EduKindle » Uncategorized http://www.edukindle.com eReaders for Educators Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:49:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 DLC Publishes Kindle Plan for Schools http://www.edukindle.com/2009/07/dlc-publishes-kindle-plan-for-schools/ http://www.edukindle.com/2009/07/dlc-publishes-kindle-plan-for-schools/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:11:01 +0000 willd http://www.edukindle.com/?p=455 The *New* Democratic Leadership Council recently published a white paper by Thomas Z. Freedman that details the rationale and the economics of deploying Kindle ereaders to schoolchildren across America. In a thoughtful approach to envisioning the cost, the method, and the timeframe for getting a Kindle into every backpack, Freedman says

We shouldn’t wait a decade or two to begin to achieve what is inevitable — an education system where each American schoolchild has an eTextbook, like Amazon’s Kindle, loaded with the most up-to-date and interactive teaching materials and texts available. The ‘Kindle in every backpack’ concept isn’t just an educational gimmick—it could improve education quality and save money.

If you are curious about this proposal, and want to read it (yes!) on your Kindle, you can follow this link to download the report from the DLC site. EduKindle proudly provides the Kindle-formatted report to the DLC and its readers.

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