Monday, December 15, 2008


Good morning--Hope your week-end was good-Today is the beginning of the end- the last 5 day of TECHristmas.
Hope you are having fun and learning something along the way.

Today's session concerns books. Are you aware of all of the ways that you can now " read" a book? The advent of technology now allows for ebooks, and audio books. You can purchase books on CD,s download them to your portable mp3 player or download them in various digital formats, from PDF files to specific pocket reader software. It all follows the "anytime-anywhere" possibilities that technology provides.

Today's quest can take little or not time, depending on how interested you are. Find your local library's web site - explore it for options of digital media- See what is available to you-You might be surprised! With many of us traveling for the holidays, digital books allow us to listen to book during our travels or read it on a handheld device like a palm pilot or even your cell phone!

Taking it one step farther, Amazon has introduced the KINDLE, a electronic device that allows for wireless download of books and other kinds of publications

For those who might be interested, we will have one in the media center in late February
http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Amazons-Wireless-Reading-Device/dp/B000FI73MA
At any rate- see what is available to you - READ!!!