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Montgomery may pilot digital textbook program - Jill Matthews, Princeton Packet

Forget the need for shoulder-sagging backpacks. Say goodbye to heavy textbooks. Embrace the digital age. That is what a select group of students from Montgomery Middle School will be doing if the Board of Education approves the Book Locker Pilot Project recommended by Superintendent Stuart Schnur.... The pilot program tests the functionality of an alternative use to physical textbooks, which can weigh anywhere from 2 to 7 pounds, by using tiny Universal Serial Bus storage devices, also known as key chain storage devices. A USB storage device, which is generally the size of a pack of gum and can be attached to a key chain, is a portable alternative computer drive that can store up to 20 textbooks' worth of information. Rather than carrying textbooks home, students could bring their lightweight, handheld, individual USB device home to access their textbooks on computers. Students plug the USB device into their USB ports on the back of the computer and are instantly connected to all of the information stored on the device.

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