Kindle Educators Group

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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

  • Bette
  • Dee Martin
  • WillD
  • Douglas Rowlett
  • Kelley Culp
  • Jessica Perez
  • John Bennett
  • Sherry
  • Karen Bryant
  • Deepak Malkan
  • Thor Smith
  • Harriette Phillips-Hamblett
  • Dana
  • Abbe
  • Melissa Becerra
  • Stephanie Cave

Latest Activity

Bette added a discussion
I am concerned about kids downloading titles while the Kindle is checked out. According to Amazon, there is no way to lock out the account from students downloading new titles. This is really going to put the kibosh on our purchase of Kindles. Anybo…
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Jessica Perez and Kelley Culp joined Kindle Educators Group
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Great list, Bette, As far as I know, there is evidence in the research literature to support the importance of student choice as a driver of reading improvement. I strongly suspect (but haven't seen specifically) that the adjustable font size has be…
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Events

 

Amazon Announces App Store for the Kindle!

What kind of apps do YOU think would be great for educational uses? I am starting a forum to collect your ideas. Share your thoughts and maybe we can influence the development of apps that could help our students use this device even more effectively! (You can read about the details in an article from the New York Times here).

Forum

Bette

Password? for Kindle

Started by Bette 5 hours ago.

Harriette Phillips-Hamblett

Writing a grant 4 Replies

Started by Harriette Phillips-Hamblett. Last reply by WillD Jan 27.

WillD

What Kindle App Would You Like to See? 2 Replies

Started by WillD. Last reply by WillD Jan 24.

Blog Posts

WillD

Can the Nook Compete with the Kindle?

Happened into a Barnes and Noble on Saturday that had something more than banners an brochures about the Nook. They had the Nook itself.

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Posted by WillD on January 11, 2010 at 12:04pm

Kathleen Parker

7th Grade Seneca Kindle Students

We would like to give our reviews and our reactions to the book, Getting Air, by Dan Gutman. We read this book on our Kindle 2's as a class.

Alex M.: The book was funny and full of adventure. It sounded like what would happen in real life. It doesn't end sad. Mrs. Herschel is one of my favorite characters because she is a little violent with her knitting crew. I also liked when she shared her story about her uncle.

Alex H.: I liked it because it was interesting how they survived and saved the… Continue

Posted by Kathleen Parker on December 4, 2009 at 10:48am — 1 Comment

Kathleen Parker

7th Grade Seneca Kindle Students

The font that everyone prefers to use with the Kindle 2 is the largest font size. When you go to the next page, the "flash" on the screen, doesn't bother our eyes.
We keep our place/location using the Kindle 2 by writing it down the location number. This way when we use the Kindle 2 we can search by location number.

Posted by Kathleen Parker on December 4, 2009 at 10:32am — 1 Comment

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

 
 

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