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Major textbook publishers have been making electronic versions of their products for years, but until recently, there hasn't been any hardware suitable to display them.

Apple also released iBooks Author, a new tool meant to lure publishers into creating new content specifically for the iPad education user.

even if an iPad were to last for five years in the hands of students, the e-books plus the iPad would cost more than the hardback textbooks.

I believe that technology has provided the swift kick that K-12 education has needed for decades to make the sweeping adjustments required to reach contemporary students and inspire education. I am just not sure yet which traditional teaching elements deserve to be clung to and which ones are meant to for the curb. The debate of how to best prepare our children for a lifetime of achievement is one that I believe deserves constant fueling in order to give K-12 students the best shot at academic, and life, success.