Kindle In The Writing Classroom

Many schools have switched from using paper textbooks to iPads or chromebooks, which allow students to access online textbooks. But is this a good change? There are many factors that need to be put into consideration, including the age group of a kids receiving the technology, the classes this tool can be used for, and the children’s ability to interact with others.

This is because many schools believe that in today’s age of technology, teenagers prefer reading through a digital platform. However, Merga discovers that reading habits amongst adolescents are not homogenous, and they do not all prefer digital books. Rather, she finds that the individual reading preferences of adolescents vary and educators must take these varying preferences into account.

Learning methods have also been transformed by technology. Before technology was incorporated in schools, essay writing was hand written, regardless of how long the essay was. Mathematical problems were solved mentally or calculated on paper until the solution was found. Handwriting skills in children was good, because of the amount of practice they had using it everyday in their school work. Furthermore, children developed a vast amount of book knowledge by using library resources from actual books. However, today it is not the norm. Almost every school issues students with devices like iPads or tablets from as early as kindergarten. It is important to realize that with the use of technological devices, children would prefer the quick action of iPads and tablets in contrast to handwriting or reading a book to find reference points. To put it another way, children will end up using mobile devices both in and out of school, leaving no room for outdoor forms of recreation. A Northlines article, “Information Technology and Children”, mentions that the availability of Internet connection on mobile devices is harmful, because they can use it negatively, giving children an uncontrolled source of entertainment and connectivity. Similarly, the availability of

Students at Trent Park Elementary have access to their own device in classrooms for grades 1-5, iPads and Kindle Fires are also accessible during the school day. Most students have access to devices after school hours in the form of a smartphone or tablet or may check out a computer, Kindle or Kindle Fire. Consideration must be given to how and when the material will be used. If it will be used for strictly instruction during the school day, then compatibility with school devices must be considered, if the purpose is to be accessed beyond school hours, then compatibility with smartphones or borrowed devices are the main concern. For our students with physical challenges, compatibility with a tablet is non-negotiable. This Follett electronic eBook, The Lost Hero, is compatible with all devices and platforms. There are many occasions when compatibility issues arise when content is downloaded to devices (Johnson, 2013). Most all functionality to the Follett eBook can be accessed in most desktops and tablets. To access full functionality of the eBook on all platforms, an app is available for download. This is the reason The Lost Hero was considered in this type of electronic

The article “The Writings on the Screen” by Tiffany O’Callaghan talks about how this generation reads more frequently, and the style of writing has changed immensely. Tiffany also talks about how taking notes by hand rather than a computer will help you understand the topics of the lecture, and also help you retain the information. She emphasizes on the fact that using a laptop for an educational purpose is problematic, and distracting, not only to yourself, but to others around you. This article also talks about how writing by hand forces your brain to process the information you heard.

In the world we live in today advertising has all but consumed us as Americans. An essay entitled “Advertising’s Fifteen Basic Appeals “by Jib Fowles explains how advertisements affect and influence us daily in society. He explains how marketers through advertisements play on your needs, emotional feelings and sometimes desires to draw consumer to their brands. Fowles discusses fifteen main appeals that marketers use in ads and commercials in hopes we will purchase their product. In the October issue of Glamour Magazine there’s an ad promoting the brand BEBE. In this ad it has a timeline of a woman getting ready to go out and enjoy her

In this article, two researchers, Pam Mueller and Daniel Oppenheimer, explore the various factors of handwritten notes versus laptop taken notes. Cindi May says, “Laptops do in fact allow students to do more, like engage in online activities and demonstrations, collaborate more easily on papers and projects, access information from the internet, and take more notes.” All of which are true, but Mueller and Oppenheimer proves that the innovative technology is not always a good thing. Over the course of three experiments, students take notes via laptop and via hand in classroom settings and are later tested on their memory on the material they took notes on. In each study, students who used laptops took more notes but did not comprehend as much

The new product introduction (new version of Kindle Fire) maybe faced by a number of potential risks from its production initiatives. The first risk is associated with costs that were not expected. In every project that is initiated, planning encompasses expected costs; the rise of unexpected costs can hamper the continuity of such a project. The new version of Kindle Fire may be hampered by costs that were not planned for yet essential for the completion of the project. Such costs may be due to aspects such as development of new version of operating systems that calls for additional hardware. Such hardware might not have been planned for hence delivery of a product with such hardware may not be appealing in the market. The next risk is associated with increased features that may make it complicated to operate (Kim, 2011). In the new world of rapid dynamism, it is required to develop a complex technology yet simple to use. In a situation where the new Kindle Fire version has complicated features and still complicated to use, it is possible to have the introduction of the new product successful. There are also the risk of new marketing and financial strategies. The new Kindle Fire might require a different approach in terms of marketing and financial moves that might not be the norm for Amazon. Amazon will thus be faced by the risk of developing the new financial and marketing strategies. Another probable risk is delays that weaken the continuity of the project such as

Whilst investigating my literacy topic on placement I decided to not only interview my mentor teacher but also interview two students to gain their perspective on the use of technology. I believed their point of you view was valuable to my findings and wanted to discover firsthand if students are enjoying and finding the use of technology helpful in their literacy classes. Whilst assisting on placement I approached two children and interviewed them at different times, the two children in particular were very forward and honest when sharing their opinions with me. From their opinions they expressed in the short interview (refer to Appendix 1) it is evident the two students would rather read an eBook than a book and find it exciting and fun, this would cause more engagement and focus on the text. The two students also mentioned that pictures in the eBook are animated and this helps make sense of the story. It is clear that an interactive reading experience, acquires students with a greater comprehension of a text (Hutchison, Beschorner and Schmidt-Crawford 2012). These findings support my research question relating to the importance of learning literacy with the assistance of technology. Another artefact to support this matter (refer to Appendix 2) is a task students completed, which involved them writing up a draft of a poem and later they were to type up the final copy. A number of students were completing their draft on a laptop, I asked the teacher why they were not

“As Schools Jump to Tablets, Questions Linger Over Impact on Writing and Reading Skills” was written by Jesse Kirsch. Jesse stresses that technology may be weakening students’ ability to read and successfully execute an essay or paper; however, the main concern is distraction.

Apple has such a large market share and so many loyal customers; a reaction to the Kindle Fire seems almost unnecessary. Apple draws people in by having continuity between devices such as the Mac-book, iPhone, and iWatch; it’s more convenient for consumers to stay with Apple because all their devices are synced. Plus Kindle’s brand image is already set in the e-reader market, while the Apple’s iPad brand image has been in the tablet market much

The program introduces the basics of learning how to read and gradually advances children to higher learning opportunities with scaffolding. Educators can use the application in pre-kindergarten to second grade classrooms. There is an opportunity for higher grade level students who are learning English and/or struggling overall in literacy to benefit from this program. This program is also excellent for 1st and 2nd-grade history and science lessons. For example, if an educator has a lesson on George Washington they can incorporate this application into their lesson plan. This application along with other available applications in literacy can assist in learning and understanding especially for children who have difficulty in literacy. All applications possess advantages and disadvantages in using tablets to enhance literacy learning in the classroom. According to the article “Exploring the Use of iPads” on page 22 an example, of an advantage they stated, is students can use their prior knowledge to navigator through the application without a lot of instructions from the teacher and a disadvantage is manipulation in an application, for example, changing the font size. Overall using tablets for literacy enhancement can improve a child’s learning with proper planning and use of the application in a lesson plan. For parents, it is an excellent tool, for extra learning and acts as a tutor for students to improve their literacy skills at

Listening to reading should be fun for the students, however, according to the author it is important they are taught how to set up their technology and clean up their technology when the time is up. Each student should listen and follow along to the book and then reflect on what they just listened to in order to check for comprehension. Technology devices are popular in the classrooms, so the author encourages the teacher to teach how to be fair and share the devices in the

at. 2014). they used 332 students to participant in this study took surveys on whether or not they though technology in the class room hindered their learning abilities . Some said they thought that laptops helped them because they could type their notes faster and have in all organized in one place so they could just find it easily later on . While others in the survey said that they prefer paper and pencil because they felt they got to distracted by things like twitter, Facebook, and histogram while on the computers.. The results were fairly distributed among the people and there thoughts on technology and has helped the study form more design and assessment of technology-rich learning environments and develop more programs involving technology use in their teaching.(Gebre, E el. at.

Students find technology motivating when doing work. In all four interviews conducted teachers or professionals that use technology with students agreed that students had more motivation to do the work when using technology. In an interview with Nicole Ball she stated that students at the beginning hard a hard time adjusting that the iPads were learning resources and not for playing games. But after hers students start to work with them she notes that “, the students are engaged… by this point in the year students are still eager to use technology everyday and learn from it.” In the article Technology in Literacy Education: Stories about Struggling Readers and Technology by Anderson and Balajthy teacher Rachel states that “this generation of students is more inclined to read online, she wanted to feel confused that she could match her students with the just right online books.” (Anderson and Balajthy pg 540). Rachel talks about how technology helps to keep her students interested in the reading and with new books being available everyday not having to buy the bound books and using the ebooks is beneficial. I personally can relate to this I am finding myself more likely to use technology to do something rather than not, it does seem motivating that with technology we don’t have to completely rewrite what we have written for the next draft we can edit it and most of our work is already done for