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Published September 2009 Filed in Assistive Technologycategory

Reading in the 21st Century

Most students are electronically engaged and therefore are more comfortable with e-reading tools than many adults. For this reason, all students can benefit from receiving written material in different formats.

 

In this world of new electronic gadgets, assistive technology supporters deserve some of the credit! This is especially applicable when looking at what is available to assist students with reading. Most students are electronically engaged and therefore are more comfortable with e-reading tools than many adults. For this reason, all students can benefit from receiving written material in different formats.

 

Two computer software companies have free e-readers available from Microsoft, Inc and Adobe.

Please click on the following web address to connect to a short webshop on E-reading.

Now you are ready to find some free e-books! Here are a few web sites to explore!

Project Gutenberg has over 6000 eBooks that can be downloaded. These are basically public domain books that have been made into electronic books. These books download in a zip file in text format.

Another popular electronic book site is Free e-books, is a division of Paradise Publishers  Inc.  Authors  submit   their books to the web site for a fee and offer  them  free  for  personal  use. These  books  download  in  Adobe Acrobat (pdf) and mobipocket (prc) which is acceptable in many portable players.

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