The use of eReaders in school presents some exciting opportunities for students. One is the access to millions of different published works on a single device.
A second reason is that classrooms of students, with different reading levels, can read the same titled book, but at a reading level of which matches each respective student. [...]

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We had a great kickoff with the 2009-2010 Technology Vision Team (TVT).  This year the team is taking on web broadcasting, peer 2 peer video conferencing, eReaders, and more Web 2.0 tools.  They are looking at which tools will fall within the technology framework created by this group over the past three years.
The day was [...]

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I am attending the Fall Internet2 meetings and just finished a review of web resources available to our resources.  So far we looked at two resources, Whyville and the Exploratorium.
Whyville is a simulated environment for young students that offers social networking and real learning experiences for them.  The students earn money referred to as “clams” [...]

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Last week we had a great kickoff to the 2009-2010 TVT group with an orientation for our 4 newest members. We had a great day and, based upon the feedback afterwords, the new members found it intellectually stimulating and meaningful work. They are a really great group of professionals and will be an [...]

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