最近,新加坡教育部门开始在一些中小学校推广“电子书包”,拉开了这个正在走向智慧型国家彻底革新学生背书包上学的传统方式的帷慕。这个重量不足800克的“书包”,实际上是一个贮存、记载和阅读信息、资料的电子装置,上面设有若干电子卡插槽,学生可以插入课本卡、作业卡和字典卡等,还能与因特网连接以及收发电子邮件。专家们认为,“电子书包”的出现,预示着一场新的文化革命的来临,带来的不仅是教育领域的改革,也表明电子出版物已开始冲击传统的文化出版市场。信息技术、尤其是数字技术的日新月异,正在将人类带进新的文明世界。1996年2月,美国麻省理工学院的物理 Recently, the education sector in Singapore started to promote “e-schoolbags” in some primary and secondary schools, opening the curtain on the traditional way of smart-nation reforming students’ endorsement packages. The “school bag,” weighing less than 800 grams, is actually an electronic device for storing, recording and reading information and data. There are several electronic card slots on it. Students can insert textbooks, job cards and dictionary cards. Connect with the Internet and send and receive e-mail. Experts argue that the advent of “e-schoolbags” signals the advent of a new cultural revolution that has brought not only reforms in the field of education but also the beginning of the impact of electronic publications on the traditional cultural publishing market. The ever-changing information technology, especially digital technology, is bringing humankind into the new civilized world. February 1996, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Physics