The document discusses using Kindles in the classroom and the benefits they provide for students and reading. Some key benefits mentioned are having the ability to customize reading experiences, access definitions quickly, bookmark and annotate across devices, and engage in discussion through sharing notes and marks on social media. The Kindle also allows for cheaper access to assigned texts in e-book format compared to physical paperback copies.

1. Kindles in the Classroom
Meg Griswold
Upper School English
Harpeth Hall School

2. Why Kindles?
Why e-books?

3. Eating my lunch in my room

4. Reading on the subway

5. New York Times automatically
downloaded each morning

6. Great on vacation

7. Quick definition

8. Customization of reading experience

9. Across devices, bookmark never lost
iPhone, iPad
Laptop
Kindle Touch

10. No limits on Marginalia

11. Sharing with friends

12. Sharing with friends

13. Why Kindles? Why ebooks?
• Accessibility: Font, size, spacing
• Motivation and Engagement
• One tap word definitions
• Across devices: Kindle, Laptop, Phone (page,
marks and notes all sync)
• Longer notes
• Less paper
• Same price or cheaper
• Twitter and Facebook

14. Kindle Device and Reading App

15. Reading at home: Kindle Device
Kindle with
touch screen
for ease of
highlighting

16. Reading at home: Kindle for
iPhone/iPad

17. Class discussion: Kindle for PC app

18. Class discussion: Kindle for PC app

19. Active Reading and Discussion

20. iPhone/iPad

21. Money
Paperback E-book
Fahrenheit 451 $9.46 $7.99
The Secret Life of Bees $11.97 or $13.72 $12.99
The House on Mango Street $8.34 $8.99
The Kite Runner $12.70 $12.99
Jane Eyre $2.99-$15.13 FREE
A Separate Peace $7.18 Unavailable
Kindle Reading App (PC, Mac, Mobile): Free
Kindle Paperwhite with wi-fi: $119

22. Public Domain
• Project Gutenberg: Free ebooks in the public
domain
• www.gutenberg.org

23. Social Media
• Tweeting Notes and Marks
• Following readers
• Readers interacting outside of class
• Whispercast?