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The open source textbook is an open-source experiment
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| The Dallas Morning News, in fact, wrote
| that the Texas state Legislature approved
| reviewing open source textbooks for use in
| the K-12 system. Virginia already has
| approved them and California is considering
| it:
|
| "This is really a revolution that has been
| going on for a while," said Brian Bridges,
| the director of the California Resource
| Learning Network and one of the state's
| online text reviewers. Money saved by these
| free options could go toward the purchase
| of computers for students who need them, he
| said.
|
| But, really, what better project for an
| open-sourced textbook than a textbook about
| open source?
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http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/60258
LBJ School Student Research Calls for Open-Source Data, Better Transparency in Texas State Finance
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| Students from The Lyndon B. Johnson School
| of Public Affairs at The University of
| Texas at Austin will present research that
| calls for open-source data and better
| transparency in Texas state and local
| finance at a half-day conference April 23.
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http://www.utexas.edu/news/2010/04/15/financial_transparency_conference/
More Texas school districts look at whether to switch to online textbooks
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| The new state laws grant the commissioner
| of education the authority to select a list
| of electronic textbooks for districts,
| including open-source content â texts that
| can be downloaded free from the Internet.
| The laws also allow districts to use their
| textbook funds to buy electronic material
| and devices like netbook computers that can
| access it. That means the state board will
| have less control of the content.
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http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/041910dnmetonlinetexts.43b3e05.html
U-Bookstore partnership to provide free online textbooks
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| The U-Bookstore and Flat World Knowledge,
| an online, open-source database for
| textbooks, recently announced a pilot
| program that would give students free
| access to digital versions of textbooks and
| supply related supplemental materials and
| hardcopy versions at a lower cost than
| traditional publishing prices. It offers
| options such as printing individual
| chapters for $1.99 or ordering hard copies
| of the books.
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http://dailyuw.com/2010/4/19/u-bookstore-partnership-provide-free-online-textbo/
More school districts look at whether to switch to online textbooks
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| At a time when Facebook and iPad are the
| rage and information updates with a click,
| some policymakers are trying to take
| textbooks off the shelf and onto the
| Internet.
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http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/DN-onlinetexts_19met.ART.State.Edition2.4c70f7b.html
Recent:
Laptops for each student in 13 schools
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| In line with the national drive to arm the
| younger generation with the knowledge of
| English and Information Technology, the
| Education Ministry has taken steps to issue
| laptop computers to each and every student
| in thirteen schools. The program is carried
| out under the âOne Laptop Per Child (OLPC)
| program conducted by the Education Ministry
| in collaboration with the University of
| Colombo. The program is funded by the World
| Bank. Under this program, 1,250 laptop
| computers will be distributed to students
| in 13 primary schools.
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http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/11/19/news12.asp
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