Tag Archives: ebooks

Getting eBooks Into iBooks

As I have written about before, I’m a big proponent of getting eBooks into my scholars’ hands. Previously, I cast my vote for Stanza as my favorite app for reading eBooks on an iPad or other iOS device, but I’ve … Continue reading

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“Little Brother” is Magic

Little Brother by Cory Doctorow My rating: 5 of 5 stars From time to time growing up, my dad has said something that’s been on my mind a lot recently: “Technology that is sufficiently advanced is indistinguishable from magic.” This … Continue reading

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A Brief Introduction to eBooks, and How to Read them in a Web Browser (or on a Smartphone or iPad)

Your students need books that they will like reading. One way to get them those books is to hand them a hard copy. Another way, if you’ve got the right technology, is to give them an ebook. Anyone who has … Continue reading

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Review: HTML5 for Web Designers—The wittest technical book I’ve read lately

HTML5 For Web Designers by Jeremy Keith My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is the first eBook that I’ve read cover-to-cover. The publishers say that they want the books to be short enough to digest on a plane flight … Continue reading

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Optical Character Recognition in the Sun

So we’re in the midst of the drama unit in my 7th-grade reading / english / language arts class. My co-teacher found a great abridged and leveled version of A Raisin in the Sun. Unfortunately, the only version of it … Continue reading

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