Textbooks for everyone!!

On Monday we were given a presentation on a group's idea to make an application which will allow college students easier access to better priced, previously used textbooks. I LOVE THIS APP!! The overall idea was very clever being that students already pass around textbooks; so to have an app that works like a social media/GroupMe, giving more people easier, more immediate access to textbooks for their classes, is ingenious. I was especially likened to the idea that students could communicate with one another about whether they would even need to purchase a textbook since many professors assign books but never use them, which brought up an interesting point in class about how professors need to be nicer to their students. One of my favorite (and definitely the most ingenious) parts of their presentation were the interviews. It was so cute to be able to see the reactions of the different people who learned about their idea--from professors to students to President Smarelli. Very cool!! Overall, this group did an exceptional job, covering all their bases with their research and fully thinking through their idea and app. I hope this could actually become a part of the college experience for many students to come. Bravo!!