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Kris777 · 03-15-2012, 11:00 PM

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Schools get in touch with digital books
Districts see benefits in shift from traditional textbooks
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/...page=2#article

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In their announcement, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski encouraged schools and companies to pursue getting digital textbooks into students’ hands within five years.

“We spend $7 billion a year on textbooks, and for many students around the country, they’re out of date,” Genachowski said. By switching to digital versions, “we could be spending less as a society on textbooks and getting more for it.”

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What solution is better for kids - jetBook Color with Color E ink screen or iPad with LCD screen? Why so many schools choose iPad when LCD screen is not good for reading?

03-15-2012, 11:00 PM	#1
Kris777 Banned Posts: 1,767 Karma: 2520493 Join Date: Oct 2008 Device: Nexus 7, jetBook-Lite, jetBook mini, Toshiba Thrive, JETBOOK COLOR	iPad or jetBook Color - what schools will choose? or Schools get in touch with digital books Districts see benefits in shift from traditional textbooks http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/...page=2#article ... In their announcement, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski encouraged schools and companies to pursue getting digital textbooks into students’ hands within five years. “We spend $7 billion a year on textbooks, and for many students around the country, they’re out of date,” Genachowski said. By switching to digital versions, “we could be spending less as a society on textbooks and getting more for it.” ... What solution is better for kids - jetBook Color with Color E ink screen or iPad with LCD screen? Why so many schools choose iPad when LCD screen is not good for reading?