| From online courses to child-friendly laptops and | | | | software that she likens to a video game. |
| virtual teachers, technology is spreading in | | | | "It's comfortable," she said of Scholastic Corp's |
| America's classrooms, reducing the need for | | | | FASTT Math software in which she and other |
| textbooks, note pads, paper and in some cases | | | | students compete for high scores by completing |
| even the schools themselves. | | | | mathematical equations. "This makes me learn |
| Just ask 11-year-old Jemella Chambers. She is one | | | | better. It's like playing a game," she said. |
| of 650 students who receive an Apple Inc laptop | | | | Education experts say her school, the Lilla G. |
| each day at a state-funded school in Boston. | | | | Frederick Pilot Middle School in Boston, |
| From the second row of her classroom, she taps | | | | Massachusetts, offers a glimpse into the future. |
| out math assignments on animated education | | | | |