That was my experience as well with my black and white one. No eye strain books appeared pretty much the same as traditional books but were easier to deal with and book mark. My daughter liked it was well she tried it at the beginning of the summer as a large heavy text book replacement. She could put the Kindle in her purse and it weighed a lot less than the traditional text would have.
Jon On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 12:37 PM, John Hornbuckle < [email protected]> wrote: > We haven't tested the devices with kids yet. We don't want to put the cart > before the horse; it we test and like a particular reader but the textbook > companies don't offer their content in a format that works on it, we're out > of luck. Ditto if the company that makes the e-reader doesn't provide a > mechanism for centralized management. > > Florida recently passed a new law requiring migration to e-books in the > coming years, so I suspect the technology vendors will hop on board soon. > > From my own personal experience with a Kindle, eye strain shouldn't be an > issue with e-ink devices. > > > John > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mathew Shember [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 12:19 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Apple newbie - iPad remote access to server shares > > How are the reports on eye strain? > > Are the kids liking them? > > Thanks, > Mathew > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 5:39 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Apple newbie - iPad remote access to server shares > > Management of an e-reader is WAY simpler than management of a PC, though > (assuming the e-reader has enterprise management tools, which remains a huge > assumption). > > A couple of years ago, we had a one-to-one laptop initiative with all of > our 8th and 9th grade students. It was extremely labor-intensive; no matter > how tightly we locked down the computers, there was always some way kids > could screw them up. And battery life was constantly an issue. > > Basic e-readers will obviously do much less than PCs, but there's also a > lot less to go wrong with them. They're much more feasible for schools. > > > > John Hornbuckle > MIS Department > Taylor County School District > www.taylor.k12.fl.us > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, August 22, 2011 11:43 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Apple newbie - iPad remote access to server shares > > The benefits and costs of distributing books electronically is not tied to > the use of tablets. You can use a PC to read a PDF or other digital media > just as well as on a tablet, and do much more besides, given the cost > differential - once you take into account the peripherals needed to make the > tablet as useful as a more traditional laptop or PC. The loss of a keyboard, > IMHO, outweighs all of the supposed advantages. > > Kurt > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ < > http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ < > http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
