“In five years, I think the majority of students will be using digital textbooks,” said William M. Habermehl, superintendent of the 500,000-student Orange County schools. “They can be better than traditional textbooks.”
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Mapping America - Census Bureau 2005-9 American Community Survey - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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Browse local data from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey, based on samples from 2005 to 2009. Because these figures are based on samples, they are subject to a margin of error, particularly in places with a low population, and are best regarded as estimates. Create tons of lessons around this data. WOW
As Classrooms Go Digital, Textbooks May Become History - NYTimes.com - 4 views
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What sort of strain would something like this put on many school district's limited bandwidth and IT resources? Just this fall, our online 5th grade math program has encountered numerous problems. When more than just 4 or 5 teachers are using the online text with students, it bogs down the entire network, and brings learning to a crawl. Eliminating traditional paper-based and paid textbooks will not save any money, but rather shift the funds into IT invetment in order to deliver increasingly larger videos, media, and other open-content resources.
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Report Finds Online Threats to Children Overblown - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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After further research this group is stating that online social networks and collaboration are safer than originally stated.
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