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At 6:00pm on February 12, 2011, Patricia Hand said…: Hi Will. I am SO excited to be using Nooks with my 6th grade students. We begged our PTO to purchase them (we did "10 Reasons Why we Should Have Nooks") and now we are just trying to work out the bugs....like registering them! Although I am a book lover, I am a technology lover as well.

I can't wait to get them into our students hands!

At 1:59pm on February 12, 2011, Sandra Cook said…: Hi Will. Thanks for the message. Not at this point. I work with adults who do not have DSL because of costs and I'm evaluating solutions--I-Pad, I-Phone, Kindle, Nook or other technology. If democracy can evolve from a nation through Twitter and Social Networks, there must be a way to bring adult learning programs (GED and college prep) to mature adults who are not tech savvy and can work at their own pace. I like the idea of downloading electronic books and can use some guidance for starting a pilot program in San Antonio, TX. Also need funding.

At 12:20pm on February 10, 2011, Trish Cislak said…: Hi Will - Yes I would like to get a set - maybe 10-15 to have in our Library to circulate - just gathering information and best practices advice. Trish

At 2:25pm on January 25, 2011, Paula Waldron said…: Absolutely! One of our schools (I am a district support person) has been awarded a grant to purchase e-readers for their entire 6th grade class.

At 12:43pm on January 25, 2011, Michele Berry said…: Hello Will. Yes, we are ordering this week and investigating what others have done before us so we my glean from their experience.

At 3:02pm on January 24, 2011, John Hochstetler said…: Thanks Will. Just purchased our first one last week and looking for some good ideas of how to incorporate it into our curriculum. Sure wish I had the money to get a few more. I'd really like to use them for literature circles. Looking forward to reading others' ideas.

At 11:14pm on January 20, 2011, Barbara Kieran said…: I think I may have lost my last post to you so this is round two. We have purchased 6 kindles and are planning on 6 more in near future. We are using them to introduce the students to ebooks. We are loading them up now ...taking student suggestions etc. We are working on a way of tracking the circulation of the books in our follett destiny software. We are interested in how other libraries have kept track of the circulation of their ebooks on kindles

At 5:04pm on January 20, 2011, Nate Hoffelder said…: Hi Will,

I didn't see your comment until today. (I just now started being an active member.)

I think e-readers are still too expensive for schools, but that should change over the next year or so.

At 10:02pm on January 19, 2011, Elizabeth Roberts said…: Hi Will, Yes I am at the American School of Bombay. The tech office at our school recently purchased 6 Kindles to test out. Not sure where to start them, in library, in classrooms, just for teachers? One advantage is we don't have to wait for new releases to be shipped to India.

At 2:10pm on January 19, 2011, Brenda Wamsley said…: We've purchased 1 Nook to play with and test out. I was having problems registering it so we could use until I came across this forum and found that someone suggested getting a green dot card from Wal-Mart. I'm going to go get one tonight and see if that works. If it does, we'll be purchasing several more for the High School English Department.

We also have some special ed teachers getting iPads for their classes and I'm anxious to see how they will use them.

At 3:32pm on January 17, 2011, Beth Bass said…: Yes, our funds have been cut so I am looking into grant opportunities. I hope to have a Kindle of my own in the next week or two but want to incorporate them into my reading groups for my 5th graders. I also teach science and have found a few scientific publications that I think will keep them excited about science and reading.

At 11:04am on January 17, 2011, Judy Russell said…: Our technology committee is working on a 1 laptop per student project. I'm gathering all the info I can in order to make the best decision for our students.

At 8:21am on January 17, 2011, Jena Broome said…: Thanks, Will. I'm not in a school at this time. I graduated last May and our district wasn't hiring new media specialists - they were just shuffling around current employees. I'm hopeful for next year. I have a kindle for my personal use and love it. I can see the huge potential and am interested in learning more about how to use them in schools.

At 10:57am on January 15, 2011, Rosalyn H. Campbell said…: My principal has surprised us with the purchase of 10 kindles for our media center! Additional input from middle & high school are using them and policies on circulation would be great.

At 7:43pm on January 11, 2011, Robin K. Mills said…: We are using the Kindle app on our iPads and several computers. I have one Kindle that I check out to kids. It's like handing them the keys to the car. They beam.

At 7:38pm on January 11, 2011, Bonnie S. Kelley said…: Recently, Will & I were both featured in the January edition of Technology and Learning's article entitled, "Pocket Books." You can get an introduction to the Kindle Project at Clearwater High School at http://www.techlearning.com/article/35430

Is there anyone else mentioned in the article who is part of this group?

At 12:13pm on January 11, 2011, Andy Plemmons said…: I'm not using it at school yet. Now that I've started using it myself, I'm trying to see what others are doing with Nook through this Ning. I really hope to start in the next school year with a few Nooks. I'm looking at writing some local grants this spring and summer to get us started. Still trying to wrap my head around what this might look like in a PreK-5th grade library.

At 1:22pm on January 9, 2011, Anton Ninno said…: I'm doing the research to find out which dreaded to choose. Meanwhile, I have my trusty little iPod Touch that works well enough as an dreaded. At 59, I think I'd like a bigger screen for reading. Also want longer battery life, like that offered by dressers that do NOT have a backlit screen. backlit. And of course, I'd to be able to answer email and have a camera without spending what's needed for an iPad or some other tablet computer. Anyway, for now, I'm trying to choose between the Kindle and the Nook. So how do I pick the best one for me? -Anton

At 1:21pm on January 9, 2011, Stephanie Nichols said…: They LOVE the idea of eReaders! They are having a "heated" discussion about which device is better on Moodle. Our school is unique in that it is a traditional elementary school housing grades K-4 through 4 (adding 5th next yr to complete that) and we have the highly gifted students from our district in grades 3-8. Grades 3 and 4 (and next yr 5th), although taught separately, overlap, since we have a regular 3rd grade class and 3 gifted classes, 2 regular 4th grade classes and 3 gifted classes. It can be a challenge trying to meet the needs of such a diverse population. Our middle school students have super high reading levels, but I have to watch for the content side of books.

At 12:00pm on January 7, 2011, Jennifer Wilson said…: Our English department has 6 of them...1 per teacher. They are meant to be used for our Title kids. They have used them during class time, but we'd like to find a better way to have them used. Any ideas?