eBooks in the Classroom

Seeing as my mom is an avid reader, my sister and I have recently been looking at the option of getting her an eBook reader.  We haven't done a whole lot of research on the idea, but we've browsed some of the options we have: the Kindle, iPad, Nook, Sony Reader (and there are many more).  As we were browsing, the future teacher in me came out and I thought about how awesome it would be if we could incorporate eBooks into classrooms.  I know, as a college student, my backpack would be much lighter if I didn't have to carry my textbooks everywhere, and an eBook would be the perfect solution to that.  Even in elementary classrooms, though, eBooks would be an awesome way to make reading exciting and to allow students to work with new technologies that are available to them.

As a student in elementary school, I think the use of an eBook reader would be more about the excitement of getting to use it than the convenience of not having to carry books, but that is still a positive thing because anything that encourages a child to read is something that is helpful in the classroom (and at home).  As children get into high school and especially college, the eBook reader would have more value as a piece of highly beneficial technology since it is not heavy and has the ability to hold a lot of information.  I still have a lot more research to do on the eBooks, especially since so many options are coming out and they are continuously being improved upon and made better and better.

One of the many options out there right now for an eBook reader is the new Nook Color.  This video from ConsumerReports.org shows some of the features of this particular eBook.

To visit two of the links I found helpful visit:

• eBooks and Education
• eBooks for Education

Image source: iCLIPART for Schools