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WhisperCast Changes Everything! Or does it?

I am sure that all you Kindle-philes were delighted to see that Amazon has responded to just about every objection educators have ever voiced about trying to manage multiple devices with its WhisperCast release.

In short, WhisperCast is a free management tool for schools and organizations who want to distribute content across multiple devices, and who want to exercise more control over the operation of those devices. You can get the details from Amazon right…

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Added by Will DeLamater on November 21, 2012 at 3:00pm — 8 Comments

Conflicting Information regarding circulation of e-readers

I just returned from a web 2.0 reading conference and was told that it is a violation of the Kindle purchase agreement to circulate kindles to library patrons (this includes school libraries). The presenter was a professor from Simmons College who is supposed to be expert in the field..... Anyone want to weigh in on the veracity of this?

Added by Maureen Plourd on October 27, 2010 at 2:04pm — 4 Comments

Active Reading: Using Kindle to Engage Learners

(original post from my blog www.middleschool101.com)

I've been a reader my whole life... I think it goes without saying that I love technology as well. I got my Kindle in early April of 2009. I was not one of those people who was afraid of the e-reader because it didn't "smell like a… Continue

Added by Megan Palevich on September 20, 2010 at 9:25am — 2 Comments

Granted!

I was just awarded a $3600 grant to buy 12 kindles for our middle school. The grant requested 6 Kindles for library use and 6 for classroom use.

The Library Kindles would have popular materials and some music as well as a few audible books. The classroom Kindles would have subject specific trade novels to be used in small groups. I would also load magazine and/or newspaper subscriptions to the Teacher Kindle.

I requested that 12 teachers would be chosen to test the Kindle in… Continue

Added by Kathy M Burnette on May 7, 2010 at 11:09pm — 3 Comments

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.

This Nook just shows how much design work there is yet to be done on the ereader. It is a slick, smooth, shiny device that felt comfy in… Continue

Added by Will DeLamater on January 11, 2010 at 12:04pm — No Comments

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… Continue

Added by Pierre Gorissen on October 10, 2009 at 1:10am — No Comments

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… Continue

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

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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.