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ekbell · 03-23-2022, 01:04 PM

The examples you've given would likely work reasonably well as long as the tablets are up to rendering the PDF's in a reasonable time. For the second example I would recommend using a reading app such as EBookDroid with the ability to split two page spreads.

However I've found many educational PDF's, either ones offered for free or sold through educational sites, that give permission for the purchaser to copy for a classroom are not well suited for small screens as it is assumed that they will be printed as needed.

Scanned copies of Public Domain books can work well if the original book had reasonably small pages.

Although unless you have reason to be confident in the basic quality of the tablets and the willingness to use them, it may be worth considering investing in a decent laser printer and paper to provide them with disposible books.

03-23-2022, 01:04 PM	#2
ekbell Guru Posts: 627 Karma: 12345678 Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Canada Device: none	The examples you've given would likely work reasonably well as long as the tablets are up to rendering the PDF's in a reasonable time. For the second example I would recommend using a reading app such as EBookDroid with the ability to split two page spreads. However I've found many educational PDF's, either ones offered for free or sold through educational sites, that give permission for the purchaser to copy for a classroom are not well suited for small screens as it is assumed that they will be printed as needed. Scanned copies of Public Domain books can work well if the original book had reasonably small pages. Although unless you have reason to be confident in the basic quality of the tablets and the willingness to use them, it may be worth considering investing in a decent laser printer and paper to provide them with disposible books. Last edited by ekbell; 03-23-2022 at 01:13 PM.