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Sara Rhyne
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- Mocksville, NC
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Free Catalog for Kindle Management
We have 44 Kindles at our early college program housed on our local community college campus. They do not have their own library. Does anyone have a free online catalog suggestion for…Continue
Tags: management, cataloging
Started Dec 1, 2010
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Sara Rhyne posted a blog postWorldreader- Books for All
The nonprofit organization Worldreader works to promote literacy in 3rd world countries by digitally publishing local literature and placing eReaders in remote locations. Imagine going from a world with no books to having access to your own cultural literature and the entire world’s library at the click of a button. Worldreader has a great study called iRead showcasing…See More
Sara Rhyne replied to Joanna Arkans's discussion Damage to ereaders? in the group High School"Just a note about Kindle damage. I work with students in an Early College setting and we have 44 kindles which students have been taking home for 3 weeks. We now have our 5th Kindle with impact fractures on the screen. The screens look like a broken…"
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…"
Sara Rhyne joined Jeremy Rinkel's group
Kindle Users
The purpose of this group is to discuss and share information about the Amazon Kindle. Discuss and share your school or library's Kindle implementation advice or issues here.
Sara Rhyne commented on Jeremy Rinkel's group High School"http://www.freekaplanebooks.com/free-kaplan-ebooks/
Kaplan has all of their SAT and AP prep books free until the 16th! Loaded them on on our Early College set for later in the spring."
Sara Rhyne joined Jeremy Rinkel's group
High School
The purpose of this group is to discuss and share information about how we are using or planning on using ereaders in the high school classroom.
Sara Rhyne posted a discussionFree Catalog for Kindle Management
We have 44 Kindles at our early college program housed on our local community college campus. They do not have their own library. Does anyone have a free online catalog suggestion for managing Kindle checkout and titles? There seem to be several options and I liked Tellico, but it was too much programming for me.See More
Sara Rhyne replied to Karen Anderson's discussion Is anyone using the IPAD ?"We have a cover which acts as a stand and this is an advantage. With the iPad sitting upright I can eat and read at the same time (grin). And a quick swipe at the screen rather than finding the button makes it easy to change the pages. We have all…"
Will DeLamater left a comment for Sara Rhyne"Hi Sarah, and welcome! The group would love to hear your assessment of the iPad vs. the Kindle across the needs of a whole district. What, for example, are the biggest needs you can imagine a mobile reading platform responding to in your district?"
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- Where do you teach?
- Davie County Schools
- What grade level do you teach?
- District Level Instructional Technology Facilitator
- 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
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Sara Rhyne's Blog
Worldreader- Books for All
The nonprofit organization Worldreader works to promote literacy in 3rd world countries by digitally publishing local literature and placing eReaders in remote locations. Imagine going from a world with no books to having access to your own cultural literature and the entire world’s library at the click of a button. Worldreader has a great study called… Continue
Posted on April 24, 2011 at 5:05pm — 1 Comment
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- At 9:19am on November 11, 2010, Will DeLamater said…
- Hi Sarah, and welcome! The group would love to hear your assessment of the iPad vs. the Kindle across the needs of a whole district. What, for example, are the biggest needs you can imagine a mobile reading platform responding to in your district?
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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