Paperless classroom becoming a reality

They have weighed down satchels, been hurled across classrooms and defaced with lewd graffiti by schoolchildren across the ages. But the humble textbook looks to be going the way of the Walkman – in California at least.Arnold Schwarzenegger has announced that pupils will soon only be learning from digital texts, and experts in the UK said yesterday the paperless classroom is becoming a reality here too.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/jun/09/paperless-classroom-becoming-realityAlso see:Schools may copy Arnold Schwarzenegger and junk their textbooks
There is a revolution under way in the classroom with the Terminator in the vanguard. Arnold Schwarzenegger is throwing textbooks out of schools in a move that head teachers say could be followed in Britain.The attempt to save much-needed cash was announced by Mr Schwarzenegger, the Governor of California, on a school visit in Los Angeles — and dressed up as advantageous for pupils burdened with piles of books.
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