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eText Invasion
Kathryn CampbellSt. Paul Academy and Summit School
Saint Paul, MN
InquiryWhat do you love about books? What do you love about reading?
A Timeline of Books… 3500 BC Sumerian Clay Tablets come into general use. 2400 BC Date of earliest surviving papyrus scroll with writing. 150 BC The first paper is made in China. 47 AD The largest library in the world at the time, the Library of Alexandria, is
damaged by fire. Many of the great works of the ancient world are lost forever. 751 AD Paper making introduced in the Islamic world. 868 AD The first book is printed on paper in China using block printed Buddhist scripts. 1085 Papermaking is introduced into Spain. 1418 The oldest known example of the use of woodcut is created. 1456 The Gutenberg Bible, the first use of movable type and the most important
invention in launching the print revolution, is published in Mainz, Germany. 1493 The earliest known etchings are created by Daniel Hopfer in Augsburg, Germany. 1522 Luther's translation of the New Testament is published. 1661 The first Bible published in America, John Eliot's Algonquin Bible, is published by
Samuel Green. 1841 Paperbacks are introduced by Tauchnitz Verlag in Germany. 1942 The first computer is developed in the United States. 1977 The first mass produced personal computer, the Apple II, is introduced. 1991 The World Wide Web is introduced.
Creation of the first book depends on your definition, but Diamond Sutra (868 AD) is considered the “earliest complete survival of a dated, printed book” (British Library Online)
Gutenberg It wasn’t until the 15th
Century that printing came to the masses with Johannes Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press and his Gutenberg Bible.
“For the first time in history, the written word was readily available and easily accessible, and within a short time the fields of science, art, religion, politics, and literature were transformed by printing.” (Gutenberg to Gates)
The question of TextBy definition, eText or electronic text, is text that
exists in a form that computer can store or display on a computer screen What are the ways you read eText already?
Using etext is not a question of “Do you like print or electronic books? We live in a world where we seamlessly transition from one to the other. And so do our students.
Our Story Goals & Skills
Student Experience
Discussion
Welcoming the students to eBooks
Our summer read was Logicomix, a graphic novel exploring many of the concepts we would explore in class. The remainder of texts for this course were free, downloadable ePub books from Project Gutenberg. For a uniform reading experience, I asked students to download the Kindle for PC app onto your Toshiba before the first day of class. http://tinyurl.com/chpmx37
They downloaded our primary texts by using the links below:
Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift (Kindle w/images): http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/829
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (Kindle no images): http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/84
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (Kindle no images): http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1342
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (Kindle no images): http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/98
Our textbooks
More reading optionsIn British Literature II, we will be using e-texts with audio options. There are many advantages to stepping toward virtual text: (1) You can read anywhere on any reading device including iPad, smartphone, computer… (2) You will never have to worry about completing your reading if you forgot your book in your locker, because there is no “book” to forget (3) With audio versions, you can read while driving to and from school, during your sports practice (if personal listening devices are allowed for running or weight training time), while helping make dinner (4) You can take the money you would spend on books for English class and invest it somewhere else in your life. If you would like to use audio texts for your reading, please download the mp3 files from LibriVox:Gulliver’s Travels:http://librivox.org/gullivers-travels-by-jonathan-swift/ Frankenstein (1818 version):http://librivox.org/frankenstein-or-the-modern-prometheus-1818-by-mary-wollstonecraft-shelley/ Pride and Prejudice:http://librivox.org/pride-and-prejudice-by-jane-austen/A Tale of Two Cities:http://librivox.org/a-tale-of-two-cities-by-charles-dickens/
What were the goals?2-5 minutes:
What would be your goals if you moved to eBooks in your classroom?- What skills would you want to keep?
- What would you want to add?
Goals & SkillsWhat did I hope the students would gain?
“Read with a pencil, computer, and dictionary”EstheticAccessibilityStronger annotation skillsTrendingScreen shareCitation
A Look into our eBooks
Our first text: Gulliver’s Travels
…but it really is about eText
Each unit also includes: (P&P Examples)
Historical context – (BBC Interactive Timeline)
An essay – (“Vindication of the Rights of Women” @ Bartleby)
A “Bonus” – (Jane Austen at Hark! A Vagrant)
A poem – Romantic Era poetry “She Walks in Beauty” by Lord Byron
Rules of society – (Regency Era card games, dancing, fashion, rules of dating, titles and power, superstition, the “God” debate, industrialization and country life…)
This allows for incorporation of the nonfiction voice, voices of diversity and can come as links (annotated on Diigo) or PDF in the web collection, or as handouts or activities in the classroom.
Were we successful?Students in the BL classroom took three surveys
Post Gulliver’s Travels (their first book)Post Pride and Prejudice (their second to last book)Final Course Evaluation
…and the debate continuesEducation Chief wants textbooks banned (National Press Club) - FOX News - http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/02/education-chief-duncan-wants-textbooks-to-become-obsolete/
Long Live Paper - NYTimes Opinions -http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/10/opinion/long-live-paper.html Does the Brain Like eBooks? – NYTimes Room for Debate – http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/14/does-the-brain-like-e-books/
eTexts can report back on student reading habits - Chronicle of Higher Education -http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/now-e-textbooks-can-report-back-on-students-reading-habits/40928
Why Printed Books Will Never Die - Mashablehttp://mashable.com/2013/01/16/e-books-vs-print/
Interactive eBook Apps: The Reinvention of Reading and Interactivityhttp://uxmag.com/articles/interactive-ebook-apps-the-reinvention-of-reading-and-interactivity
Summer Reading Recommendation:Mr. Penumbra’s 24 Hour Bookstore by Robin Stonemctereads.blogspot.com
