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US, September 15, 2009: Technology has fit an entire library into the palm of your hand, and schools are finding that electronically delivered information is much more cost-effective than expensive textbooks.
Some high schools have gone entirely textbook-free, providing each student with a laptop instead of a heavy pile of books. A wealth of educational material is freely available online. And while textbooks often become obsolete within a year or two–costing thousands of dollars to replace–the online information can be updated almost instantaneously.
There’s a pronounced generation gap. Younger students, who have grown up texting their friends on their cell phones, seem to have this kind of technology built into their DNA–while many students in their late 20s and beyond, more accustomed to the printed page, are struggling to adapt. But education experts say there’s no turning back.
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