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"That would be great. I have collected some myself. I believe that teacher created references would also be useful with full credit provided to that teacher/district of creation. I have been in touch with the State University of New York at Cortland,…"
Compiling Tools
Is it possible to use this forum to collectively compile a group of tools for use by students on a Kindle? I am thinking of research and developing as PDF files or mobi. files various reference charts and tools that would be useful for a variety of age groups.I found a number of math formulae through a search on About.com and there are also many variations of the Periodic Chart of the Elements as an example. Is there a public domain version of Roget's Thesaurus that we could convert using…See More
Will DeLamater commented on Kraig D. Pritts's blog post Compiling Tools"Google Books has an amazing number of "academic support/reference texts" that are in the public domain. We could create a collection here for folks to use."
Compiling Tools
Is it possible to use this forum to collectively compile a group of tools for use by students on a Kindle? I am thinking of research and developing as PDF files or mobi. files various reference charts and tools that would be useful for a variety of age groups.I found a number of math formulae through a search on About.com and there are also many variations of the Periodic Chart of the Elements as an example. Is there a public domain version of Roget's Thesaurus that we could convert using…See More
"Could this happen in a workaround fashion for the time being through an Elmo device? In fact that could happen even withtout the SmartBoard. You can pull your clippings from the Kindle (at least on my DX) as a text file from the USB port connectin…"
"Agreed, better support for PDFs (I have a DX so that is done on that machine) and TOOLS, TOOLS, TOOLS. The reader must become a one stop shop. Preloaded with browser links to tools with reader formatted web sites, loaded with an agenda type tool,…"
"In my mind, absolutely. I use Kindle here as a generic term owning both a Reader and a Kindle. I am considering the impact of the purchase of low end readers and loading them with high quality public domain classics for our English classes as an…"
"Hello. The answer to all of your questions is yes. I have a SONY Reader Touch and a Kindle DX. I am a personal user (right now focusing on the DX) and also evaluating the uses of ereaders in my school settings. I am a Superintendent of Schools in an…"
Will DeLamater left a comment for Kraig D. Pritts"Hi Kraig, and welcome! Are you a Kindle enthusiast or are you looking at a Kindle pilot or implementation there in your district?"
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Compiling Tools
Is it possible to use this forum to collectively compile a group of tools for use by students on a Kindle? I am thinking of research and developing as PDF files or mobi. files various reference charts and tools that would be useful for a variety of age groups.
I found a number of math formulae through a search on About.com and there are also many variations of the Periodic Chart of the Elements as an example. Is there a public domain version of Roget's Thesaurus that we could convert… Continue
I found a number of math formulae through a search on About.com and there are also many variations of the Periodic Chart of the Elements as an example. Is there a public domain version of Roget's Thesaurus that we could convert… Continue
Posted on April 3, 2010 at 7:00pm — 2 Comments
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- At 8:32am on March 7, 2010,
Kraig D. Pritts said…
- Hello. The answer to all of your questions is yes. I have a SONY Reader Touch and a Kindle DX. I am a personal user (right now focusing on the DX) and also evaluating the uses of ereaders in my school settings. I am a Superintendent of Schools in an 1,100 student district south of Syracuse, NY.
- At 12:53pm on March 6, 2010, Will DeLamater said…
- Hi Kraig, and welcome! Are you a Kindle enthusiast or are you looking at a Kindle pilot or implementation there in your district?
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Put Shakespeare in Your Pocket!
Click the QR code on your smartphone to grab Sonnet 65 by the Bard himself! An experiment with how to distribute learning resources to students' mobile devices.
Download the QR code, print it, and post it somewhere for students to access. Or post it on your blog or other school website. Get the i-nigma code reader in the App Store or the Android market. It is the reader we prefer. Courtesy of The Learning Mag.
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