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Apple To Announce Tools, Platform To ‘Digitally Destroy’ Textbook Publishing

Apple is slated to announce the fruits of its labor on improving the use of technology in education at its special media event on Thursday, January 19. While speculation has so far centered on digital textbooks, sources close to the matter have confirmed to Ars that Apple will announce tools to help create interactive e-books–the "GarageBand for e-books," so to speak–and expand its current platform to distribute them to iPhone and iPad users.

By Chris Foresman

Full Story: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/01/apple-digital-destroy-textbook/

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One R.I. School Goes Paperless in 2013

The state will supply an electronic device for every student in one school, cutting down on heavy and easily outdated textbooks.

BY: Caroline Cournoyer

Full Story: http://www.governing.com/idea-center/Gov-One-RI-School-Goes-Paperless-in-2013.html

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