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Trading Textbooks for Ipads: Teaching with Technology at Providence Christian

By: Megan Hunter

Updated: October 4, 2012

Lots of schools are trying out electronic books instead of textbooks, and Wednesday, a local school joined the trend, releasing Ipads to the entire senior class.

It's a pilot program at Providence Christian School that educators are hoping will help students better prepare for college.

E-book pilot programs are popping up across the Wiregrass, the Houston County school system is also testing the technology this year.

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Dothan Makes Effort to Spruce Up Downtown
Dothan is making an effort to spruce up downtown. The city plans to apply for a grant from the Transportation Alternative Program to make sidewalk improvements.
Northview High School Teacher Wins State Award
Congratulations are in order; a Northview High School employee now holds one of the state's highest honors for distance learning programs.
Man Who Fled Officer Before Firing Shots Nabbed
Dogs help track man to mobile home where he had broken into.
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School's out for the summer, but that isn't stopping some students from preparing for next year.
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Three states involved in criminal probe.
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After a Tampa Bay Rays baseball pitcher was struck in the head by a ball, there's been talk of whether major league baseball should require pitchers to...
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