I own a Kindle, but the first generation. I do not know about taking notes and converting to Kindle format, but that sounds like something that might be done in the newer product. I am able to annotate what I read and save that, as well as bookmarking parts that I want to be able to reference quickly. I have to admit that with the size of textbooks that are in use (and considering that at the high school level we are in a 7/8 year rotation for text adoption), I would love to see some of these textbooks on Kindle with soft cover workbooks that would be more manageable. Some people call me a dreamer......
Sue Watson [email protected] Social Studies Lead Teacher Northside HS 2002 American Way Columbus GA 31909 706-748-2920 ================================================== Subject: Students Using Kindle in Class From: "Mike Palij" <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:35:14 -0400 X-Message-Number: 17 I had a strange experience in my undergraduate statistics class this week. I was lecturing and noticed that a student was busy "thumb-typing" on something that looked like a really thin tablet computer. Ultimately my curiousity got the best of me and I asked the student what was the device. Turns out it was a Kindle (2?) and she was annotating my lecture notes. In surprise I asked, "Are my lecture notes on Amazon?" The student replied "No", the notes were taken from Blackboard, sent to Amazon to be converted into "Kindle format", and they were uploaded to her Kindle. I warned the class that if they start selling my notes on Amazon, I better get my cut. Anyway, though this is a novel experience for me I wonder if anyone else has had a similar experience? I suspect there may be more instances of this in the near future. -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
