Kindle+at+BHS+-+student+input

//**Students comments about using the Kindle in the classroom. ** // March 20, 2011 (Hye Mee Park) Advantages
 * 1) No glare when reading on Kindle (HP)
 * 2) Much lighter than carrying multiple books (HP)
 * 3) can highlight important notes or words (HP)
 * 4) can rotate screen (HP)
 * 5) when dark, you can instead listen to the person read to you (HP)
 * 6) When you have a book assignment you can just download it onto the kindle instead of wasting paper.(JR)

Disadvantages
 * 1) no disadvantages yet (HP)
 * 2) hard to type with tiny keyboards when using internet (HP)

May 23, 2011 **Dylan Hadfield ** The Kindle is overwhelming superior to traditional text books. It is light, portable and can carry multiple resources at once. Books download quickly, the screen is easy to read in any light and it allows students to highlight information in the text. There isn’t anything on the Kindle that would be distracting or allow students to be off-task in the classroom like there is on an iPad or other mobile tablet. Even if students were to download inappropriate information, the teacher would be able to see exactly what it was and which Kindle it was on.

Hannah Duncan- Disadvantages <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Advantages
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; none font-size: 16px; vertical-align: auto; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">If wanting to use the internet for research, it is often slow, and freezes multiple times before you are able to use it.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; none font-size: 16px; vertical-align: auto; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Textbooks would have to be preloaded on if wanting to have for school
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; none font-size: 16px; vertical-align: auto; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">There is no way to control what a student puts on the kindle. A student could easily purchase a book or game if they were given the password to do themselves.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; none font-size: 16px; vertical-align: auto; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Lightweight; could potentially have all textbooks on one machine.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; none font-size: 16px; vertical-align: auto; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Does not look like a computer screen; no glare
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; none font-size: 16px; vertical-align: auto; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Easy to use

Spencer Cooper
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; none font-size: 16px; vertical-align: auto; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">The kindle can be used for more than just reading. You can go on the internet, listen to music, and research
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; none font-size: 16px; vertical-align: auto; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">There is no glare when trying to read things on the kindle
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; none font-size: 16px; vertical-align: auto; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">The kindle is very light, compared to all the textbooks.

Ethan Potter
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; none font-size: 16px; vertical-align: auto; vertical-align: auto;">The kindle is very good for reading because it doesn't look like a computer screen, they made it look like book pages
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; none font-size: 16px; vertical-align: auto; vertical-align: auto;">The kindle is pretty easy to carry around with you
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; none font-size: 16px; vertical-align: auto; vertical-align: auto;">Can down load what ever you want

Alex Helmick <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">I think the advantage of using Kindles in the classroom is that you can take notes right on your Kindle when you are reading. The Kindle also helps students because if your textbook has an online edition, you can put it on your Kindle instead of having to carry around a lot of textbooks. A disadvantage that comes with using Kindles in the classroom is that not all your textbooks would come in an online version. I also think the Kindle could have been better if it had a larger keyboard, so it would be easier to type on.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Kemper Jenkins <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">When the kindle is not in use there are many enjoyable and interesting historical images.