Will the Kindle Change Education? | Scholastic.com

Will the Kindle Change Education? | Scholastic.com: "When indiana social studies teacher Chris Edwards directs his students to work on research projects in class, they turn to resources such as books, atlases, computers—and Kindles. Amazon.com’s e-book reader is a device more commonly spotted in airport lounges or on commuter trains than in high school classrooms. Edwards is one of a few teachers that have begun to capitalize on the slim, digital tablets to access and display electronic books. And he thinks the Kindle may eventually become a fixture in student backpacks. “I see it as an update, not simply of the book, but of the library,” says Edwards, who has a set of five Kindles in his classroom at Fishers High School, in Fishers, Indiana."