Managing my student Kindles
I have six Kindles in my classroom (thank you, donors!), and my students love them. They read much more now, and they take care of the devices. Managing my Kin...
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Pageturner catalyzes young people’s curiosity and independence by connecting them with an unlimited library of digital books. We currently serve elementary, middle, and high school students in Oakland and the San Francisco Bay Area.
Whether to sync my classroom Kindles
Now that I have six Kindles for student use, I have to decide whether to synchronize them or not. I don’t know what to do. Disadvantages to Syncing It mi...
7th Kindle coming this week!
This is starting to get exciting. Thanks to a generous donor, a seventh Kindle is coming this week. It’s getting me to think about next steps in integrat...
1 student + 1 Kindle + 1 week = 2 books read!
What happens when you give a Kindle to a student who says she doesn’t like reading and then let her keep it for a week? The answer is, She reads two books...
A Kindle is coming to my classroom
A fun new toy is being delivered in just a few weeks. I can’t wait. My students are getting an Amazon Kindle. Over the summer, I wrote a proposal on Donor...