CUA Law Professor on e-textbooks

By Casebook Sherpa On 12/09/09 · · In Law School Experience

Catholic University Law School Professor, Robert Destro, was quoted in this New York Times piece about the prospects for e-textbooks in the classroom…

Electronic textbooks may one day offer a convenient way to study, said Ms. Epps, literally lightening a student’s load. That’s already happened at Catholic University of America in Washington, where Robert A. Destro, a professor of law, and his students are testing a version of the eDGe. Professor Destro has 13 textbooks on his device.

“It’s wonderful not to have to lug those books around,” he said.

I’d be all for having an electronic way to store and read my casebooks, so long as it actually reduces overall cost and allows for adequate note-taking or copying and pasting of text into my notes.

 
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4 Responses to CUA Law Professor on e-textbooks

  1. TDot says:
    12/09/09 at 4:55 pm

    I’m speaking from ignorance because I’ve never used one of these things, but is it fairly simple to highlight text and such?

    From my roughly-3-seconds of face time with a Kindle… I prefer an actual book >_<

  2. Casebook Sherpa says:
    12/09/09 at 4:56 pm

    It’s fairly simple to annotate text on the Kindle. I’m not so sure about highlighting it or copying it into a brief, outline, or set of notes.

    I can’t speak to the new Nook or whatever this eDGe thing that Professor Destro has been testing.

  3. Anonymous says:
    12/10/09 at 2:13 am

    this would be a dream come true! I have the sony digital reader and I love it

  4. Big Show says:
    12/17/09 at 3:58 pm

    A buddy of mine on law review is in Destro’s class and is one of the kids he had test the thing. It’s bulkier than a Kindle – much thicker, almost like a minilaptop, it has two screens and they’re both touchscreens. Also has a brower and internet access. Seemed fairly easy to use. I would love that.

    I have a Kindle and I can’t go anywhere without it, but highlighting things is a bit clunky.