Educational Technology

November 1, 2011

Out With Textbooks, in With Laptops for an Indiana School District

Filed under: Educational Technology — admin @ 12:30 am

by Alan Schwarz, NY Times

The day all have seen coming — traditional textbooks being replaced by interactive computer programs — arrived this year in this traditional, well-regarded school district, complete with one naysaying parent getting reported to the police. Unlike the tentative, incremental steps of digital initiatives at many schools nationwide, Munster made an all-in leap in a few frenetic months — removing all math and science textbooks for its 2,600 students in grades 5 to 12, and providing a window into the hurdles and hiccups of such an overhaul.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/19/education/19textbooks.html?_r=2&emc=eta1

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