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Submitted: October 21, 2010 - 9:32pm
Originally published: October 21, 2010
Last updated: October 21, 2010 - 9:33pm
Originally published: October 21, 2010
Last updated: October 21, 2010 - 9:33pm
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Education Week
Author:
Katie Ash
Most school districts have the technical infrastructure to support the basic digital textbooks of today. But as far as supporting the kinds of textbooks tech-savvy educators would like to see -- multimedia-rich, interactive, Web-based materials -- schools have some serious catching up to do in increasing network speed and connectivity, providing professional development for teachers, and persuading lawmakers to revisit state textbook-adoption policies.
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