“Lighter Than a Bag Full of Textbooks”

At Read Write Web, John Paul Titlow has an interesting look at how Apple’s popular iPad tablet is helping education:

Chicago’s public school district was one of those early adopters, having brought iPads into a number of its classrooms and even allowing students to take them home. While programs like this can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to implement, they can ultimately save districts money on textbooks, since e-books are cheaper than their printed counterparts. And of course, an iPad is considerably lighter than a bag full of textbooks.