I definitely want to include phone-able books (it's not like that's any real difficulty to add to the project); I just want to make sure that I don't focus on the expectation that they'll read on phones. And I know a lot of the students have phones; I don't know if that's 25% or 75% or all but a handful.
Not all will be ebookable. Or some will only be sort-of ebookable; they might read txt books only. I'm up to doing a bit of research about phone apps; not up to trying to make a comprehensive list. And what I remember from reading on a PDA (which I did very happily for two years) was that the battery kept dying mid-chapter; most phones (other than iPhones) aren't designed for hours and hours of constant activity.
People who enjoy reading will read on phones; I'm not sure how much people will learn to enjoy reading by getting books on phones. (However, can see kids arguing "hey, I'm not texting--I'm reading. Gotta let me use my cellphone after I finish my classwork.")
(School needs to deal with the issue of techtoy-as-educational-device soon.)
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Not all will be ebookable. Or some will only be sort-of ebookable; they might read txt books only. I'm up to doing a bit of research about phone apps; not up to trying to make a comprehensive list. And what I remember from reading on a PDA (which I did very happily for two years) was that the battery kept dying mid-chapter; most phones (other than iPhones) aren't designed for hours and hours of constant activity.
People who enjoy reading will read on phones; I'm not sure how much people will learn to enjoy reading by getting books on phones. (However, can see kids arguing "hey, I'm not texting--I'm reading. Gotta let me use my cellphone after I finish my classwork.")
(School needs to deal with the issue of techtoy-as-educational-device soon.)