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Kindle Whispercast gives schools and teachers control over students' tablet browsing - 0 views

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Deidre Witan on 21 Oct 12

Kindle gives teachers more control over what students can access

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Manage Kindles by the thousand with Whispercast - GadgetBox on NBCNews.com - 1 views

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BYOD eReaders

shared by Irina Uk on 21 Oct 12 - No Cached

Irina Uk on 21 Oct 12

Describes a new technology Kindle is coming out with to allow easy management of large quantities of devices. It also allows for easy integration of BYOD. Seems cool.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Describes a new technology Kindle is coming out with to allow easy management of large quantities of devices. It also allows for easy integration of BYOD. Seems cool.</div>

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A Kindle for Every Student - US News and World Report - 0 views

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E-textbook K-12 reading hardware publishing

shared by Nick Siewert on 05 Sep 09 - Cached

Nick Siewert on 05 Sep 09

Pros and cons of the Kindle in K-12 education. Necessity or "Whack-a-Mole"?

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Top 10 Back to School iPhone Apps - Top 10 back to school apps - Gizmodo - 0 views

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shared by Jennifer Hern on 12 Sep 09 - Cached

Jennifer Hern on 12 Sep 09

Top Ten Back-to-School iPhone apps. Check out the new free Kindle app.

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Jennifer Hern on 22 Sep 09

As more and more educational apps hit the market, will schools reconsider allowing hand-held devices in schools?

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Higher Education's Tech Dilemmas - Science and Tech - The Atlantic - 2 views

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Higher education electronic readers

shared by Jessica O'Brien on 05 Sep 10 - Cached

Electronic readers and textbooks, while an interesting concept and potentially lucrative for publishers, so far aren't meeting student needs
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A host of research over the past decade has shown that even the option to click hyperlinks to related material can create confusion and weaken understanding.
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The iPad measured at 6.2% lower reading speed than the printed book, whereas the Kindle measured at 10.7% slower than print
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Education's real problem with readers is the dismaying fact that mass information technology out of the box was not developed for education.
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Jessica O'Brien on 05 Sep 10

This article summarizes some research findings that suggest that electronic readers, such as the Kindle and iPad, are still inferior to the printed page and may even worsen student comprehension of material. The most up-to-date information technology seems inadequate for educational and academic needs.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This article summarizes some research findings that suggest that electronic readers, such as the Kindle and iPad, are still inferior to the printed page and may even worsen student comprehension of material. The most up-to-date information technology seems inadequate for educational and academic needs. </div>

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Amazon's Kindle to Make Library E-Books Available - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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The Elements Of A Digital Classroom - 4 views

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Junjie Liu on 04 Dec 12

An infographic of common elements of a digital classroom: including eBooks, Book rental via Kindle, iPads, Open Source software, iTunesU, Digital cameras, projectors, and headphones.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">An infographic of common elements of a digital classroom: including eBooks, Book rental via Kindle, iPads, Open Source software, iTunesU, Digital cameras, projectors, and headphones.</div>

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Barnes & Noble's Nook Tablet challenges 'deficient' Kindle Fire - GeekWire - 1 views

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shared by Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 09 Nov 11 - No Cached

Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 09 Nov 11

Let the tablet price war begin!

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Opportunities and Challenges in the E-textbook Industry - 1 views

As for me, I prefer traditional textbook to e-textbook. I do not like reading by Kindle or other digital reading devices. But it is a personal choice. The market for e-books is huge, especially e-t...

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Amazon to buy TenMarks in Kindle education push - 2 views

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BBC News - The rights and wrongs of digital books - 2 views

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E-books copyright issues technology

shared by Devon Dickau on 22 Nov 10 - No Cached

The latter part of 2010 may mark the point from which future historians date the transition to screen-based reading for literary fiction as well as reference works
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However, even they are not yet willing to accept that the price of electronic texts is too high, and that readers will not pay the same for a bunch of bits as they will for a bound book, since the market knows that it costs less to send electrons over a network than it does to buy paper, make books out of it and ship the physical objects around the world
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When you buy an digital copy to read on your e-book reader, phone or laptop all you get is the copyrighted bit, and what you pay for is a licence to have a copy or copies of the text.
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Amazon recently announced that it will let Kindle owners "lend" books, but only for two weeks and only once per title.
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The idea of "intellectual property" deliberately conflates the two and allows politicians to pretend that laws about physical property should extend to digital downloads. We need to challenge this unjustifiable elision if we are to think seriously about copyright and business models in the age of electronics.
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The Barnes & Noble Nook reader to be revealed and available tomorrow for $259 - 0 views

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shared by Ando Endano on 20 Oct 09 - Cached

Ando Endano on 20 Oct 09

Barnes and Noble releases the Nook, which is a competitor to the Amazon Kindle. It has E-ink on the top, and a color screen below.

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Roll over Gutenberg, hybrid books are here! - 0 views

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shared by Kellie Demmler on 02 Nov 09 - Cached

Kellie Demmler on 02 Nov 09

So much potential to bring books alive to learners & enhance content. However, we can't forget that developing the imagination by creating your own pictures from what you read is also important.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">So much potential to bring books alive to learners & enhance content. However, we can't forget that developing the imagination by creating your own pictures from what you read is also important. </div>

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Amazon Enters Publishing: There's No Going Back - Room for Debate - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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Amazon publishers e-book app

shared by Lin Pang on 26 Oct 11 - No Cached

Lin Pang on 26 Oct 11

An interesting discusion about whether Amazon will replace publishers. With the increasing digitization of books, writers will align with the big platforms such as Kindle or the Apple Store.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">An interesting discusion about whether Amazon will replace publishers. With the increasing digitization of books, writers will align with the big platforms such as Kindle or the Apple Store.</div>

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