Thursday, September 25, 2008

E-books

A while ago we looked at ebooks and the different formats they come in, most of the online ebooks had to be downloaded but a few could be viewed online. A large amount of ebooks could be bought online these are the links to the ebooks I found while searching for an entire lesson.

First Ebook
Name
The Secret Garden
URL Address
http://www.literatureproject.com/secret-garden/secret-garden_1.htm
Format
Plain text on HTML website
Advantages
Hyperlinks to specific chapters
Clear text
Hyperlinks to next/previous pages
Disadvantages
Unable to edit text
Slightly small font
Unattractive
Only available as book format
No hyperlinks to specific pages

Second Ebook
Name
How Zebras Got Their Stripes
URL Address
http://www.raz-kids.com/main/PromoSamples/id/6 (email has to be entered in to view this)
Format
Flash format
Advantages
Can be read out
Also read in book form
Pictures used to make book more attractive
Large text, and clear font
Hyperlinks to the next/previous pages
Disadvantages
Unable to edit text
No hyperlinks to specific pages

My preference
How Zebras Got Their Stripes
This ebook has more features that makes navigating through it easier. Plus its more attractive

New Course

This course is an insult to my intelligence; This simplistic "new" course doesn't take into consideration any of the stuff we learned in year 11, anyone tht knows how to navigate a computer can do this course!!

It also mixes up business and ICT, which makes it immensely boring not to mention confusing:D