Great post by Mike Elgan…

Why the Emotional Criticism of iBooks Author Is Wrong | Cult of Mac: “The iBooks Author terms are the opposite of “greedy and evil.” They’re generous to authors, and strongly encourage the creation of free books so that poor people aren’t disadvantaged by the cost of learning materials.”

Not to beat the teacher drum too much, but I have to wonder how many of these pundits and writers and bloggers who have terrible things to say about Apple’s education event and releases this past week actually think beyond the scope of their monitor and realize how these initiatives could seriously (and positively) impact education and cause dramatic change in how our students see, interact and engage with quality content written by passionate teachers, professors and perhaps other students rather than a paid staff of Pearson or Prentice Hall (the original pay-per-posters)?

That was a long sentence. Apologies.