Another gadget for students

August 14, 2001

What some call “glorified Rolodexes” are marching through school doors this fall in growing numbers. High schools in Dade County, Fla., and Omaha, Neb., are testing them with student groups. The private Forsyth Country Day School in Winston-Salem, N.C., will hand all students a turbocharged version today – complete with media fanfare.