Electronic readers are revolutionizing reading. This month, six Gifted and Talented middle school students at Mill Pond School received NOOKcolor e-readers. The pilot project is exploring the use of e-readers in classrooms. The goal is to explore the unique strengths of e-Readers versus traditional textbooks and novels.
The advantages of these devices are that they can hold thousands of books in a very small space. The NOOK-color devices weigh less than one pound and compared to the heavy textbooks students now carry it seems to be a viable alternative. In addition, E-Books are much more inexpensive than the traditional paper version. Many public domain books are free while others are as little as 99 cents. Students can also read library books on their devices.
TEXT BOOK? — Part of the classroom at Mill Pond School are e-readers. Using their new e-readers are, from left, Hannah Sherman, Toni Gillotti, Dylan Campbell, Molly Veysey, Sam Horton and Rachel Harmon.
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