Burnley-Moran's [a school in Charlottesville, VA] third-graders are using Kindles to read as part of a program during the second half of the school year. Piloting the technology has been done in schools across the country, even as close as at the University of Virginia's Darden Graduate School of Business Administration. But it could very well be the first time in the area that 8- and 9-year-olds are using them in class to read.
"I have not heard of any schools around Virginia that are using Kindles (in classrooms)," said Kitty Boitnott, president of the Virginia Education Association. But, she said, "it's probably coming."
Reading on the Kindle will get students to read books independently, but it is also all inclusive and boosts their reading and critical-thinking skills regardless of reading level, said Deanna Isley, who teaches reading to all of the school's third-graders and decided to apply for a grant to do the project.
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