Arizona school dumps books.Textbooks are so last year. That's what a new school in Arizona, the Vail Vail (vāl), town (1990 pop. 3,569), Eagle co., W central Colo., on Gore Creek, in the Gore Range of the Rocky Mts.; founded as a ski resort 1962, inc. as a town 1966. School District's Empire High School, to open next year says. Every one of the 600 students will receive Apple iBook laptop computers A portable computer that has a flat LCD screen and usually weighs less than eight pounds. Often called just a "laptop," it uses batteries for mobile use and AC power for charging the batteries and desktop use. Today's high-end laptops provide all the capabilities of most desktop computers. with a wireless card that allows for anytime, anywhere Web surfing Refers to jumping from page to page on the Web. Just as in "TV channel surfing," where one clicks the remote to go from channel to channel, the hyperlink on Web pages makes it easy to jump from one page to another. and Internet-based instruction on school grounds. They won't even see a textbook. The school will have a library with books and novels on hand, but teachers will not have textbooks for each class. Most of what students will need will be available online using their laptops. It's one of the first schools in the U.S. to ditch ditch (ditching), n the undesirable loss of tooth substance in the region of a restoration margin (usually gingival). textbooks in favor of the Internet. |
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