Kindle for textbooks
Amazon will debut a larger-screen Kindle designed for textbooks and magazines, reports the Wall Street Journal. The new Kindle will include an updated web browser. Beginning this fall, some students at...
View ArticleA Kindle in Every Backpack
Every student would get an e-book device, proposes the Democratic Leadership Council in “A Kindle in Every Backpack.” From the New York Times: Its authors argue that government should furnish each...
View ArticleE-texts get mixed reviews
College students aren’t wild about e-book readers, reports the Wall Street Journal. Pilot projects have returned “mixed reviews.” Since e-books aren’t printed and don’t need to be sold through physical...
View ArticleE-readers unfair to blind?
Accused of discrimination against the disabled, three universities have agreed to stop testing Kindle e-readers until they’re fully functional for blind students, under a deal with the Justice...
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A Kindle for every kid in Ghana
A non-profit called Worldreader is giving Kindles to students in Ghana to encourage reading, reports the Wall Street Journal. (Worldreader co-founder David) Risher says he thinks e-books will let the...
View ArticleGive up sex to not lug college texts?
To avoid toting heavy textbooks, one in four college students would give up sex for a year — or so they said on a survey by Kno, an education software company. One third would take 8 a.m. classes...
View ArticleDuncan pushes e-textbooks
The Obama administration wants an e-textbook in every student’s hand by 2017, writes USA Today. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski and Education Secretary Arne Duncan wants...
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E-book nation
Brought to you by: OnlineUniversities.com E-textbooks for K-12 schools aren’t ready for prime time, reports Ed Week’s Digital Education.
View ArticleReading and wandering
Reading a book is a physical act, writes Andrew Piper on Slate, arguing that an e-reader just isn’t the same. Every night, he reads his children a bedtime story. As I begin to read, the kids begin to...
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