"My 14 year old daughter is a texting addict! She will even sit and text when our family is at a restaurant. It drives me nuts. If I tell her to stop, she just does it under the table. It's like this little secret that we can't be in on, plus it's just plain rude.

It is no surprise that children are using more computers, video games, and cell phones. What is surprising is that they aren't just using Dad's stuff. Many kids have their own laptops - as evidenced by the sales of Intel's Classmate PC.

Posted: Saturday, October 22, 2011 6:15 am By CHRISTINA GUENTHNER, Argus-Press Staff Writer The Argus-Press | SHAFTSBURG - Students within Perry Public Schools are experiencing some of the newest educational tools available thanks to a portion of the school improvement bond passed by the community in February.

South Korea, one of the world's highest-rated education systems, aims to consolidate its position by digitising its entire curriculum. By 2015, it wants to be able to deliver all its curriculum materials in a digital form through computers. The information that would once have been in paper textbooks will be delivered on screen.

James Dukes students are learning through technology in their day-to-day classroom situations. Official district enrollment set at 6,130 students. Students at James Dukes Elementary School are moving ahead in 21st century technology, a fact that Principal Pauline Leavitt emphasized in a PowerPoint presentation to the school board at its Oct.