Hey Guys,
The other day in our Computers in Education class, we were assigned to go and interview a child and show them some Ebooks online and see what their reactions were. I interviewed my boss's child who was in the fifth grade. We read two ebooks together from the Tublebooks website ( which by the way is an awesome website). One problem that I encountered when we were reading the ebooks was a lack of attention. He was watching the first part of the longer ebook, but then he quickly started messing around with the settings. This indicated to me that he was very bored. The ebook was about 8 minutes long, and it lacked bright colors among other things. The second ebook that we read together was much shorter. This ebook also had a enthusiastic narrator and bright colors. He seemed to like the second one much better. He kept commenting on the pictures and the animations throughout the duration of the second ebook. He later stated that he preferred the ebook which had much more color and energy. I really enjoyed this project. It gave me a one on one opportunity with a fifth grader ( the grade that I hope to teach). It taught me that if i make an ebook for a fifth grade class I will have to make it entertaining and educational as well. This may be harder than I thought.
The other day in our Computers in Education class, we were assigned to go and interview a child and show them some Ebooks online and see what their reactions were. I interviewed my boss's child who was in the fifth grade. We read two ebooks together from the Tublebooks website ( which by the way is an awesome website). One problem that I encountered when we were reading the ebooks was a lack of attention. He was watching the first part of the longer ebook, but then he quickly started messing around with the settings. This indicated to me that he was very bored. The ebook was about 8 minutes long, and it lacked bright colors among other things. The second ebook that we read together was much shorter. This ebook also had a enthusiastic narrator and bright colors. He seemed to like the second one much better. He kept commenting on the pictures and the animations throughout the duration of the second ebook. He later stated that he preferred the ebook which had much more color and energy. I really enjoyed this project. It gave me a one on one opportunity with a fifth grader ( the grade that I hope to teach). It taught me that if i make an ebook for a fifth grade class I will have to make it entertaining and educational as well. This may be harder than I thought.
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Your response to the ebooks was interesting to me, because I had a different experience with the child I worked with. I worked with a boy who is five years old. I think the age level for ebooks to be successful is before about third grade and younger. I enjoyed reading your post because it made me consider this project in the opinion of a fifth grader.
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