Irish book publisher, Gill & Macmillan has embarked on a pilot scheme that will take some weight off the shoulders of the first year pupils of Caritas College, Ballyfermot and bring them a step closer to the paperless age.
St Brendan’s class, a group of 18 first year students at the all-girl school will become the first class of students worldwide to replace their text books with the
iLiad, an electronic book device.
The main difference for the girls will be a dramatic reduction in the weight of their schoolbags as they replace more than six kilograms of textbooks, workbooks, an English dictionary and a novel with this 400grm e-book. The students can make notes and doodle on the pages, as in a regular textbook, and decide later if they wish to erase or save their notes. In addition, each iLiad reader is pre-loaded with 50 classic novels, which will be available free of charge to each student.
Adrienne Whelan, Principal of Caritas College, said that the school is honoured to take part in this pilot programme.
“This is a fantastic opportunity for the girls and staff. We are so proud to have been chosen by Gill & Macmillan to take part in this trial. Our staff and pupils have received training in how to use the different functions of the iLiad and we look forward to exploring this technology together.”
Developed by iRex Technologies in the Netherlands, iLiad uses a new technology known as E-ink, which makes it a very similar experience to reading ink on paper. crucially, it has none of the flickering or reflection associated with reading from a laptop or PC. Its screen uses less power and is more energy efficient, with an average battery life of 12 to 15 hours. Information can be transferred directly from a computer to the iLiad, which means it can replace the need for both a printer and
paper. The iLiad has 256Mb internal flash memory supplemented by a 1Gb SD Card and typically retails at €599.
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