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Notebooks Replace Textbooks in Texas

Posted by michael on from the pawn-shop-delight dept.

DrEnter writes "Yahoo! is running this article about an experiment at Johnson Elementary school in Dallas, Texas, which will provide an IBM ThinkPad to every 5th and 6th grader, each one loaded with electronic versions of textbooks and 2,000 other books. Apparently, due to rapidly increasing enrollment and long delays to get new books the school is trying to head off future problems. They also mention a similar program in Henrico County, Virginia, using iBooks and how some of these programs are affecting laptop design (like Apple replacing pop-out CD trays with CD slides)."

3 of 371 comments (clear)

  1. 9 seconds by nevek · · Score: 5, Funny

    Amount of time It takes for every thinkpad to be running counterstrike.

    Billy, what is 8 divided by 2?

    What? Man that was BS Stupid Shield Lamers, Damn Lag. #@$#%

    I'm L337 Screw you Teacher!

  2. Report card time. by AtariAmarok · · Score: 5, Funny
    Hank Hill: "Bobby, why is it you get -1 Troll on your report card when little Khan Jr always gets at least a +3 Insightful every term?"

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  3. Re:Accidents happen by Lumpy · · Score: 5, Funny

    answer - toshiba toughbooks.

    they can withstand even a 8 year old boy.

    I have an old one that has been sitting open and running on my deck all winter long. still works good, the keyboard was funky until I got the pine needles out of it.

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