Happy New Year to all Kindlers! I have been checking out some of the best edu-bloggers over the holidays and want to make a few recommendations for the new year. These should be exciting times in education with a new administration in Washington and tough economic times around the country. Maybe the time is right…
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Kindle Loan Program at NC State Cites Kindle Durability
by Will DeLamater
I heard about the Kindle loan program at NCSU through one of my diligent Twitter buddies and got in contact with David DeFoor from the Learning Commons at the University. When I asked David a few questions, he told me to write them down because the involvement in the program crosses several units. David was…
Using Your Kindle as a Personal Notepad
by Will DeLamater
You might also enjoy: How to clean up your Kindle Fire Editor’s Note: As you may have noticed, this post was written during a period when the only Kindle you could buy was an e-ink Kindle with a keyboard. I put together the Notepad, a simple document to reside on the Kindle, that would allow the…
Kindle Navigation Tips #4 – The Back Button
by Will DeLamater
If you really want to get around the content on your Kindle, the “Back” button is key. It isn’t talked about a lot, but there is a big difference between going “back” and going to the “previous page.” Kindle Tips and Troubleshooting at Amazon tells us this much: Back vs. Prev Page: When you are…
Five Navigation Tips for the Kindle – #3: Turning Down the Corners of Pages
by Will DeLamater
This navigation tip for the Kindle comes under the heading of “things you can do for yourself” to make navigation easier. That means setting bookmarks for things that you know you will want to find as you read. You can set a bookmark anywhere in a book by turning down the little page corner at…
Kindle “Out of Memory” Notice from Amazon
by Will DeLamater
Imagine my surprise when I got an email from Amazon telling me that my Kindle was out of memory and that they were waiting to download some content onto my Kindle but that there was no place to put it. “Once you free up space,” the email told me, “the waiting items will be automatically…
Five Tips for Navigation on the Kindle – #2: Flipper Options
by Will DeLamater
OK, so now you know how to use the Enhanced Progress Bar to jet around the book you are reading. If it is a big text, then this is an immense help. Otherwise, you are left clicking “next page” like the flipper button on a pinball machine. Once you are in the vicinity of where…
Five Tips for Navigation on the Kindle – #1: The Progress Bar
by Will DeLamater
One of the little known ways to get around the Kindle, especially if you are reading a large document, is to use the Enhanced Progress Bar. (Neat, huh?) So, how to do this? 1. Roll the scroll wheel over the Progress Bar (that line of dots across the bottom of the screen) and click. The…