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Handhelds Go to School. No more pencils, no more books …
Aesop’s fables came beaming across the classroom and landed in Eva Hernandez’s Palm handheld. On the bottom floor of Ridgeview Elementary School, she sat scrolling, using her stylus to navigate through "The Flies and the Honeypot."
"Hmmm," said the 12-year-old. "I think I can animate the flies."
Eva, a sixth grader, is part of a new generation of kids using handhelds to read, write, do math, take pictures of the human eye or research Egyptian hieroglyphics — all as a regular part of their curriculum.
Full Story: http://wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,69806,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_7
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