Arizona Schools Replace Textbooks with Digital Media
August 9th, 2009
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Arizona Schools Replace Textbooks with Digital Media
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Empire High School and Cienega High school in Vail, AZ are at the forefront of Arizona schools replacing traditional textbooks with Digital versions. With the prevalence of laptop computers and the advent of digital readers like the Kindle, the days of traditional textbooks may be numbered. One major issue in this movement will be the availabilty of technology in the homes of poor students. Another is the use and accuracy of “open source” material on the internet that is provided free of charge. To read more about this trend see the article below.
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In Digital Future, Texbooks Are History. New York Times, August 8, 2009.
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