The future of eReaders for Fairport students
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. For example, if a class of 20 11th grade social studies students were to read George Orwell’s book 1984. In this class are two students who are reading at a 6th grade level. The teacher, with 20 eReaders could have 18 students read the book 1984 as George Orwell wrote it and the other 2 could read a version written at the 6th grade level. In this manner the students can all learn and discuss the implications of “Big Brother”, “newspeak” and “doublethink“.
A third reason is the new dense wireless network in the libraries throughout the district. These environments are very suitable for such initiatives as Google books where it would only take a few seconds for a student in the library with eReader to download a book.
The market is changing rapidly on eReaders. The TVT group is exploring iPod Touches now. We will also bhe looking at enTourage eDGe™ and the Sony Reader Daily Edition because of their wireless features.
