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!
Print books aren’t going anywhere!
by Will
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6 Reasons to Love the Textbooks from CK12
by Will
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 a…
Buying Your Kindles Using a Purchase Order
by Will
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 means…
It’s Not the Kindle, Stupid! It’s the Text…
by Will
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 pundits…
Kindle for PC – What’s in it for Educators?
by Will
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 on-off…
Unboxing the Sony Pocket Edition eReader
by Will
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, so…
Tudors’ Pilgrimage on Kindle
by Will
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 USB…
Welcome to EduKindle
by Will
This is the place to learn about how to turn your Kindle into a productivity tool for educators.