Thread: Local high school hands out 2,100 Kindles to students
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Old 10-20-2010, 10:13 AM   #32
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Originally Posted by RDaneel54 View Post
If you'd like to hear a couple of interviews with the gentleman running the program for the school, listen to the Kindle Chronicles podcast. About a month ago they had the first interview that discussed how the program was worked out with Amazon. Then last Friday was a follow-up about how it's working out with the teachers, parents and students involved.

I think it's a great idea to keep our children on the cutting edge of technology on all fronts. The school district spent a lot of time on preparing for this and is constantly working with the publishers to ensure the books work on the Kindle.

Dean
Did they say why they paid such a high price for each device?
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