South Korea's Making the Switch to Digital Textbooks

[SoCalDem]

http://www.good.is/post/south-korea-s-making-the-switch-to-digital-textbooks/



When it comes to digital textbook adoption, it looks like Florida's turning into a global trendsetter. This spring the state passed a law mandating that schools make the switch to digital textbooks by 2015. Now South Korea's Education Ministry has announced that it's making a $2.4 billion investment that will enable all of that nation's schools to go digital by 2015.

The investment is part of South Korea's new "Smart Education" plan, which will let the nation's students ditch heavy hardback textbooks and instead slip a comparatively light tablet, like the iPad, into their backpacks. The move will also save schools money since digital textbooks are cheaper there than in the United States.

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[spin]

1. We should do the same in the United States...

we need to move our educational system into this century.

[madrchsod]

2. we can`t afford to keep the buildings open let alone buy e-books.