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jshea1571 · 12-25-2008, 07:33 AM

Just to introduce myself briefly, I am a Senior Lecturer who specialises in New Technologies in Education and trains English teachers. I used to be a Head of English and now spend my time persuading people to invest money into technologies to facilitate education for the purpose of research and watching my trainee English teachers teach.
I've recently persuaded my University to buy a 'class set' (30) of sony ebook readers so I can get some English teachers trying them out in class instead of having a cupboard full of books. (Eng teachers teach a lot of copy-right free classics so it works well.) However, what I'd really like to do is to get maybe 100 boys, measure their reading age and grade scores, then give them an ebook reader loaded up. 6 and 12 months later, I would then test their reading age again and check to see if they are making faster value-added progress in either/both grades and/or reading age. (I also have an outside project looking at encouraging younger students in school to 'publish' their work for other ebook readers to download and read)
So, I've got a Sony Ebook Reader myself and I think you can see how keen I am on the things. From an educational perspective, I think ebook readers will transform the classroom and reinvigorate young students back into reading. I welcome comments and suggestions from fellow avid readers in ensuring the next generation read as much as we do...

12-25-2008, 07:33 AM	#1
jshea1571 Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2008 Device: Sony Ereader	Lit specialist welcomes comments. Just to introduce myself briefly, I am a Senior Lecturer who specialises in New Technologies in Education and trains English teachers. I used to be a Head of English and now spend my time persuading people to invest money into technologies to facilitate education for the purpose of research and watching my trainee English teachers teach. I've recently persuaded my University to buy a 'class set' (30) of sony ebook readers so I can get some English teachers trying them out in class instead of having a cupboard full of books. (Eng teachers teach a lot of copy-right free classics so it works well.) However, what I'd really like to do is to get maybe 100 boys, measure their reading age and grade scores, then give them an ebook reader loaded up. 6 and 12 months later, I would then test their reading age again and check to see if they are making faster value-added progress in either/both grades and/or reading age. (I also have an outside project looking at encouraging younger students in school to 'publish' their work for other ebook readers to download and read) So, I've got a Sony Ebook Reader myself and I think you can see how keen I am on the things. From an educational perspective, I think ebook readers will transform the classroom and reinvigorate young students back into reading. I welcome comments and suggestions from fellow avid readers in ensuring the next generation read as much as we do...