Re: Using Ebooks

Abbie

Posted on 10/31/11

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On 1/20/11, Kelly Landers wrote:
> Has anyone ever used Ebooks to help students with their
> reading? I've read that they have kid-friendly tools such
> as highlighting paragraphs or the book actually reading it
> aloud and I was wondering if any teachers have used the
> Ebooks in the classroom yet and if so, how it went.
Unfortunately we don't have enough e-tools to utilise e-books.
They work well on the interactive whiteboard for modelling
with. Something I've done is photocopy texts and then use
highlighters and sticky notes on those as a hard-copy
substitute. Kids seem to really enjoy that (I teach yr7-8
(10-13 year olds in NZ). I'd use e-books in a heartbeat
though if I had access.

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