Journal 5- Nets (1,4,6,2)

Cohen, D. J. (2012). Connected books: Introducing the t-book. Learning and Leading with Technology, 39(5), 28-29. Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/learn/publications/learning-and-leading/February-2012.aspx


Summary: In, Cohen’s writing he summarizes the benefits of a Transmedia book in a classroom. A T-Book is a “cross between physical and virtual images in a digital textbook” (Cohen, 2012). Furthermore, with the digital textbook students can be given activities to form physical objects of which they are given a more hands-on approach to learning compared to a traditional textbook.


Q1: How would a Transmedia Book help students learn?
A1: Transmedia books can help children become more involved with T-Books because the traditional text creates limits. Text cannot create links to broaden knowledge and produce critical thinkers, problem Solvers, and promotes creativity. These results are also included in the NETS (National Education Teaching Standards).


Q2: Why would a T-Book make a traditional textbook obsolete?
A2: A traditional textbook does not spur any thinking, it gives the student something to read but it does not get the student involved. The information is fed to them and not explained or even made fun. The interactivity allows the student to learn on their own level because of how they react to the activity in the T-Book. A traditional textbook does not offer this because there is only one way to learn and that is to read the information.