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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: Re: Re: E-Books for Novel Study
  • Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 21:10:01 +1300


Hi Kelly and all,
I, too, felt like you about books, and in some ways, I still do. But I think I am getting closer to the point of wanting the ease and accessibility of e-books. Finished a novel halfway through the evening? Purchase and download another and start it within 10 minutes. Take a whole bunch on holiday in one small, light device (no, I'm not working for Amazon;-)) 

Seriously, though, for many students, the interactivity and connectivity that can come from reading e-books can help make what can sometimes be a lonely, difficult, isolating experience into an engaging and pleasurable one. I don't think schools are getting rid of paper libraries - but there is research out there (like some I shared this week) into the effect that interactivity in e-books can have on literacy. eBooks are gaining pace in the US, although it appears to be far more about efficiency and affordability than about how they might change the reading experience.

And, for some light relief.....Here is an oldie but a goodie which I was reminded of as I wrote this evening: 'Helpdesk support for a book in the middle ages': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQHX-SjgQvQ. Makes me laugh every time!:-)
Cheers, all
Karen
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On 16/11/2010, at 5:39 PM, Kelly Faulkner wrote:

i, too, am interested in seeing how this goes. i can't imagine using an ereader for "regular" reading. i read online all day long, but i don't, you know, *enjoy* it. plus, i can't imagine accidentally dropping my expensive ereader in the tub during a relaxing bath! a paperback is barely recoverable, i can't imagine an electronic device. i know i am biased on this topic because i am a collector, but i'm also a lifelong devoted reader and read about 90-100 books a year for pleasure, with no plans to change to ebooks. it will be interesting to see if the younger generations truly do pull away from paper books or not.  i agree that ebooks would be a lovely option for students price-wise (i will have to check out the price differences. my own bookcases are full of tattered "used" texts, at nearly 75% of the new price!), but don't know how much "better" i would have studied from them. there's something about our relationship with texts - the paper, the type, the yellowed edges and wormy holes...::sigh:: or maybe i'm just a weirdo.

have there been any published reports from the schools that did away with their paper libraries?
cheers,
kelly

Kelly Faulkner
English Department
Napier Boys' High School
Chambers Street
Napier 4110
06 833 5900 x 860
Twitter & Diigo:  kiwispouse
http://www.neoblog-teachersadventure.blogspot.com



On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Tracey Lean <tlean AT kaikourahigh.school.nz> wrote:
Hi
 
I have been following the use of e-books in the US and the system has not had the takeup there I expected when I bought my beloved Sony E-reader. There may be validity issues as the availablity and links with audio can suddenly convert your set written text to an oral text at a click of a student's keys. I taught in a school in 1995 where all students had laptops (it was a City Technology College). We found an ever widening range of lost homework/classwork excuses and the familiar click of the variations on Tetris instead of the scribbling of notes and noughts and crosses. Great preparation for our digital age (who in industry drafts and re-drafts reports by hand?) but careful management is needed. We ditched them in around 2000 when we went to banks of PC's in classrooms again. I would like e-readers to take off as they can be used across subjects for textbooks etc for whole school use. Maybe the backpack industry would go out of business then, though...
 
Tracey Lean


From: School [mailto:dsc AT mcglashan.school.nz]
Sent: Tuesday, 16 November 2010 9:10 a.m.
To: ictenglish AT mailinglist.tki.org.nz
Subject: [ICTs in English] Re: Re: E-Books for Novel Study

Hi Kelly

Students will lease the laptops for about $60 per term for three years, after which they own them.  So they're to live in their bags, rattling around next to last month's uneaten lunch and last years forgotten PE socks.

On 15/11/2010, at 3:23 PM, Kelly Faulkner <kelly.m.faulkner AT gmail.com> wrote:

Hi John. Will the laptops belong to the students? They can take them home? Just wondering how you will handle homework/at-home reading. 

Also, some jealousy that you have enough laptops for a whole class!  Well done you!

Cheers,
Kelly

Kelly Faulkner
English Department
Napier Boys' High School
Chambers Street
Napier 4110
06 833 5900 x 860
Twitter & Diigo:  kiwispouse
http://www.neoblog-teachersadventure.blogspot.com



On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 10:00 AM, David Schaumann <dsc AT mcglashan.school.nz> 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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