By Tina Barseghian, Mind Shift
Everyday, rolling carts full of laptops and mobile devices are wheeled through the halls of four high schools in the Acalanes Unified School District, delivering gadgets to students who use them to study science, English, and foreign language, among other subjects. The mobile devices — whether it’s the iPod Touch, the iPad, the Kindle or the Sony — were purchased through funds that came from a local city measure and various grants from parent organizations. With computer labs over-scheduled beyond student capacity, the devices have become integrated into the curriculum and as supplements to existing laptops and computers, according to Cheryl Davis, District Curriculum & Instruction Technology Specialist.
http://mindshift.kqed.org/2010/11/getting-e-readers-into-schools-one-class-at-a-time/
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