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<title>Blog by Kevin at Keybookshop.com</title><link>http://www.keybookshop.com/index.html</link><description>eBooks and Education</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:creator>ikevin@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:rights>Copyright 2008 Kevin Sheppard</dc:rights><dc:date>2009-03-07T18:04:29-06:00</dc:date><admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://www.realmacsoftware.com/" />
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<lastBuildDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:46:04 -0500</lastBuildDate><item><title>10 Reasons for using PDF eBooks in K_12 Education - repost</title><dc:creator>ikevin@mac.com</dc:creator><category>Ebooks</category><category>Education</category><category>PDF</category><dc:date>2009-03-07T18:04:29-06:00</dc:date><link>http://www.keybookshop.com/blogs/kevin_blog/files/564ddeaf44758e8cb241f1f82273bd67-3.html#unique-entry-id-3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.keybookshop.com/blogs/kevin_blog/files/564ddeaf44758e8cb241f1f82273bd67-3.html#unique-entry-id-3</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[While there have been a number of different ebook readers available for a number of years, the Kindle seems to have captured the attention of a great number of people who hadn't considered ebooks in the past.   While I believe this attention is good for ebooks in general, I believe that for educational ebooks PDF is the best format for overall use. 

...This comfort level also means that there is little or no training needed for teachers and students to utilize a PDF file to teach and learn.


...As with pictures and fonts, there are times when the effort and talent used to layout a document needs to be preserved. 

...While in many cases, the ideal method for reading a document would be from the computer screen, there are times when a printed copy is still the best way to interact with it. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>My eBook Philosophy</title><dc:creator>ikevin@mac.com</dc:creator><category>Ebooks</category><category>Education</category><dc:date>2008-10-29T21:01:13-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.keybookshop.com/blogs/kevin_blog/files/586e04a7c5214fcd6c61b09d2371774f-2.html#unique-entry-id-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.keybookshop.com/blogs/kevin_blog/files/586e04a7c5214fcd6c61b09d2371774f-2.html#unique-entry-id-2</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[We can have the students read them, use them as textbooks, as reference materials, and as worksheets.


However, we can teach with ebooks by allowing students to become authors, by giving them the opportunity and power to create a book that someone else, other than their teacher, might read.


We can use ebooks to help students create resources that are less fleeting, more permanent, and more useful.


eBooks provide the opportunity to publish without the cost and constraints associated with publishing in print. eBooks can be created without concern for the financial limitations of color, pictures, size, or space. 

...eBooks can be created in multiple formats with little relative effort to  include handhelds, computers, cell phones, and web access. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>eBooks in Education</title><dc:creator>ikevin@mac.com</dc:creator><category>Education</category><category>Ebooks</category><dc:date>2008-10-17T22:53:00-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.keybookshop.com/blogs/kevin_blog/files/ed6f919067abb4b0772e51fbbf5f182b-1.html#unique-entry-id-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.keybookshop.com/blogs/kevin_blog/files/ed6f919067abb4b0772e51fbbf5f182b-1.html#unique-entry-id-1</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[That is the topic I have been working on and thinking about for quite some time.   I believe digital resources can impact education in a positive way but not just by students or teachers using ebooks.   I see real opportunity in the process of students being involved in creating ebooks.   That is one of the topics I would like to discuss here.   How can we help students learn by giving the experience of creating digital books. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Introduction</title><dc:creator>ikevin@mac.com</dc:creator><category>Education</category><category>technology</category><category>Ebooks</category><category>learning</category><category>digital resources</category><dc:date>2008-10-13T21:50:47-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.keybookshop.com/blogs/kevin_blog/files/dd39c78ba17ea0fe54b3ead8b3f04810-0.html#unique-entry-id-0</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.keybookshop.com/blogs/kevin_blog/files/dd39c78ba17ea0fe54b3ead8b3f04810-0.html#unique-entry-id-0</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I am going to use this space to share some of my ideas on education, technology, learning, teaching, digital resources, and other topics that may come to mind.   I know this is part of a commercial site as I use the rest of it to sell educational ebooks and other teaching materials.   I apologize if that bothers you, but in my world, the two are related.


That is all for now.   Just a quick post to get things started. ]]></content:encoded></item></channel>
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