Resources

CK-12 Foundation - fully customizable textbooks. http://www.ck12.org/teacher/

Unglue,it Crowd Funding Program - collects money from people to pay publishers to release a free version of their book to the world.

Top 10 Tips for Kindles in the Classroom - http://gettingsmart.com/news/10-tips-for-kindle-in-the-classroom/

FREE eBook - Publishing Student Writing to the iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch Using Smashwords and Bluefire Reader - http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/98070

FREE E-Books from NASA - @http://www.nasa.gov/connect/ebooks/index.html

LULU - Ebook Creator Guide - @http://connect.lulu.com/t5/eBook-Formatting-Publishing/eBook-Creator-Guide/ta-p/109443 Leatherbound - website with built in search engine for available ereader format books - [|Website] Smashwords - create - distribute your own ebooks - @http://www.smashwords.com/ Flexbooks - [|www.ck12.org] - Offers extensive titles in math and science that are customizable, easy to update and FREE! Classic Books Online - [|www.classicsarchive.com] - Access to approx. 1600 books available in either HTML or PDF format. Curriki.org - [|www.curriki.org] - Network of 150,000 members that share curriculum ideas, resources and knowledge. Kinetic Books - [|www.kineticbooks.com] - Offers math and science books via CD, web download and web access. MIT - [|ocw.mit.edu/high-school] - Offers FREE online course ware in the areas of math, science, and humanities. Planet eBook - [|www.planetebook.com]- Offers classic literature as a FREE download. Project Gutenberg - [|www.gutenberg.org] - Offers more that 33,000 titles available in many languages. Flat World Books - [|www.flatworldknowldege.com] - Provides study tools, like flash cards and practice quizzes.

Using E Books and E Readers to Promote Reading in School Libraries: Lessons from the Field - Presentation from ILFS 2011 Conference

Study: E Readers Engage Middle School Male Students

Fargo ND Plans to put an e-device in the hands of every High School student - from in forum website