Originally Posted by Prissy
their perspective on technology is a little dated - e.g. my DD is not allowed to bring her Kindle to school, as it is considered an unacceptabled electronic device, on par with cell phones and ipods.

As a tangent, our school has that same rule - but it's a "we don't want expensive stuff getting lost or broken" rule, not a "Kindles have no educational value" rule. DD's teachers haven't had an issue with doing book reports and AR tests on Kindle books.