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E-Readers: What are they? E-readers are portable devices designed to display digital versions of written material from books, magazines, newspapers, and other printed sources. Some e-readers allow users to access the internet.

E-Readers: Advantages… As printed textbooks are becoming obsolete and textbook publishing companies are moving toward online textbooks, the e-reader would make it possible for students to access an online textbook at their own seats. E-readers can store thousands of books which would alleviate the weight of textbooks off of students. E-readers can also allow multiple students to read the same book at the same time.

E-readers: What research suggests… Using e-readers in the classroom, boys rated reading more valuable and boys had a more positive attitude toward reading. There seems to be a greater passion for reading using the e-reader because it involves technology. E-readers can reduce the cost buying textbooks and library books.

E-readers: Disadvantages… Costly Need an on-site technology person that can repair e readers All books in one place-if you lose the e reader, you lose all books Can not type on e readers Unreliable life span

E-readers: Classroom Utilization… (kindles and what books are loaded on them) plans/going-digital-using-book html (going digital: using e readers to enhance reading) plans/going-digital-using-book html

E Readers Adoption S-Curve Statistics did not begin to be recorded for those Americans that owned an e reader until For the entire year of 2006, 5% of Americans owned an e reader. For the year of 2010, 18% of Americans owned an e reader. In 2011,279% of Americans owned an e reader, and in 2012, 49% of Americans owned some type of e reader.

Technology Specialist as Change Agents Tech specialist would introduce the E Reader to the faculty. -show the teachers the benefits of the e reader and how they can be of use. -has a few volunteers use the e readers in their classes and then discuss what they learned (this would be the innovators and early adopters, mostly the tech savvy teachers and young teachers) -discuss any problems that teachers may have - allow teachers to share the benefits that they found in using e readers

Technology Specialist as Change Agent -work with teachers to incorporate the use of e readers -teachers share things have done with the e readers in their classrooms once each month ( this would be for the laggards, most likely older teachers that are set in their ways) -continue to work with teachers to incorporate the e reader effectively

Technology Specialist as Change Agent -work with teachers to incorporate the use of e readers -teachers share things have done with the e readers in their classrooms once each month ( this would be for the laggards, most likely older teachers that are set in their ways) -continue to work with teachers to incorporate the e reader effectively

Why adopt E Readers??? Schools are increasingly demonstrating a desire to utilize e-readers They create or retain a student’s interest in reading E Readers that have a text to Speech function give an extra tool to teachers for kids who learn better by hearing facts than by reading them

The need for E Readers: More textbooks being made for online access only Increase of the use of technology in the classroom The new Common Core Standards pushes for the use of technology Increases student engagement and interest in reading

Why implement this new innovation? Motivate students to read, while downloading new books and series instantaneously and cheaply through the use of an e-reader. Embracing e-readers is a growing trend across the country among libraries and classrooms. A good way to keep up with purchasing new books, especially new entries in a series, instead of waiting the average five weeks before the library can get them in stock. For example, "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins, a popular young-adult science-fiction book, is available at Barnes & Noble in hardcover for $17.99, paperback for $8.99 and in an e-book format for $5.