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Posts Tagged ‘ classroom ’

The New Kindle Lineup: What It Means to Educators

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September 24, 2012
Time to Read Feature

Just a quick update on the new lineup of Kindles announced earlier this month: as ever, the new Kindle models have one key audience in mind – the individual consumer. Backlight for reading in bed, integration with a vast media library, seamless purchasing opportunities, high resolution screen, touch navigation, whiter backgrounds, the works! All...
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6 Reasons to Love the Textbooks from CK12

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October 25, 2010
6 Reasons to Love the Textbooks from CK12

The free and open textbook industry has made great strides in the past few years. There are numerous open source textbook projects cranking away right now, and one of them Flat World Knowledge, even intends to build a business on the concept. A quick Googling of the words “open source textbook” will give you...
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Kindle Phone Home: Getting 80 Kindles Ready for Kids, Part 2

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July 5, 2010
Kindle Phone Home: Getting 80 Kindles Ready for Kids, Part 2

Once Kathy’s helper-husband Steve had all the Kindles out of their boxes, numbered with stickies, and charging peacefully, the time had come for Kathy to swing into action. It was time to reconnect each Kindle with the Amazon software that would allow Kathy to manage content for each of the Kindles online. Unlike you...
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Should You De-Synchronize Your Kindle?

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April 23, 2010
Should You De-Synchronize Your Kindle?

Should you de-synchronize your Kindle? As my lawyer might say, it depends. Let me explain. Amazon makes it possible for you to read a book that you have purchased on whatever reading device that you happen to have with you at any time, as long as two requirements are fulfilled: Requirement 1: Amazon software...
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Running the Kindle on Windmill Power in Ghana

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March 18, 2010
Running the Kindle on Windmill Power in Ghana

Got a great note from Zev Lowe, one of the intrepid Kindle folks who are taking the Kindle to places unimaginable in order to help kids learn to read. Currently, Zev’s organization, WorldReader.org, is running a Kindle trial in a village in Ghana. When the WorldReader team discovered that the Kindles’ batteries were almost...
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Kindle for PC – What’s in it for Educators?

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November 12, 2009
Kindle for PC – What’s in it for Educators?

Amazon released in beta this week its Kindle for PC application, and educators will welcome this development. Even though you have heard me rant a bit about the anti-education direction the company has taken in the development of the Kindle ereader (loss of SD card slot, loss of replaceable battery, loss of external Whispernet...
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Why Educators Should Mourn the Departure of the SD Chip Slot from the Kindle 2

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May 20, 2009
Why Educators Should Mourn the Departure of the SD Chip Slot from the Kindle 2

Can’t find the expansion slot for additional memory on your Kindle 2? That’s because there isn’t one. And, as I have indicated in earlier posts, that’s not a good deal for educators. This change seems to be part of the “closing” of the Kindle, where a sleek form factor trumps functionality. If the Kindle...
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Why Fewer Buttons On the Outside of the Kindle 2 is Bad News for Educators

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May 15, 2009
Why Fewer Buttons On the Outside of the Kindle 2 is Bad News for Educators

There is another way in which Amazon is “veering away from supporting educational uses.” The Kindle 2 actually makes it harder to manage the settings of the device. How? Most importantly, the Kindle 2 pushes the wifi “on/off” setting into a menu and removes the button from the exterior of the device. Stylish, yes....
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Why Kindle 2 Isn’t Good for Education

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May 14, 2009
Why Kindle 2 Isn’t Good for Education

OK, ket’s be fair. Amazon created the Kindle as a consumer device for reading books, novels primarily, with a little assistance on the side for newspapers, magazines, and blogs. As a business system, the device actualized the ebook value chain for the biggest etailer of books on the planet. It only makes sense. It...
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Student Kindle Comment from the Twitterverse

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November 5, 2008

A recent tweet: Theres nothing better for a boring class than a Kindle : D Not exactly what we had in mind for the Kindle in education…(but it works for me!)
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