Florida offers iBooks to students in pilot program
updated 09:05 am EDT, Wed July 28, 2004
Florida signs iBook deal
Students at four Broward County public schools in a pilot program, according to The Miami Herald: "Within a few months, 4,500 Broward students -- some as young as 9 -- will be on the front lines of a technological revolution in the county's classrooms...The School Board has spent $5 million from its capital budget for the iBooks -- the first step toward putting a personal computer in the hands of every child in grades 3 to 12."
