In Fall 2009, Grinnell College piloted the use of Kindles in the classroom. This is Grinnell's portion of a NITLE web event on Incorporating E-Readers http://www.nitle.org/events/event.php?id=63.

1. Kindles in the Classroom Grinnell College Grinnell, IA Mike Conner (Curricular Technology Specialist) Amy Roberson (Reference & Instruction Librarian)

11. Student Feedback I take notes in the kindle...Allows me to have notes near the actual text. I use the Kindle in addition to hand written notes, depending on the type and frequency of comments that I make.

12. Student Feedback I still take notes solely in my notebook. The only time exception is when my Tutorial professor requires the class to take notes in our Kindles. Even then, I usually write the notes down in a notebook just because it is easier to reference notes written there. I found it really hard to take notes on a kindle.

13. Student Feedback When reading [on the Kindle] you can't quantify the number of pages you need to read. I find I use the definition function and wikipedia function of the kindle when reading, and it is much easier to clarify sentences I don't understand. However at the same time, due to the nature of annotating in the kindle, I find I make significantly fewer notes than I did when reading from paper back.