From the NEA News site
Arkansas district debuts bookless library system.
Arkansas ABC affiliate
KHBS-TV (8/12) reported on the Bentonville school district's bookless library
system, which, according to Superintendent Gary Compton, "does not have one book in
it. It's entirely electronic and can be downloaded to your iPod." Through the
system, teachers can also make "a recording of...their lessons that students can
download to their iPods or other MP3 players." In addition, the "school district"
is "using more digital textbooks and Internet-based books, all changes that can
really add up to some savings." Still, "[e]ach classroom also has hard copies of
textbooks for students who would rather read and learn that way." Compton added
that while the district is using technology "to save money," the changes also make
"learning more accessible, user-friendly, and powerful for kids that are very much
electronically driven."
http://www.4029tv.com/education/17164483/detail.html
Josephine Dervan, MLS -Online Instructor
School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Stout
dervan at optonline.net
dervanj@uwstout.edu
He who has a library and a garden, wants for nothing- Cicero
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