Kindle in Education – Intro
Charles Crowell, Associate Professor at Southern Vermont College, has an excellent post up where he reviews the use of the Kindle in Education. There were two things that stood out for me - He...
View ArticleKindle in Education Study, Articles
We’ve covered the spread of Kindle in Libraries. Let’s look at some educators’ experiences with and thoughts on using the Kindle in Education - Kindle in Education – Seton Hall Study Educause has a...
View Articleebooks 50% of academic sales by 2011?
Springer Science & Business Media are the second largest scientific, technical and medical publisher. They are saying that the Kindle is transforming academic publishing much faster than the...
View ArticleBack to School Kindle
Could the Kindle be the big hit this Back to School shopping season? The Kindle DX is still sold out (2-3 week delays), and Kindle DX university trials haven’t even started yet. However, the Kindle 2...
View ArticleKindle DX, Universities – education fiasco
Before we jump into Kindle DX’s rather strange dismissal by 2 universities let’s look at a little contrast - Kindle 2 is for $259. Kindle DX is for $489. Intel’s specially designed for the blind Intel...
View ArticleKindles for students, 30K WSJ Kindle subscribers
Kindle in Education Electronic Readers in Education are back in fashion. Penn-Trafford district of Pittsburgh will order nearly 100 Kindles. As opposed to college students, the high school kids love...
View ArticleKindle’s role in Education
It’s worth looking at the role the Kindle can play in education. As opposed to the Kindle DX university trials, this post is focused on education in schools, and hopefully Amazon changes its focus too....
View Article$139 Kindle WiFi = Kindle for Kids?
The new Kindle WiFi comes in at the magical price of $139. The Press are focusing on the effect this will have on people who wouldn’t put up $259 for a dedicated eReader - their theory is that these...
View ArticleKindle in Education – an entire high school gets Kindle 3s
With the Kindle 3 now at $189 and the Kindle WiFi at $139 it becomes much easier to promote the Kindle as a viable alternative to paper textbooks. There have been a few half-hearted attempts in the...
View Article12 kindle high school free textbooks
There’s a really long list of free high school textbooks available at the Kindle Store - CK-12 21st Century Physics: A Compilation of Contemporary and Emerging Technologies by Andrew Jackson and James...
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