Any other teachers here?

jpuntd · 11-10-2010, 09:35 AM

Hello from Belgium

This is my first post although I have browsed MobileRead for almost two years now. Interested in educational uses for ereaders. Any other teachers here?
Still undecided on purchasing a Kindle 3 or a Sony PRS 650.

obs20 · 11-10-2010, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by jpuntd

Hello from Belgium

This is my first post although I have browsed MobileRead for almost two years now. Interested in educational uses for ereaders. Any other teachers here?
Still undecided on purchasing a Kindle 3 or a Sony PRS 650.

Welcome to Mobileread!
I'm a retired teacher but I still work part time. I recommend the Sony which I myself use with my students for these reasons:

It works with library books

The touch screen is more intuitive and makes it faster to use the dictionary, which is one of the best attributes of an e reader for education.

Maggie May · 11-10-2010, 11:43 AM

Hi jpuntd, and welcome to MobileRead.
Good luck in choosing your eReader.

Mag.

desertgrandma · 11-10-2010, 11:43 AM

Welcome to MobileRead, obs20

Does your library carry the e-books needed for your use?

The k3 won't support library books without workarounds, but the Sony will...providing you can fine the books you need in ebook format.

GeoffC · 11-10-2010, 12:38 PM

Welcome to mobileread ....

Sandra Edwards · 11-10-2010, 04:46 PM

Welcome to MR!

Sandy

MickeyC · 11-10-2010, 08:24 PM

Hi jpuntd and welcome to MobileRead

ImogenRose · 11-10-2010, 09:35 PM

Hello and welcome to MR!

Imogen

jpuntd · 11-12-2010, 07:37 AM

Thanks for the information.

JoelArnold · 11-12-2010, 12:05 PM

Welcome to MobileRead! I think it's exciting that teachers are using ereaders in class. Very cool!

ficbot · 11-12-2010, 03:34 PM

I am a teacher and I use my iPad all the time in class. I teach primary school French and right now am teaching three different units to three different grade levels. I have all my teaching books in PDF so I can just carry around the iPad and not have to worry about carrying around those bulky teaching guides. The screen is big enough that I can turn it around and read to the kids off it like a storybook, show them Powerpoint slides (I often do this with lengthier songs I teach, I play the music and show a Powerpoint with the words). Also I have a few games on it which we play together to teach vocabulary in a meaningful context (right now, they are very into Virtual Families and are learning all this great house and family related vocabulary with it).

I am a specialty teacher and don't have my own dedicated classroom, so I have very limited space to store my stuff and then what I need for the day, I have to carry with me. It was a bit of a time investment to get everything scanned and catalogued appropriately, but now that it's all done, it is SO much easier. I keep everything on Dropbox so I can print worksheets off the school computer for the kids without having to go down to the cupboard and find the book it came from, and I can send materials straight to the iPad on the fly (without iTunes) via the Dropbox app. I could go on and on. The iPad has been a real game-changer for me.

happy_terd · 11-22-2010, 11:42 AM

Hello and welcome to MR!!!

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jpuntd Member Posts: 12 Karma: 148 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Belgium Device: Pocketbook Pro 902	Any other teachers here? Hello from Belgium This is my first post although I have browsed MobileRead for almost two years now. Interested in educational uses for ereaders. Any other teachers here? Still undecided on purchasing a Kindle 3 or a Sony PRS 650.

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