I don't have the device itself, but the program is loaded on my computers and iPod Touch. I never paid much attention to the little location thingy because I just plowed through a book. BUT and this is huge, I finally was able to buy a Kindle textbook and I was so excited until I'm to use a rubric on page 129. No problem. I can't figure it out, but it's got to be able to convert to page numbers. I hit Google with my question. And the answer is: ding, ding, ding It can't be done! There isn't a way to convert. What's more, Amazon has told multiple students that their way is superior. APA style even has a citation using Kindle locations. Well, whoopdidoo. That doesn't do a student trying to find a specific location in a book a lick of good. Nook on the other hand (who I have not been supporting as much as Kindle) does have page numbers. Guess who will be getting my ebook business in the future?
Sounds like when I got out of college back in th 70's and all the schools were being renovated for "open" classrooms. Basically they were huge rooms with dividers between four "classes" and a teachers' pod in the middle. Teachers collaborated and it was easy to group students for various activities. It was kind of stupid and within 5 years schools were spending more money to put the walls back up between all the classrooms. Dumb! Will they never learn to just leave well enough alone?
ReplyDeleteBrandon was in a school like that in Atlanta. Bunch of pods that all opened to a central area. I remember volunteering at the computer station and listening to another teacher when I didn't have a child to work with. She actually tried to dress me down for what she thought was eaves dropping, but my goodness, I could hear everyone.
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