This document discusses the use of e-readers and tablets in the classroom. It notes that e-readers are primarily for reading books and documents, while tablets offer more applications like the internet and productivity tools. Some benefits of e-readers include being able to assign reading and have students access books at different levels privately. However, e-readers have pitfalls like limited battery life and time-consuming syncing. Tablets provide more supplemental materials via the internet and allow note-taking and creating presentations, but can enable off-task behavior and plagiarism. The document recommends resources like Evernote, Google Docs, and YouTube to support e-reader and tablet use.

2. The 21st Century Reader
0 For many students, the bookstore is completely
online. Students encounter reading and writing
through electronic devices. Face it, newspapers and
books are a thing of the past. They have now evolved
into News websites and e-books. The following slides
will help you reach the 21st Century Reader.

3. E-Reader vs. Tablet
0 An E-Reader is typically limited to books and certain
files. For example, the Amazon Kindle is compatible
with the Amazon library, PDFs, and other documents.
0 A Tablet offers a wide variety of applications such as
the internet, word processing, presentations,
spreadsheets. Most tablets have applications that are
compatible with E-Readers

4. E-Readers in the Classroom
0 You can use it for class set worksheets, such as
passing in class reading assignments.
0 Students have access to books at various reading
levels. They also have the privacy of reading what they
are comfortable with.
0 Dictionaries are usually incorporated into the device

5. E-Reader Pitfalls
0 Battery Life – be sure you charge them on a regular
basis. The battery can be drained from ample usage,
especially when opening multiple texts.
0 Syncing them for documents – Syncing a class set of
devices can be time consuming.

6. Tablets in the Classrom
0 Students have access to unlimited supplemental
material through the internet.
0 Students can write down ideas, take notes, or
generate a paper on the device itself.
0 Students can create presentations.
0 Students can better organize annotations and
highlights from texts.

7. Tablet Pitfalls
0 Off-Task Behavior – It is harder to monitor a student’s
work when they have so many “distractions”
0 Plagiarism – especially with file sharing
0 Internet signal strength – having multiple devices
vying for signal can lead to issues buffering and
loading

8. Resources: Evernote
0 Cloud service that allows you to upload files that you
can access anywhere
0 Partner app: Penultimate allows you to write on an
electronic notebook that is automatically synced with
your Evernote account
0 Allows for differentiation and individualization

9. Resources: Google Docs
0 If students submit an assignment through Google
Docs you can edit it anywhere. It saves you from
taking assignments home and you can monitor the
revision history.

10. Resources: YouTube
0 Are your students having a hard time understanding a
novel? Search YouTube for supplementary videos to
help boost comprehension of the text.