It’ll be easier to get students and teachers on the same
page with Wednesday’s launch of Whispercast for Kindle. The online tool allows
administrators and teachers to distribute e-books and school communications to
many students through Kindle devices.
If your child has a personal Kindle or school-provided one,
administrators can use Amazon’s free Whispercast tool to wirelessly send books
and other learning materials to his or her e-reader.
Not every child has access to an e-reader, but the devices
are certainly less costly than tablets. The most affordable Kindle is $69.
There are millions of e-books available through the Kindle;
with Whispercast, those books can be accessed immediately by students as soon
as teachers or administrators purchase and send them.
School administrators can centrally manage thousands of
Kindle devices. Teachers using Whispercast can also distribute their own
documents, such as school announcements and syllabi. That means no more flyers
or school notices being left at school or buried in backpacks.
Whispercast works on Kindle Fires and Kindle e-reader
tablets. The materials can be accessed across Kindle devices and free Kindle
reading applications for iPad, iPhone, Android phones and tablets, as well as
PCs and Macs.
Administrators need to register and invite students, who can
then access content. Admin also have the option of creating groups, for class
grades or clubs, so members can receive the same material.
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