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At 4:50pm on March 18, 2011, Sarah Ziebell said…: Thanks, Will! Yes, I was very inspired by their work in Ghana. We have been in touch a bit, and hopefully more once this thing gets off the ground. Will keep you posted! Best, Sarah

At 3:04pm on March 18, 2011, Sarah Ziebell said…: Hi Will, thanks so much! I am working on designing a pilot project for English language teaching using Kindles for the Central African Republic - a project just in its infancy. I am so happy to have found out about this group and look forward to learning from everyone! Thanks again, Sarah

At 2:47pm on March 18, 2011, Nancy Stutsman said…: Thank you for the personalized welcome, Will. We use our TabletPCs currently, but are in the process of evaluating which handheld reading device to select. Your site appears to be a great resource. I look forward to learning from you and others.

At 3:17pm on March 17, 2011, Magia Krause said…: Hi Will,

Thank you for the warm welcome. I am interested in exploring the use of e-readers overseas for outreach and information literacy instruction. I just found out about this group from my colleague Karen Hartman. I do read books on my iPhone via the Kindle and iBooks apps. Looking forward to exploring this site.

At 2:17pm on March 15, 2011, Catherine Sloan said…: Thanks for including me in this group. I've just applied for a grant to obtain ereaders for our school media center. I happened upon your site and it has helped me tremendously in writing the grant.

At 10:46am on March 15, 2011, E.B. Eubanks said…: Hi Will,

I have been trying to get Kindles since they first came out! I tried unsuccessfully for a grant, so will keep on that path. I am in an urban middle school with a socioeconomically-disadvantaged population, many of whom can barely read. I have students with lexiles in the 100-200 range. Our school is one of the low-scoring schools that are under "observation." I am most interested in creating a group of African-American male students who are low readers. I have read READING FOR THEIR LIFE by Allen (?) Tatum and keep up with various blogs, etc. I know the Kindle would help facilitate my ideas; but we are in a 'frozen budget' state. I do have my own Kindle which I love. Looking forward to getting more teaching ideas from this group for when I DO get some Kindles!

At 7:43am on March 15, 2011, Sarah Harris said…: I'm working with another teacher to prepare a grant proposal for eReaders in the classroom. Any advice is welcomed! We're especially concerned about any copyright issues we may run into once/if the grant is funded.

At 10:02pm on March 14, 2011, Milly Pannunzio said…: Hello Will,

Thanks for the warming welcome!

Yes, I am investigating the use and possible policies for eReaders in school libraries. I believe we are late in providing the opportunity for the students to access and read ebooks via tablets (that are lighter and easier to hold).

We have a few ebooks for teachers on Destiny but any for students.

Due to the fact we are an International American School in Brazil, and have students from many different countries, English is the teaching language. However, I have also been investigating eReaders for e-books in Portuguese (Brazil´s language).

Hope to learn with the group and to collaborate

Regards

At 5:50pm on March 14, 2011, John J Caprice said…: Thank You Will,

You are a gentleman. I will try to live up to your expectations. It is my pleasure to provide objective advice.

My business climate is difficult at best.

Thanks again,

John J Caprice

At 11:18am on March 14, 2011, Lori Stevens said…: This Winter I added 10 Kindles for our book club students (grades 6-8). The kids are loving them and it is difficult for them to give up the Kindles for another group to use them.

This summer I would like to purchase 10 eReaders for our general school population to check out to use with ebooks we purchase from Follett.

At 9:55am on March 14, 2011, J. M. VandeVelde said…: I am...I'm a Jr/Sr High Library Media Specialist and plan on adding 6 - 12 eReaders soon.

At 10:08pm on March 12, 2011, John J Caprice said…: Thanks Will!

I bought the color Nook for my fiancee, whom is av avid reader. She loves it!

I am an AV dealer. I have been researching ebook/iPad deployments in education, business and libraries. I have been developing storage and charging cases, cabinets,and carts for these devices.

I am not here to advertise, but to learn.

Thanks John J Caprice / Visualedtech

At 7:34pm on March 11, 2011, Jan Snyder said…: Will,

Thank you for the personal welcome. I am looking forward to being a part of this discussion group.

I am getting ready to move ahead with ereaders in our middle schools and high school libraries. I am hoping this group can give me guidance as I start up the program. I am especially looking for samples of acceptable use policies and checkout forms. I also am looking for suggestions as to the best ereader in terms of warranties, multiple copy permission to load on several readers, best way to purchase the eBooks, etc. We have a HUGE collection of reference eBooks through Gale that is available online from any computer, but I am hoping to move forward with popular fiction and non-fiction through ereaders.

What type of ereader are you using in your district/school? Where are you purchasing the content, and are you able to distribute it to multiple ereaders with copyright permission?

Looking forward to talking soon-

Jan Snyder

District Media Specialist

Oregon City Schools

1007 Harrison St.

Oregon City, OR 97045

503-785-8405

Jan.Snyder@orecity.k12.or.us

At 3:20pm on March 11, 2011, Kate MacMillan said…: Hi, Will!

I am the coordinator of library services for Napa USD and Napa School Library Consortium. We are moving to eBooks and digital textbooks in our two open access high schools. We're a little different in that we have no plans to purchase eReaders, but rather provide access to various student devices. We are implementing Follett's Shelf for fiction and class novels and plan to use CK-12 Foundation’s Flexbook site for digital downloads of Algebra II and Honors Biology textbooks

At 11:42am on March 11, 2011, Karen Dixon said…: Thanks for the email. The group should be a big help to us. We are a small private school that is creating a middle school to match the school district reconfiguration. We are investigating the use of e-readers. iPads, iPods, etc. We want to be a step ahead of the public schools to draw students to us. We continue with our 6th grade next year but as middle school students. I am under a bit of a time constraint so I'm looking for all the help I can get!

At 2:34pm on March 9, 2011, Karla Barkman said…: Hi Will. At this point I am investigating ereaders. I would love to use them in my libraries, but our district has not yet approved them for school purchase. I am trying to get a pilot program started so I decided that information from those already using ereaders would be a great place to start. I work half-time at a middle school library (6-8) and half-time at a high school library (9-12).

At 10:21am on March 9, 2011, Valerie DiLorenzo said…: I'm just investigating eReaders for my K - 9 library at this point.

At 7:39pm on March 8, 2011, Glenda Willnerd said…: Hi Will:

We have purchased both the Kindle and the Nook for our middle schools to trial. We are not sure how to set up the accounts for the Kindle. I know that you can put a book on six of these devices. Any suggestions?

Glenda

At 4:33pm on March 8, 2011, Karen Hartman said…: Will

I am a librarian with the State Dept. (foreign service). We are getting lots of questions from our U.S. Embassy libraries about buying Kindles (or other ereaders, or tablets) and loaning them out. The reason I wanted to join this group is because I want to know if libraries are allowed to do this legally. If not, which type of device would be legal to lend out? Have other libraries obtained special users' agreements with vendors such as Amazon and Apple for this purpose? Thanks for creating this ning for a very important and fast moving topic.

Karen

At 3:20pm on March 8, 2011, Margi Wachowiak said…: Hi, thank you! We have purchased 18 Kindles for our library, but have not checked any out yet. We're hoping to get some ideas of how to proceed...users' agreement, cataloging, etc. I'm looking forward to hearing how other educators have used them in schools.