Tell-tale white cords trail from the ears of teenagers bent over their homework as they listen to iPods. Students settle behind laptop computers in the middle of math class. Next fall, a few students won't even attend every class in their schedule. And they won't even get in trouble. In the Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD, technology department leaders say their district is at the beginning of a new wave of thinking about technology and education using iPods for learning, curriculum that includes the use of laptop computers and even virtual classrooms for some subjects.

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