ForincomingfreshmenatwesternConnecticut'ssuburbanBrookfieldHighSchoolliftingabackpackweigheddownwithtextbooksisabouttogivewaytotappingoutnotesandtouchingelectronicpagesonaniPad AfewhoursawayeverystudentatBurlingtonHighSchoolnearBoston.willalsostarttheyearwithnewschool-issuediPadseachloadedwithelectronictextbooksandotheronlineresourcesinplaceoftraditionaltexts.Appleofficialssaytheyknowofmorethan600districtsthathavelaunchedwhatarecalled"one-to-one"programs.
AtBurlingtonHighinsuburbanBostonPrincipalPatrickLarkinsaysthe $500iPadsisbetterthantextbooksinthelongtermthoughhesaidtheschoolwillstillusetraditionaltextsinsomecoursesifsuitableelectronicprogramsaren'tyetavailable."Lark/nsaidoftextbooks"butthey'reprettymuchoutdatedtheminutethey'reprintedandcertainlybythetimethey'redelivered".
Butsomeexpertswarnthatthedistrictsneedtoensuretheycansupportthewirelessinfrastructure(设施)repairsandothercoststhataccompanyaswitchtosuchatech-heavyapproach.MarkWarschaueraneducationandinformaticsprofessorsaid"Ithinkpeoplewilllikeit.Ireallydon'tknowanybodyinhighschoolthatwouldn'twanttogetaniPad"hesaid."We'realwaysusingtechnologyathomethenwhenyou'reatschoolit'stextbooks.soit'sagoodwaytoputallofthattogether."Districtsarevariedintheirpoliciesonhowtheypolicestudents'use.
Andthenation'stextbookpublishingindustry accountingfor$5.5billioninyearlysalestosecondaryschoolsistakingnoticeofthetrendwithitsownshiftinacompetitiveracetowarddevelopingcurriculum(课程)specificallyforiPads.JayDiskeyexecutivedirectoroftheAssociationofAmericanPublishers'schoolsdivisionsaidallofthemajortextbookpublishersaremovingtowardelectronicofferingsbutatleastintheshorttermtraditionalboundtextbooksareheretostay."Ithinkoneoftherealkeyquestionsthatwillbeansweredoverthenextseveralyearsiswhatsortofthingsworkbestinprintforstudentsandwhatsmtofthingsworkbestdigitally"
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