Since the iPad’s debut in 2010, there’s been an explosion in touchscreen tablet computers and large-screen smartphones, and that means more people have the option to write on screens with digital pens, or styluses. Will this trend affect the teaching of penmanship, particularly cursive? One market analyst said if the price drops low enough the new gadgets very well may prevent cursive from evaporating like disappearing ink.

From high-speed trading to e-books in the classroom, New York City is an emerging capital for the development and use of new technologies. WNYC’s New Tech City tours a new high school that aims to train students to speak the language of high-tech innovation.

While the number of Americans who read book on an electronic device is rising, the textbook industry remains a paper-based enterprise. A new study says digital textbooks make up just two percent of overall textbook sales in the United States.