Net Texts: The App for Replacing or Supplementing Textbooks

Net Texts helps schools replace or supplement textbooks with customized multimedia courses delivered to students' iPads, Android tablets, and laptops!


Here’s How It Works:

  • Teachers use our Content Management Website to select existing courses or to create new courses by mixing and matching items from our library with their own educational material.
  • Students use our iPad or Android, or web app to download and view these courses, filled with videos, slideshows, e-books, PDFs, text, audiobooks, and Web links. Whether reading the latest e-book that has been assigned or watching a video for the next homework assignment, students will feel more engaged and in charge of their learning.

See It in Action:

Net Texts Consulting Services:

  • Our consulting services help your school get the most out of Net Texts! We will train your teachers on how to use our content management site and mobile apps, how to find Open Educational Resources, and how to create high quality content.
  • Net Texts researchers will build customized OER courses based on teachers' recommendations, syllabi, and state standards. We make it easy for a school or district to replace textbooks with a multimedia curriculum based on OER. Schools will save money on textbooks for years to come, as they can update their Net Texts courses with new material at any time.
  • We offer a fixed rate of $50 per student per year for the first year and $30 per student per year in subsequent years. We also offer per-course pricing for schools looking to build just a portion of their curriculum.

Net Texts News

New Feature: Play Video or Audio Items in the background with Net Texts Reader
New Videos: Watch a demonstration of our new Android App

View our monthly newsletters for Net Texts updates!

May 2013
  • Don't Get Locked In
  • Tools for Video Lectures
  • Net Texts at the Digital Education Conference

April 2013
  • Net Texts Local Presentations
  • Net Texts in the Press
  • Author Collections for Net Texts Reader

March 2013
  • Net Texts Presents at SXSWedu
  • iPads in the Classroom - The Charleston Experience
  • Net Texts Seminar in New Jersey

February 2013
  • Introducing Net Texts Reader
  • Net Texts for Android Available on Google Play

January 2013
  • Net Texts is coming to Android!
  • Interactive Worksheet Collections
  • Net Texts in Texas

December 2012
  • Flipped Classroom in Charleston
  • Khan Academy Collection: Art History
  • Coming Soon: School Specific Collection Pages

November 2012
  • Net Texts vs iTunes U
  • How to add an Item directly to a Unit
  • Interactive Test Collections

October 2012
  • How to listen to audio and read a PDF or ePub simultaneously using Net Texts and iBooks
  • Net Texts Schoology Groups are live!
  • Burlington Public Schools Begin Using Net Texts

September 2012
  • New Feature: Custom Interactive Tests on the iPad!
  • Net Texts Kicks off in Charleston, South Carolina

August 2012
  • Net Texts Works with New Jersey Schools
  • Five Open Educational Resource Sites

July 2012
  • Net Texts Partners with Amarillo Independent School District
  • Open Educational Resources and Copyright Issues
  • Net Texts 2.0

June 2012