{"id":3302,"date":"2013-11-26T14:14:51","date_gmt":"2013-11-26T19:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=3302"},"modified":"2016-01-04T14:16:59","modified_gmt":"2016-01-04T19:16:59","slug":"free-e-book-and-tablet-rentals-available-at-mdc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/free-e-book-and-tablet-rentals-available-at-mdc\/","title":{"rendered":"Free E-Book And Tablet Rentals Available At MDC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miami Dade College students and staff can now rent <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tablets and e-books<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014 free of charge\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at \u00a0their campus library. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The program, which is college-wide, implements an up-to-date way of learning along with hands-on experience with modern electronics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rentals are for 14 day periods, and can be renewed once for an additional 14 days. To rent the items, students and staff \u00a0need to provide their MDC ID card. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWith this new technology, students will open their minds to all the kind of learning resources available to them nowadays,\u201d said Miguel Wedderburn, an instructional assistant at the Wolfson campus library. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than 35,000 e-books will be available through the program. The new technology allows greater accessibility<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and does away with competition for books that may be checked out. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tablets available college-wide include 74 iPads, 27 Nooks, Kindles and Android tablets. The devices cost the college a total of $41,180. The \u00a0amount of tablets available at each campus will vary, said Zoila E. De Yurre Fatemian, Director of Learning Resources at Wolfson Campus<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s awesome,\u201d said Steve St. Gerard, a music composition major. \u201cIt shows [that] the school is up to speed with technology.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Online tutorials as well as instructional assistance will be available at every campus library to give students a step-by-step guide on how e-books can be downloaded. Tablets will not only make e-books easily accessible, but they will allow students to get all the apps that \u00a0the devices offer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAs a music major, the iPad will allow me to keep all of my music sheets and notes in one place and always portable,\u201d said \u00a0Daniel Bergamini. \u201cMusic and note taking applications will have everything right at my fingertips.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">College officials are well aware of the various kinds of tablets available \u00a0in the market. Wedderburn said the College decided to go with a higher number \u00a0of iPads because they are \u00a0more user-friendly. iTunes\u2019s distinguishing feature of permitting one account to control multiple devices allows library staff to be able to reset the tablets after every use in the most effective manner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With 101 tablets available in total, students and faculty will have access on a first come, first serve basis. \u00a0The College hopes to expand the program at each campus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI think its going to help a lot of students further their education,\u201d said Jose dos Anjos,a \u00a0biology major at MDC. \u201cFree access to knowledge is the key to education for everyone.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Staff writer Allison Moraga contributed to this report.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miami Dade College students and staff can now rent \u00a0tablets and e-books\u2014 free of charge\u2014 at \u00a0their campus library. \u00a0 The program, which is college-wide, implements an up-to-date way of learning along with hands-on experience with modern electronics. 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