Photo: www.reuters.com 10:49 on June 20 2013.
Posted 10:49 on June 20 2013.
in the educational institutions of paper books will be replaced by electronic
School students in Los Angeles instead of textbooks will use the Tablet PC iPad. They already buys city Department of Education.
volume will be the first batch of 31,000 pieces. Total value of about $ 30 million.
in the educational institutions of Los Angeles, there are 640,000 students. When they get tablets, the city will become the largest U.S. school district, where we have introduced electronic textbooks.
transition from paper to electronic textbooks will take several years. Tablets for the schools of Los Angeles will deliver a publisher Pearson, one of the largest market participants textbooks.
According to officials of the Department of Education, the Apple device meets the requirements of the learning process better than other models, and thus cheaper. It was decided to abandon the use of iBooks, through which Apple since 2012 distributes textbooks.
idea of ??replacing paper with electronic books for students promoted Apple founder Steve Jobs. He believed that the iPad will bring paper books obsolete at all. In this case, Jobs expected to release their tablets free online tutorials that do not require certification.
total of U.S. schools use up to 10 million iPad.
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