Electronic books have changed the way many people read for
15 . Now online textbooks are changing the way some students learn and some teachers teach.
More than
16 students go to the public schools in Fairfax County, Virginia, outside Washington. Last year, the school system used digital books in fifteen schools. This school year, middle schools and high schools changed
17 printed to electronic textbooks in their social studies classes.
“I mean, it’s just
18 a regular textbook, except it’s got it all online.” says Luke Rosa, a history teacher at Falls Church High School.
Peter Noonan, an assistant superintendent(主管) of schools says, “The world’s changing
19 . And the online textbooks can change right along with the events that
20 .”
“Digital books also cost
21 than printed textbooks,” he says, “Usually it’s between fifty and seventy dollars
22 a textbook for each student, which adds up to about eight million dollars for all of our students in Fairfax County. In fact, we have bought all of the online textbooks for our students for just under six million dollars.”
Social studies teacher Michael Bambara says the e-book he uses in his government class is better than a(an)
23 textbook. It has materials for students
24 different levels of reading skills…
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