Yes, yes, yes! Some Cape Town primary schools have been doing exactly this, using information-rich software that has audio “teaching” and differentiated levels of working.

Education scientist Sugata Mitra tackles one of the greatest problems of education — the best teachers and schools don’t exist where they’re needed most. Check ted.com.

Maybe someone here will know. Can a headmaster order an electronic copy of a school textbook? I have witten a time-saving computer program for teachers (classroom.eu.pn) but it requires that the study material be on disk. I get conflicting answers from government officials.
Thanks
IJ