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South Korea ditching textbooks

AP Published July 20, 2011
Yeon Eun-jung, right, helps student Jeong Ho-seok study on a tablet PC during a lesson at Sosu Elementary School in Gwesan.
Yeon Eun-jung, right, helps student Jeong Ho-seok study on a tablet PC during a lesson at Sosu Elementary School in Gwesan.
The teacher giving a lesson to students using a tablet PC.
The teacher giving a lesson to students using a tablet PC.
South Korean student Jang Woo-dam, right, and her classmates use tablet PCs to study in a class at Sosu Elementary School in Gwesan, South Korea.
South Korean student Jang Woo-dam, right, and her classmates use tablet PCs to study in a class at Sosu Elementary School in Gwesan, South Korea.

South Korea is taking a $2 billion gamble that the students are ready to ditch paper textbooks in favor of tablet PCs as part of a vast digital scholastic network. -Photos by AP

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