Comments on: Thanks Project Gutenberg for underwriting our 6th grade summer reading list http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2009/06/05/thanks-project-gutenberg-for-underwriting-our-6th-grade-summer-reading-list/ Weblog of Wesley Fryer Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: eBooks for iPhone « The Learning 2.0 School http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2009/06/05/thanks-project-gutenberg-for-underwriting-our-6th-grade-summer-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-97068 eBooks for iPhone « The Learning 2.0 School Sat, 12 Sep 2009 03:27:31 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=3571#comment-97068 [...] Wesley Fryer, author of one of my favorite blogs, Moving at the Speed of Creativity, talks about his son’s experience using the cell phone media in his post, “Thanks Project Gutenberg for underwriting our 6th grade summer reading list.” [...] [...] Wesley Fryer, author of one of my favorite blogs, Moving at the Speed of Creativity, talks about his son’s experience using the cell phone media in his post, “Thanks Project Gutenberg for underwriting our 6th grade summer reading list.” [...]

]]> By: Evening reading with the iPod Touch | ISTE’s NECC09 Blog http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2009/06/05/thanks-project-gutenberg-for-underwriting-our-6th-grade-summer-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-85985 Evening reading with the iPod Touch | ISTE’s NECC09 Blog Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:01:28 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=3571#comment-85985 [...] this month, I was delighted to learn that three of the four books he needs to read over the summer for school are available as FREE [...] [...] this month, I was delighted to learn that three of the four books he needs to read over the summer for school are available as FREE [...]

]]> By: Wesley Fryer http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2009/06/05/thanks-project-gutenberg-for-underwriting-our-6th-grade-summer-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-85108 Wesley Fryer Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:55:51 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=3571#comment-85108 Richard: I have not found tools yet in Stanza, eBookreader or Kindle for making annotations. That is a great question. Does anyone else know if this is possible? The big bonus for me, when it comes to eBooks, is accessibility. This past week I traveled to Alabama and forgot the printed book I'd been reading. I had my eBooks with me, however, so except for takeoff and landing times I was able to read! Richard: I have not found tools yet in Stanza, eBookreader or Kindle for making annotations. That is a great question. Does anyone else know if this is possible?

The big bonus for me, when it comes to eBooks, is accessibility. This past week I traveled to Alabama and forgot the printed book I’d been reading. I had my eBooks with me, however, so except for takeoff and landing times I was able to read!

]]> By: Richard Millwood http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2009/06/05/thanks-project-gutenberg-for-underwriting-our-6th-grade-summer-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-85103 Richard Millwood Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:20:14 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=3571#comment-85103 Intriguing - do you have any tools to enhance the reading process, such as marking favourite passages or noting & saving reactions as you read? Apart from low-cost access, is there any creative bonus from using technology to read such substantial pieces? Intriguing – do you have any tools to enhance the reading process, such as marking favourite passages or noting & saving reactions as you read? Apart from low-cost access, is there any creative bonus from using technology to read such substantial pieces?

]]> By: Convert PDF files into eBooks | ISTE’s NECC09 Blog http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2009/06/05/thanks-project-gutenberg-for-underwriting-our-6th-grade-summer-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-85000 Convert PDF files into eBooks | ISTE’s NECC09 Blog Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:46:33 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=3571#comment-85000 [...] just starting to “get into” reading eBooks this summer, and my experiences so far have been VERY positive. It is amazing to be able to have portable, mobile access to not only full-length books others have [...] [...] just starting to “get into” reading eBooks this summer, and my experiences so far have been VERY positive. It is amazing to be able to have portable, mobile access to not only full-length books others have [...]

]]> By: Tom Liam Lynch | Teaching English Matters :: Adolescent Literacy, New Literacies, & Literature http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2009/06/05/thanks-project-gutenberg-for-underwriting-our-6th-grade-summer-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-84260 Tom Liam Lynch | Teaching English Matters :: Adolescent Literacy, New Literacies, & Literature Sat, 06 Jun 2009 16:17:06 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=3571#comment-84260 [...] quite a bit of excitement and pedagogical anticipation surrounding eBooks nowadays, especially for English teachers.  Wesley Fryer, for instance, writes with glee: How amazing it was and is [...] [...] quite a bit of excitement and pedagogical anticipation surrounding eBooks nowadays, especially for English teachers.  Wesley Fryer, for instance, writes with glee: How amazing it was and is [...]

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