> > Laptops should be used to supplement the textbook program with relevant and up-to-date information. Before laptops are elevated to this position then school divisions need to carefully select those site where information is accurate, on the appropriate reading/comprehension level, and accessible to all students.
> School book publishers have always been responsible for accuracy and comprehension levels. We in Texas have always had an arduous process for textbook selection. This would also be appropriate for information selection.

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Won't the process of selecting and limiting information become more difficult when a system becomes more reliant upon the internet?
Web sites are constantly added, changed, and removed whereas textbooks are consistent. There is no guarantee that a carefully selected site will remain for more than a short period of time. How would a laptop based school system deal with this issue? Would it incorporate CD rom technology instead?