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Sept. 8 & 9, 2010
Kindle Resources from Amazon.com
Getting to know the Kindle
Kindle In Education Page
Tips and shortcuts on the Kindle
Agenda:
Questions can be directed to:
Gregg Murphy- gmurphy@i-kan.org or 815-937-2950
Presenters: Gregg Murphy and Ardella Perry-Osler
Welcome
- Introduction
- Describe yourself
- Snail Mail, e-mail, text, twitter, facebook
- What do your students look like?
- Create Amazon Acct with gift card
- Requires an e-mail acct/password that is registered with Amazon.com
- Add gift card as payment type
- Register you Kindle with your Amazon Acct. (hand out the devices)
- Change Kindle name (at amazon.com)
- Kindle
- Turn On, standby, and Off
- Restart
- Home -> Menu -> Settings -> Menu ->Restart
- How to Charge
- Introduction to the buttons
- 5 position switch
- Open the Users Guide
- Reading- next page, previous page
- Move chapter to chapter
- Go To Chapter 4
- Search
- Menu -> Search
- Search the Users Guide for “sort” to determine how to organize the home screen on the Kindle.
- Finding a book at Amazon.com
- From the Kindle
- Menu -> Shop the Kindle Store
- Download the free version of The Scarlet Letter
- From the computer
- www.amazon.com
- Search for Oliver Twist, poe, the Christmas carol
- Purchase with one click
- Interacting with a book
- Aa Button
- Text size
- Screen Rotation
- Read Aloud
- Bookmark a “page”
- Highlight Text
- Add notes
- Define a word
- Be the Student
- Complete the Activity comprehension and definition (worksheet)
- Be the Teacher
- Add a note from kindle
- Install Kindle Software for the PC or Mac
- Manage a book with the Kindle for PC
- Add notes
- Add Highlights
- Converting a Word Doc to a Kindle Doc (Authoring A Document Handout)
- Register e-mail address on Kindle
- Kindlename@kindle.com (costs money)
- Kindlename@free.kindle.com (sent free for USB transfer)
- Who is the student that can benefit?
- Larger print
- Shorter lines
- Text to speech
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