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  • From: Karen Melhuish <karen.melhuish AT core-ed.ac.nz>
  • To: ictenglish AT mailinglist.tki.org.nz
  • Subject: [ICTs in English] Re: Re: Re: E-Books for Novel Study
  • Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 12:22:24 +1300

.........also: check out the section on Electronic books in the just-released Horizon Report 2010 (from page 8)........sneak peek via Derek Wenmoth's blog http://blog.core-ed.org/derek/
Cheers
Karen M
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On 16/11/2010, at 9:06 AM, School wrote:

Thanks Karen, plenty of food for thought there.  You ask some really challenging and relevant questions  And at the same time, it all comes back to the fundamental - will my students learn better as a result?

  My feeling is that a lot of the real learning possibilities that may make themselves apparent will probably do so retrospectively - after trialling and playing around with them a little In Class.  My hope is that the novelty will in itself be engaging, and I can see some good potential for differentiation through some of the software that will read the text aloud to the less able readers.  And I really like the benefits in terms of not having to issue ,chase, replace etc.

The question that seems to be reframing is why not? At worst it would be a redundant set of class readers to add to the pile ion the book room - albeit a virtual one.  Or am I missing some more detrimental possible consequences?

On 15/11/2010, at 2:41 PM, Karen Melhuish <karen.melhuish AT core-ed.ac.nz> wrote:

Hi David,

How exciting that your students will all have laptops next year - a great opportunity!

It seems to me, when we think about using e-books with students (setting aside the issue of affordability), that the question must be: how will using an e-book offer an improved/different experience with text than a conventional book? How will they engage students in lit/lang?

To read a book on screen in the same way as you would read one on paper does not really offer any benefits, and might actually detract from the reading experience if students are not used to navigating text in a different way. It isn't, I think, a question of whether students are used to e-books or not (natives or otherwise), but whether they can benefit from using them.

So, you might want to consider:
- what e-books are there that are appropriate for my students that offer added value (have a look at Alice for the Pad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gew68Qj5kxw), in terms of exploring character, style, setting etc?
- how can I manipulate/edit/navigate text to explore the language and style?
- what literacy & digital literacy support will some of my students need in order to learn how to navigate an e-book?
- how can I use e-books to foster collaborative, connected learning and inquiry into purpose/audience?

It's worth noting that e-books come in different formats and are often supported by different hard/software. Not all e-books are created equal. Some are highly interactive, others are little better than a PDF online.

As with all these things, it comes back to the learning, and how your choice of tool/technology/resource will support the students:-)

Good luck!
Cheers
Karen





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KAREN MELHUISH
eLearning Consultant  |  CORE Education

Tel (Wellington Office):  +64 4 9345165 Mob:  021.1109036 Email / iChat: karen.melhuish AT core-ed.org Skype: karenmelhuish Web: www.core-ed.org Twitter: virtuallykaren
Level 7, Natcoll House,151 Kilmore Street
. PO Box 13-678, 
CHRISTCHURCH 8141

Come to Learning@School  (Rotorua, February 23-25) - One of New Zealand’s premier conferences for learning and teaching.
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On 15/11/2010, at 10:00 AM, David Schaumann wrote:

Hi All

I was wondering if anyone had had any experience teaching novel or
extended written text using e-books.  Our year 9 students are all going to
use laptops next year, and this is a possibility we’re exploring.

But ... the idea of no longer having that REAL book in your hands ... some
part of me wonders if that wouldn’t be a tragedy.   Another part suspects
that’s the sentimentality of a digital immigrant, and digital natives
would have no such sense of loss.

Thoughts?



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Mr David Schaumann
English Teacher, S.C.T and Year 10 Form Teacher
John McGlashan College

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