Prompted by lackluster reading scores, Duval County Public Schools (DCPS) in Jacksonville, Fla., is attempting to reach low-income students by turning students' televisions into learning centers.
Now, this could be a quite a positive change for low income families and a welcome opportunity for schools working on a shoestring budget. Everyone owns a TV, and even any school who can't afford investing in computers, can maybe use this as a step up onto the Technology train without having to get into the heavy cost of hardware, software and maintenance involved in your average Technology ware investment.
This is a comment by an educator left on TVtextbooks website (http://www.tvtextbook.tv/testimonials.html):TVtextbook - Testimonials: "Here are some things I wanted to share with you about the TVtextbook that I reviewed for you:
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• I used it with 10 others in-class - all with excellent feedback.
• I feel that it could help level the playing field for a lot of kids that lack connectivity at home
• The idea that they can have 3G, as well as Internet browsing capabilities are powerful. This creates connectivity where there is none currently, and brings households onto the Internet giving them access to email, internet, wikipedia, etc...
–Educator-
I believe it speaks for itself!