In the schools of Los Angeles to replace textbooks came iPad

Apple announces in Los Angeles, students will no longer develop a training program with the help of books on paper, according to news agency Associated Press. This decision was made by Board of Education of Los Angeles.

The first purchase of equipment was carried out in the amount of $ 30 million - delivery consists of approximately 31,000 tablets. The choice was made in favor of the iPad, because Apple's products was the most reliable and affordable. Electronic textbooks, students will provide the publisher Pearson, which is the project's organizers chose the system of distribution of electronic books iBooks.

Los Angeles is the second largest city in the United States by the number of students at the school. In the schools of the United States uses 10 million iPad. When the plates appear in all 640,000 students in Los Angeles from kindergarten to grade 12, the city will become the largest school district of the country, where we have introduced electronic textbooks.

The idea of ​​replacing paper with electronic books for school children very attracted to Steve Jobs. He hoped that with the emergence of iPad textbooks die out altogether. In this case, the founder of Apple sought to circumvent the certification of sales training manuals, releasing their tablets for free online tutorials.