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Melinda Miller's Groups
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Middle School
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Kindle Users
72 members
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iPad Users
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Library
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Jeanette Colodney replied to Melinda Miller's discussion Loaning material for patron with own device in the group Library"What accounts for the additional expense? Do the books automatically delete off the personal devices at the end of the lending perios as well?"
Kathleen Parker replied to Melinda Miller's discussion Student use in the group Kindle Users"Hi Melinda,
We have been using Kindles for over a year. We have never (knock on wood) had a student download a title they weren't supposed to. We informed the students that if they would ever like to read a particular book on their…"
Melinda Miller replied to Melinda Miller's discussion Student use in the group Kindle Users"Thanks so much for that useful info. I really appreciate it. I will get back when I get my titles added and think about how best to organize them...that will be another step in this process. :) Again, thanks."
Mary Alice Powers replied to Melinda Miller's discussion Student use in the group Kindle Users"I've checked with Buffy Hamilton and several others---as far as library lending go, most are satisfied with "deregistering" the kindles before giving them to students. Of course, whenever they are returned or when you want to…"
cathy troublefield replied to Melinda Miller's discussion Student use in the group Kindle Users"I asked myself this question also.
I decided that I would "ease" into the circulation of my 10 Kindles by starting with my HS book club kids. We discussed student use and my expectations, they signed a contract agreement…"
Melinda Miller added a discussion to the group Kindle Users
Student use
Hi - I have a couple of very different questions both relating to student use. I am at the point where I am about to add titles to the Kindles. How have people handled the prevention of kids ordering items? Did you de-register the kindles when you placed them in students' hands after the books were downloaded? Do you let your students take the Kindles home or do they use them only in school? Did you build up to out-of-school use and just ~kaboom ~ went ahead with it? Thanks for any…See More
Sara Rhyne replied to Melinda Miller's discussion Paying for Kindle ebooks in the group Kindle Users"Our finance department set up a corporate Amazon account and we give them the amount of the eBooks we would like purchase and the emails associated with the Amazon accounts. They buy the gift cards with the corporate account sending them via email…"
Karen Kliegman replied to Melinda Miller's discussion Paying for Kindle ebooks in the group Kindle Users"
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Marcia Kochel replied to Melinda Miller's discussion Paying for Kindle ebooks in the group Kindle Users"I have been buying American Express credit cards at drug stores (with my own money and the school then reimburses me). I attach the cards to my Kindle account and spend them until they're gone. I also heard that some drug stores sell Amazon…"
Melinda Miller replied to Melinda Miller's discussion Paying for Kindle ebooks in the group Kindle Users"Thank you, I am hoping that this is not going to be a problem for my business manager. I guess I thought because the library has account, we could do POs. but when I started to go through the information, I realized I was probably wrong about that.…"
Kathleen Parker replied to Melinda Miller's discussion Paying for Kindle ebooks in the group Kindle Users"Hi Melinda,
You need to have some type of school credit card or a school procurement card tied to the Amazon account to pay for the ebooks or purchase an Amazon gift card.
Kathy Parker"
Melinda Miller added a discussion to the group Kindle UsersPaying for Kindle ebooks
Can schools with accounts with Amazon use POs to pay for ebooks for the Kindles? Do you have to set up a credit card to order books? Any help would be appreciated as my Kindles (6) are on their way. Thanks
Melinda Miller replied to Sharyn Merrigan's discussion Three Kindles checked out to students this morning! in the group Middle School"What are a few of the titles you have on the Kindles? I am about to purchase our first six Kindles and want to add a couple middle school titles right away."
Melinda Miller joined Jeremy Rinkel's group
Middle School
The purpose of this group is to discuss and share information about how we are using or planning on using ereaders in the middle school classroom.
Profile Information
- Where do you teach?
- Colton-Pierrepont Central School
- What grade level do you teach?
- PreK-12 Librarian
- Do you own a Kindle or other ereader?
- Kindle, Other
- If "Other," please indicate ereader type.
- iPad
- What kind of computer do you use?
- PC
- Where did you learn about this site?
- started at an article in School Library Journal on kindles
Comment Wall (1 comment)
- At 9:47am on March 3, 2011,
Will DeLamater said… - Melinda, welcome to the group! Are you investigating the use of ereaders at your school, or do you have a pilot in place already? (Please upload a profile photo--go to settings under your name on the right and the option to upload is right at the top!).
eBook News
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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