Kindle Educators Group

schools, kindles, teachers, kids...

Welcome to Kindle Educators!

I am a former high school English teacher and principal who got my first Kindle in early 2008. This "Ning" is an offshoot of the blog that I have been writing for the past year or so, called www.EduKindle.com. Welcome!

Members

  • Poison Shirt
  • BMCDeepak
  • Garry Ben
  • Len Edgerly
  • Marisa McClair
  • Toni Barone
  • Elizabeth Frawley
  • Joe Over
  • Jerard A. Lafuente
  • Kathleen Parker
  • ashley madaris
  • Angela Jackson
  • Robert A. Hopkins
  • Frank C. Vovk
  • WillD
  • jerry limonta

Latest Activity

Thanks for the post, Thomas and Ashley! I wonder which font most of the students prefer? Why do you think it helps you read faster? Lots of people say they don't like the flash on the screen when you turn the page--does that bother you? If other s...
yesterday
Kathleen Parker added a blog post
We are 7th grade students at Seneca Grade School and enjoy using Kindles in our RTI class. One reason we like Kindles better than using a book because we can change the font size. We like the largest font because it makes us read faster. Another n...
on Friday
jerry limonta added a discussion
There is certainly talk about the next lineup of Kindles about to hit the market and I'm curious what features you'd like to see in the coming versions. We would love you to join our ereader community at www.ereaderuniverse.com
on Wednesday
jerry limonta is now a member of Kindle Educators Group
on Wednesday
Lee Ann Spillane added a photo
I loaned my Kindle to a student--breaking my "don't take it out of the classroom" rule for student use--and this is how it was returned. The student thought the battery had died. It was much worse than that.
November 14
Kathleen Parker added 2 blog posts
November 13
A blog post by Kathleen Parker was featured
We are now going to allow our 8th grade students to take the Kindles they are using in their Lang/Lit classes home! After much feedback and discussion we felt for the students to totally benefit from the Kindle reading experience they needed to be...
November 12
Kathleen Parker added a blog post
We are now going to allow our 8th grade students to take the Kindles they are using in their Lang/Lit classes home! After much feedback and discussion we felt for the students to totally benefit from the Kindle reading experience they needed to be...
November 12
I really think schools could latch onto this as a positive especially if you don't have to buy the Kindle and the school has a one-to-one laptop program. Even desktop schools could cash in on the Kindle software by utilizing it for poetry, short s...
November 12
WillD added a discussion
It's mostly good, I think. See the post at EduKindle.com and leave a comment if you can. Just the fact that every PC in a school today can play in the Kindle world seems like a huge step forward. The app is simple and easy to use. What do you thin...
November 12
Morning Will, Thank you for sending my question onto Len Edgerly. Will there be a way to find out what type of responses he receives? I already have them in what I think are sturdy cases, but I'm looking at some other ones that might fit the bill ...
November 9
Len Edgerly mentioned your question on this week's podcast at the Kindle Chronicles. I also wanted to mention that if kids take the Kindles home, they need to watch out for squashing the screen in their backpacks. You can't plunk down a backpack w...
November 8
November 8
Anthony, that is a very interesting point. Students buy many gadgets to assist with their education, and a laptop or netbook are certainly on the list. With the price of ereaders coming down, I think that the device is getting into the price range...
October 31
We are interested in using the Kindle in our school. I teach at a technology magnet High school. How did you get the funsing for the kindle?
October 30
hi, Kathy. As we know Kindle is expensive, but Kindle contain books, student have no book if they have no kindle. In HongKong there is no Kindle program so far, I own the Kindle and i started my Kindle program. But there are schools use computer...
October 30

Events

 

Forum

jerry limonta

What is coming next from the Kindle lineup ??

Started by jerry limonta Nov 18.

WillD

Kindle for PC - the good, the bad, and the ugly 1 Reply

Started by WillD. Last reply by Sherry Nov 12.

Kathleen Parker

Kindles - Students - Take Home Policy 4 Replies

Started by Kathleen Parker. Last reply by Kathleen Parker Nov 9.

Blog Posts

Kathleen Parker

7th Grade Seneca Kindle Students

We are 7th grade students at Seneca Grade School and enjoy using Kindles in our RTI class. One reason we like Kindles better than using a book because we can change the font size. We like the largest font because it makes us read faster.
Another nice thing is to use the dictionary when we don't know what a word means right away.
Also, another feature is we like the fact we don't have to carry around alot of books because the Kindle has a variety of titles downloaded onto it.
On the funny side -… Continue

Posted by Kathleen Parker on November 20, 2009 at 11:08am — 1 Comment

Kathleen Parker

Kathy Parker and Her Kindle Crew - Update # 2

Here are comments and thoughts about the use of the Amazon Kindle from our RTI teacher, Tiffany Wheeler, our 7th grade Language/Literature teacher, Mark Giertz, and our 8th grade Language/Literature teacher, Steve Novario.

Tiffany Wheeler:
RTI students enjoy using the Kindles. Mrs. Parker and I developed a list of Reluctant Reader Titles for the students. Some students have commented they like to use the dictionary feature. I have had some students develop their own vocabulary list for each cha… Continue

Posted by Kathleen Parker on November 13, 2009 at 1:26pm

Kathleen Parker

Kathy Parker and Her Kindle Crew - Update # 2

Here are comments and thoughts about the use of the Amazon Kindle from our RTI teacher, Tiffany Wheeler, our 7th grade Language/Literature teacher, Mark Giertz, and our 8th grade Language/Literature teacher, Steve Novario.

Tiffany Wheeler:
RTI students enjoy using the Kindles. Mrs. Parker and I developed a list of Reluctant Reader Titles for the students. Some students have commented they like to use the dictionary feature. I have had some students develop their own vocabulary list for each cha… Continue

Posted by Kathleen Parker on November 13, 2009 at 1:26pm

Kathleen Parker

Kathy Parker and Her Kindle Crew - Update

We are now going to allow our 8th grade students to take the Kindles they are using in their Lang/Lit classes home! After much feedback and discussion we felt for the students to totally benefit from the Kindle reading experience they needed to be allowed to take them home. I ordered some padded Kindle carrying pouches for the students to use. We have written up a Kindle Checkout Form for parents and students to sign.
I will post another update as to how the teachers are using them in their clas… Continue

Posted by Kathleen Parker on November 12, 2009 at 12:37pm

Pierre Gorissen

I just canceled my Kindle 2 order

When Amazon announced the availability of the Kindle 2 for international customers, including the Netherlands where I live, I was excited. Finally we too would get full access to the Kindle store via Whispernet. Like I wrote in this blog, I sold my BeBook and pre-ordered a Kindle 2.

But, the information that arrived afterwards cooled down my excitement and enthusiasm very rapidly. I had heard th… Continue

Posted by Pierre Gorissen on October 10, 2009 at 1:10am

Pierre Gorissen

I sold my Bebook 1 pre-ordered a Kindle 2 international

When I bought my BeBook last March, it was my first eBook reader. Amazon didn't sell the DX yet and Kindles were available only in the US. I was happy with the BeBook even though it didn't have whispernet, notes, search. I did have folder though.

After the DX arrived I went through the trouble of ordering one through a company that offers a service where you can have Amazon ship it to their address in the US and they then ship it to you in the Netherlands (for a fee of course).
I am still happy… Continue

Posted by Pierre Gorissen on October 7, 2009 at 9:13am — 3 Comments

 
 

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