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There's a new post on the Web of Language: The e-reader over your shoulder
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<div>A publisher of digital textbooks has <a href="http://bit.ly/Q1MOJh">announced</a> a utility that will tell instructors whether their students are actually doing the assigned reading. Billed as a way to spot low-performers and turn them around before it’s
too late, CourseSmart Analytics measures which pages of their etexts students have read and exactly how long that took. Then the student e-monitor sends a report card to the teacher. Another exciting example of interactive, digital education? Or a new way
to snoop on students outside the classroom?</div>
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<div>read the full post on the Web of Language: <a href="http://bit.ly/weblan">http://bit.ly/weblan</a></div>
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