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= __HELP WITH READING YOUR ON-LINE TEXTBOOKS__ = The fastest way to save both time and effort is to download your e-textbook chapters onto your flashdrive. Nearly all content can be downloaded this way and saved as a PDF file. That way, no need exists to download the files again and if the Internet is down, you still have access to the chapters. Students can even use the high speed internet at school to download the chapter and save it to a flash drive saving loads of time at home. Another common problem is that many families only have one computer in the household. If you have an old desktop or laptop gathering dust somewhere, you can turn that into an e-Book reader very easily by installing an operating system like [|Ubuntu] or [|Puppy Linux]. These operating systems can breath new life into old computers running on Pentium II processors with as little as 128 MB of RAM. Ask Mr. Schult in the high school for more information on how to convert an old computer (dschult@seishn.com). Another option is to buy a lower priced laptop such as the OLPC XO pictured to the left for about 400$. See these links for more info: [|LINK1] [|LINK2] Other inexpensive laptops can be found at these sites: Many of these small laptops have a long battery life, some up to 4 hours, so that even if the power goes out, if you have the chapters you need on a flash drive, your son or daughter can still read their homework on the laptop. For many reasons, schools and universities around the world are making the move towards using e-Books as the standard. This transition can be difficult but by sharing ideas on methods that work, we can make the transition easier on all of us. include component="comments" page="etextbookhelp" limit="10"
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