Well I am sure there are others out there but this looks like the beginning of the digital textbook age and one that is open source. Just think of the days of wiki-textbooks. Where students and historians alike will be able to keep our textbooks upto date. Hmmm..the possibilities.
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-cows26-2008aug26,0,3764260.story
Cows that are grazing or resting tend to orient themselves in a North – South direction. Scholars at the University of Duisburg Essen spent time studying Google Earth and noticed that two out of every three animals standing in fields were pointing towards magnetic north.
Wow, i find this really exciting.
“George Orwell’s diaries as a blog. From 9th August 2008, Orwell’s domestic and political diaries (from 9th August 1938 until October 1942) will be posted in real-time, exactly 70 years after the entries were written.
Orwell’s ‘domestic’ diaries begin on 9th August 1938/2008; his ‘political’ diaries (which are further categorised as ‘Morocco’, ‘Pre-war’ and ‘Wartime’) begin on 7th September 1938/2008.”
http://orwelldiaries.wordpress.com/
Talk about engaging students.