Top 10 ed-tech stories of 2009: No. 1 | eSchool News
Schools’ use of digital textbooks began long before 2009, but it was a watershed year for this emerging trend in education. At the K-12 level, California and Texas–two bellwether states for textbook purchasing–opened the door for local school systems to adopt digital texts. In higher education, inspired by the introduction of a Kindle electronic reader designed specifically for textbooks, several colleges and universities announced pilot projects to see how well the technology meets students’ needs.