E-Reading Emerson - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com

E-Reading Emerson - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com: "E-Reading Emerson By MICK SUSSMAN
I recently read Emerson cover to cover, so to speak, on my iPhone’s Kindle app — a lesson both in Transcendentalism and the advantages of digitized literature."

The Amazon Kindle could dramatically improve US education | Paul Allen (the lesser)

The Amazon Kindle could dramatically improve US education | Paul Allen (the lesser): "I think that reading the right books is the best way to get a great education. To salvage the failing US education system we should do whatever it takes to get millions of kids reading great books once again. I think the best way to do that would be for states to purchase Kindles for every student (I’d say 7th-12th grade) in their education system, and to provide great age appropriate books for these students every year."

Kindle in Education Study, Articles « Kindle Review – Kindle 2 Review, Books

Kindle in Education Study, Articles « Kindle Review – Kindle 2 Review, Books: "Top Suggestions from Students (in addition to the cons) 1. Add Page Numbers.
2. Better web browsing.
3. Ability to write notes."

Kindle in Education Study, Articles « Kindle Review – Kindle 2 Review, Books

Kindle in Education Study, Articles « Kindle Review – Kindle 2 Review, Books: "Top Kindle in Education Cons (via Students) 1. It takes too long to load and turn pages. Note: kindle 2 is 25% faster – however, still an issue.
2. Navigation is exceedingly slow. Note: Navigation is slow even in kindle 2 and kindle dx due to lack of a touchscreen.
3. Prefer a real book in my hand.
4. No pages and can’t see how much more there is left to read.
5. Page turns accidentally. Note: Solved in Kindle 2 and Kindle DX.
6. No single file format."

Kindle in Education Study, Articles « Kindle Review – Kindle 2 Review, Books

Kindle in Education Study, Articles « Kindle Review – Kindle 2 Review, Books: "Top Kindle in Education Pros (identified by Students) 1. 92% loved the portability. Much easier than carrying around books. Probably the biggest pro as it comes up numerous times.
2. Connectivity and book availability are great.
3. Readable in sunlight.
4. Having multiple books in the Kindle.
5. Looking up words was a big hit. Note: Kindle 2 has an in-built dictionary that instantly shows definitions on the page itself as a footnote."

Kindle in Education – Intro « Kindle Review – Kindle 2 Review, Books

Kindle in Education – Intro « Kindle Review – Kindle 2 Review, Books: "Kindle in Education – Bigger in Schools than Colleges One of the biggest potential uses of the Kindle in education is in schools. While people focus on colleges, because of the costs of college textbooks, the opportunity is bigger for school children -

1. Kindles can inculcate a habit of reading at a young age.
2. Younger children have not had reading drummed out of their system by a decade plus of MTV and other distractions.
3. The physical benefits of not having to drag around 30 pounds of textbooks is much more so for younger kids."

How we read online. - By Michael Agger - Slate Magazine

How we read online. - By Michael Agger - Slate Magazine: "Pleasure reading is also known as 'ludic reading.' Victor Nell has studied pleasure reading (PDF). Two fascinating notions: *
When we like a text, we read more slowly.
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When we're really engaged in a text, it's like being in an effortless trance.

Ludic reading can be achieved on the Web, but the environment works against you. Read a nice sentence, get dinged by IM, never return to the story again.

I suppose ludic readers would be the little sloths hiding in the jungle while everyone else is out rampaging around for fresh meat."

Why The Kindle is No Longer on My Amazon Wish List | Blogg-Ed Indetermination

Why The Kindle is No Longer on My Amazon Wish List | Blogg-Ed Indetermination: "Hi marks go to the Kindle for it’s long battery life. I’m 90% done with my book and the Kindle is still well charged. This is much better than the better life I experience with the previously mentioned Sony Touch. The screen refresh rate is also better than the Sony, and I like the fact that I can get the definition of any word by quickly navigating to it with the cursor. But the Sony’s touch screen is a big advantage for highlighting text."

Sony Reader Touch – A Review | Blogg-Ed Indetermination

Sony Reader Touch – A Review | Blogg-Ed Indetermination: "The Sony Reader Touch (PRS-600) is the first e-reader I have had the opportunity to use for an extended period of time. It boasts a clean, minimalist style that I like, with clearly marked and unambiguous buttons across the bottom."

NewsFactor Business | Kindle Lightens Textbook Load, But Flaws Remain

NewsFactor Business | Kindle Lightens Textbook Load, But Flaws Remain: "But several disliked taking notes on a keyboard with Tic-Tac-sized keys that sits under a 9.7-inch screen. Students can also highlight text or bookmark pages -- the digital equivalent of dog-earing -- then look at those excerpts and links on separate screens.

Madeline Kraizel, a freshman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, has amassed three Kindle pages of bookmarks for her chemistry textbook. That's getting unwieldy, and she isn't sure whether there's a better way to organize them."

NewsFactor Business | Kindle Lightens Textbook Load, But Flaws Remain

NewsFactor Business | Kindle Lightens Textbook Load, But Flaws Remain: "Kraizel, the Case Western freshman, says always having the Kindle with her has improved her study habits. It's much easier to cram in a few minutes of studying between classes, she says, and she's noticed that when she sits down for a serious study session she's more familiar with the material. The Kindle can also do things books can't, like read homework aloud. Una Hopkins, a 46-year-old student in the nurse-practitioner program at Pace University in New York, got five chapters finished that way when she was stuck in traffic.

'It was robotic, but it got me where I needed to go,' Hopkins says."

NewsFactor Business | Kindle Lightens Textbook Load, But Flaws Remain

NewsFactor Business | Kindle Lightens Textbook Load, But Flaws Remain: "Other students struggled when professors had them read documents in PDF format, which doesn't show up well on the Kindle. Users can't zoom in or make notes on them, and diagrams sometimes get separated from notes explaining them. John Sherman, a first-year MBA student at the University of Virginia, says he can read some case studies on the Kindle but still needs to print others.

'For the cases that require a lot of calculations, I find paper cases to be better,' says Sherman, 31. 'For me, it helps to scribble my thoughts in the margins.'"

E-book access not so equal | The Daily Illini

E-book access not so equal | The Daily Illini: "Angela Anderson, supervisor of the accessible media office at the division of Disability Resources and Educational Services, or DRES, said next fall, the University will begin using a conversion program called Digital Accessible Information System, or DAISY, to convert e-books from text to speech."

E-book access not so equal | The Daily Illini

E-book access not so equal | The Daily Illini: "Use of e-books in focus Professor Jonathan Waskan teaches a philosophy class to students who read an e-book by Cengage publishing company.

Course: Philosophy 103 Logic and Reasoning

Why e-books?
- Cheaper than printed textbooks
- Doesn’t waste paper
- Newer editions lead to wasted copies of old textbooks

What is the future of printed textbooks?
“I didn’t see much upside to using the hard copy,” Waskan said. “I think we’re going to be moving more and more towards e-books in the future. I see essentially the demise of textbooks as we know it.”"

Taiwan Plans to Roll out E-readers in Schools

Taiwan Plans to Roll out E-readers in Schools: "Taiwan invested a budget of 1.55 billion USD for the modernized information technology for e-readers in the classroom setting. Currently, the Ministry of Education is finding on the array of e-book designs for the e-readers, and yet the number of units to be purchased will be depending on certain circumstances."