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Have textbooks - like so many other things - gone digital? According to Pearson, the publishing company supplying digital textbooks to 45% of California school districts, the shift is updating the way students learn.

Piloted in the subjects of social studies and history in California, online textbooks are also being developed for a math curriculum in Texas schools and other subjects are in the works for schools nationwide. The digital textbooks "combine traditional print content with interactive audio features, animation, tutorials, games and videos" and are able to be customized by teachers based on the needs of individual students.

Read more about this new technology in learning in the article available at the USA Today Web site.