HPS classrooms go high tech

Havre Public Schools assistant superintendent Dennis Parman has seen the future. Imagine a classroom in which a teacher tells students to turn to page 56, and instead of the rustling of pages, there is only the clicking of keys. A prototype of a new e-book - like a laptop computer - that was on display at a technology conference Parman attended in Miami would do just that. Five major textbook companies have committed to provide textbooks in that format, he said.

That may be a long way off, but the district's technology programs are constantly moving. This year the district has introduced three...