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Posts Tagged ‘ educator ’

Print books aren’t going anywhere!

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December 5, 2012
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A helpful infographic on e-books and print books, thanks to TeachingDegree.org. Of course we want to have a print book in hand when reading Goodnight Moon to our little one!
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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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Buying Your Kindles Using a Purchase Order

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July 13, 2010
Buying Your Kindles Using a Purchase Order

The first hint of the problem started popping up at the end of the school year in May. Kathy Burnette, a member of the Kindle Educators Group over at the Ning, summed up her problem in a post: ARGH! We are not allowed to purchase gift cards using our purchase order accounts and that...
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It’s Not the Kindle, Stupid! It’s the Text…

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May 21, 2010
It’s Not the Kindle, Stupid! It’s the Text…

As a blogger on a topic tied to a specific device, the Kindle, it has been easy to overlook the real hero of the ebook revolution, and that is the digital text itself. The virtues of ebooks for schools reside not in the features and benefits of a specific reading device, despite what the...
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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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Unboxing the Sony Pocket Edition eReader

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September 15, 2009

I know that we are all about the Kindle here at EduKindle, but as others in this space step up their games to compete with Amazon, I plan to look at all comers and compare what they offer to the Kindle value proposition. The real emphasis here is on the “edu” part of EduKindle,...
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Should Educators Get a Discount on the Kindle?

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September 6, 2009
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Why not? It is an accepted practice that hardware and software vendors offer reduced pricing for educators. I mean, even Microsoft does it, and these guys are not known for leaving money on the table. So why not Amazon and why not the Kindle? The practice is not all generosity of spirit for Steve...
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Tudors’ Pilgrimage on Kindle

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April 19, 2009
Tudors’ Pilgrimage on Kindle

If you want to prep for tonight’s new episode of The Tudors on Showtime, I have pulled a short article from Wikipedia on “The Pilgrimage of Grace” to assist you. As with all these articles, click on the download link and save the file to your computer. Then connect to your Kindle using the...
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Welcome to EduKindle

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April 25, 2008

This is the place to learn about how to turn your Kindle into a productivity tool for educators.
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