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With the increased amount of mobile technology popping up for consumer use, it's no wonder numerous school districts are instituting new technology to help in the classroom. New mobile technology alternatives are quickly making textbooks in the classroom a thing of the past as schools move their educational funding toward enhancing the digital classroom.

For many students, August and September means college is about to begin. Numerous students will enter dorm rooms for the first time this fall and for some, it will be a whole new experience living with new people and away from home. While this is an absolute exciting time for most first-time college students, parents might be nervous to send their children away from home.

St. Mary Catholic Central High School in Grand Rapids, Michigan, will be issuing 660 brand new iPads to all of its students when classes resume Aug. 26, M Live reported.

The rapid growth in technology, particularly tablets and smartphones, has also carried with it numerous new applications for technology in the classroom.

Whether it's public or private, more schools are handing out iPads and other mobile tablet devices to their students and faculty for academic use. Additionally, the students using these costly mobile devices are getting younger, which increases the chances of broken or damaged tablets.

Many school districts across the nation are prepping for the introduction of new iPads, MacBooks and other mobile devices to their classrooms as a new school year begins. According to CBS affiliate WBTW, Horry County Schools in Conway, South Carolina, are entering their second year of the personalized digital learning initiative that hands out iPads to students.

Let's start with the new iPad Air: The new iPad Air weigs only one pound (vs. 1.33 pounds for the iPad 2), 28% lighter than the iPad 2 and 20% thinner than the iPad 2. The iPad Air will be available beginning Nov. 1 starting at $499 for the 16GB wifi only version (up to $799 for the 128GB) and $629 for the 16GB wifi and cellular version (up to $929 for the 128GB).

Would you buy a phone that had interchangeable parts? That's what PhoneBloks is suggesting.

Have you noticed something a little different when you search on Google lately? Yesterday on Google's 15th anniversary, they announced what those changes are!

Looks like the Apple event on Sept. 10, 2013 will be colorful! Does this confirm the iPhone 5C, C meaning color? This invite sure seems to look that way! What else do you think will happen at the special event next Tuesday?