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Sunday, August 03, 2008
Computers spark an education revolution - Shanghai Daily
From online courses to child-friendly laptops and virtual teachers, technology is spreading in America's classrooms, reducing the need for textbooks, note pads, paper and in some cases even the schools themselves.... That's only the beginning, said Michael Horn, executive director of education at Innosight Institute, a nonprofit think tank in Massachusetts. "Our projections show that 50 percent of high school courses will be taught online by 2013. It's about one percent right now." K12 Inc, which provides online educational services in 17 US states, has seen enrolment rise 57 percent from last year to 41,000 full-time students, said its chief executive Ron Packard. "We're getting the kids who the local school is not working for. And the spectrum goes from extreme special education to extremely gifted kids."
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