Apple Inc. recently announced iBook textbooks for iPads. If successful, this new development can shape the future of education. Light backpacks, textbook interactivity and constantly updated content can become features of tomorrow’s classroom. However, the transition to digital textbook might not be smooth. Disparity in family incomes means that not all students will have iPads. Departments of Education may not afford to supply iPads for all lower income families. Insufficient memory, lack of Internet connection, bugs, and other software deficiencies may jeopardize the digital education. Regardless, the future of education is in digital technologies, whether it is Apple-based or based on some other software.
Read more about what Apple has in mind here: http://www.apple.com/education/ibooks-textbooks/