It is a commonplace now in tweets and posts about the experience of owning a Kindle that users find themselves reading more on the Kindle than they did before. That is certainly my story. I browse the Wall Street Journal every morning now, and currently have two novels going. The time I spend reading...
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Monthly Archives: July 2008
If Adults Read More on Kindle, Will Students?
Can Other Kindle Terms from Amazon Be True?
After fretting a bit about the limitations that the Kindle License and Terms of Use may place on educational applications, I found some other spots in the document that don’t ring true. Take the section on “Your Conduct”: Your Conduct. You agree you will use the wireless connectivity provided by Amazon only in connection...
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Made To Stick Intro Free for Kindle
This is a great book for educators, full of stories about how to get your message across in ways that people will remember. The book is full of terrific examples from the classroom, and offers a great discussion starter for teacher book groups or professional development through books, something that Education Week recently reported...
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Kindle Survives Trip to the Pool, Can It Survive School?
Great piece on NPR with Rob Pegoraro from the Washinton Post, who takes the Kindle to the pool and compares the Kindle’s durability to a cell phone. Those definitely go to the pool, and sometimes, in. He doubts the Kindle would survive immersion, and so do I. But with the drop test in mind,...
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Kindle License to Limit Educational Use?
Library Journal has been tracking a story that involves libraries lending “loaded” Kindles to their patrons. At the heart of the matter is the question, Is it OK to lend a Kindle? The article cites an Amazon spokesperson: Amazon spokesman Drew Herdener told LJ that a loan of a Kindle without content is OK,...
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Intergenerational Kindle Fest
Another Kindle first, courtesy of Len Edgerly and his dad. They do an impromptu review of the Kindle from their perch in the waiting room in Biddeford ME. Recorded on Utterz–clean, cool interface. Check it out here.
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The Kindle is for “Frictionless” Reading, First
Nice post by Matt Asay at CNet: No, what I really like about the Kindle is the reading experience. It’s wonderful. The only thing missing is a backlight for reading in low-light conditions, but it’s already better than reading a physical book because the screen is comforting to view and the weight/feel of the...
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