Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Thing Twenty
eBooks is an easy one to take care of! I am a believer. My wonderful husband surprised me with a Kindle for Christmas and I have been using it with delight ever since. But beyond my use of it for recreational reading, the possibilities are staggering for education. Obviously, ebooks is the direction of all reading materials. Textbooks, reference materials, newspapers and magazines will all be following this trend if they haven't hopped on-board already. Schools can be the big winners. Instead of constantly updating textbooks and worrying about the weight in the student's backpacks, they can fill a student's Kindle or other similar device with the text books they need every semester. Students with learning problems will benefit immediately as the device can read to them, offer a place to keep notes, and define words within the text as they move along. Soon, interactive charts and diagrams will be part of this text and those possibilities are really exciting. In checking the NHS eBooks, I found interesting materials on Acid Rain, and I am sure you remember the significance of that search!
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Funny, my husband surprised me with a kindle for my birthday last June. I also love it. You finish a book - you order another! I am never without a great read - and all on one device. I do wish that the kindle would allow for loaning my books to others as some readers do. Maybe when they update the software .... I agree, the possibilities are exciting. I just read an article about the ipad (i think) and the drawback, according to the reviewer, is that the tablet allows for email, facebook, etc. to interfere with the pleasure of a dedicated reader device. I am with him - just let me read my books without interruption. I'll check my email and facebook on my blackberry.
ReplyDeleteYes, it is wonderful to 'hide' in a good book. Either on the Kindle or paper. So far, I have loaded only free books! There are so many to pick from. I find that I am reading a wider variety of books now and that is great! The only problem with it so far is that the two times Kim has been home since Christmas, it disappears! But so far it reappears when she leaves. Funny about that, huh?
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