Future textbooks

Thinking about technology a lot lately as I am preparing to complete my holiday shopping. I really want to get my kids iPads or itouches but having a hard justifying it to my husband when they will probably end up as another gaming device. It seems like if they were allowed to use them in the classroom they would be a lot more educational. I am beginning to see where education can go but think the key piece to this is allowing students to take this technology home with them. The more I read the more powerful this tool is. I wonder what these schools do to ensure that they are taken care of and how they deal with this situation. What about if they don't have Internet access at home? How do the schools compensate for that? Things are really starting to change around here....I am not sure I really believed it while studying for my masters, but after being involved in this project I can now. I ran across this TED video and can see the potential here for textbooks I the future. And the use of the iPad!