Chris, I'm as big a believer in the value of e-books as anyone you're likely to meet, but I don't think we can assume that laptops that can download potentially a million e-books would have the same effect as a home library of conventional books. My parents had a fair number of books in the house, plus they bought us a set of Doctor Seuss and other kid's books, plus I had a Willy Ley book on going to the moon, Mr. Wizard's Science Secrets, and some others. There is something about having a real book that you may not get with an e-book.
I agree we need to get more e-books for children, but we won't know the real effect of that from this study. James Simmons > Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 17:26:37 -0400 > From: Chris Leonard <cjlhomeaddr...@gmail.com> > Subject: [IAEP] Books and educational achievement > To: iaep <iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org> > Message-ID: > <aanlktindsg6eir7w15v7q8wmjl0n1zadpgjxdmm65...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > This study seems to make a powerful argument in favor of ramping up the > quantity of e-book content on school servers. > > Books in the home as important as parents? education level > http://www.unr.edu/nevadanews/templates/details.aspx?articleid=5450&zoneid=8 > > cjl _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep