are finding their way into grad schools and even undergrad programs because of the cost of print. Unfortunately, I think it is going to take a number of years before the electronic textbook of sorts is mainstreamed into our public schools. There are two things working against them. First: money issues. I'm sure you understand what I mean by that. Second: unless the textbook companies are on board, nothing's going anywhere. They have such a stranglehold on the way our subjects like history and science are taught because of the way their books are so geared toward standardized testing. It's maddening, sometimes. <abbr><em>Tom’s last blog post..<a href="http://uninspiredteacher.blogspot.com/2009/03/in-soviet-russia-book-reads-you.html" rel="nofollow">In Soviet Russia, Book Reads You.</a></abbr></em> The company my wife works for is involved in something very much like this, mostly for medical texts (which change all the time) — semantic tagging and other concepts are finding their way into grad schools and even undergrad programs because of the cost of print.

Unfortunately, I think it is going to take a number of years before the electronic textbook of sorts is mainstreamed into our public schools. There are two things working against them. First: money issues. I’m sure you understand what I mean by that. Second: unless the textbook companies are on board, nothing’s going anywhere. They have such a stranglehold on the way our subjects like history and science are taught because of the way their books are so geared toward standardized testing. It’s maddening, sometimes.

Tom’s last blog post..In Soviet Russia, Book Reads You.

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