{"id":8651,"date":"2012-11-04T14:01:12","date_gmt":"2012-11-04T21:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/?p=8651"},"modified":"2012-11-05T07:58:06","modified_gmt":"2012-11-05T14:58:06","slug":"ez-digibooks-bookstore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/2012\/11\/04\/ez-digibooks-bookstore\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the EZ DigiBooks Bookstore an&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\">Welcome to the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/myezdigibooks\/home\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #002859\">EZ DigiBooks Bookstore <\/span><\/a>and Week 10 of our ETEC 522 Ventures Adventure! Grab a comfy chair, a cup of java and put your feet up with your laptop or tablet in hand.The digital books have been neatly lined up and arranged and the bookshelves dusted off for our Grand Opening. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\">You\u2019ll find our little digital store is separated into various sections, each with a variety of activities for you to read, try out, discuss, create. <strong>We don\u2019t expect you to attempt everything!! <\/strong> But we hope there is enough variety so that when you take time to browse through all sections you\u2019ll find a few activities that call out especially to you.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/myezdigibooks\/the-business-loungue\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Business Lounge <\/span><\/a>\u00a0 provides you with information about the business aspects of this emerging markets, especially the free eTextbook market. Is this a viable venture?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">At <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/myezdigibooks\/the-news-stand\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"> the Newstand<\/span><\/a> you\u2019ll find the latest news about digital textbooks. Read along with us to keep up to date on this medium and its impact on the world of education.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Join a <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/myezdigibooks\/reading-circle\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"> Reading Circle <\/span><\/a> to discuss one or more hot topics about digital textbooks in the classroom.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Explore a variety of free and not-so-free digital textbooks in the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/myezdigibooks\/coffee-shop-interactivities\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"> Coffee Shoppe<\/span><\/a> and share your impressions. You\u2019ll also have several opportunities to create your own digital textbooks here, for no cost to you other than your time.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">We\u2019ve started several posts on our classroom blog to help keep things organized.We find that rich conversations tend to develop more when everyone isn\u2019t concerned about starting their own thread, so we\u2019d encourage these discussions over many unique postings.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\">Don\u2019t hesitate to ask any of our friendly sales personnel for assistance at any time \u2013 we\u2019re here to serve you to the fullest!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\">Happy Reading!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\">&#8211; John, Jen, Patty, Catherine &amp; Peggy<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the EZ DigiBooks Bookstore and Week 10 of our ETEC 522 Ventures Adventure! 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