Kobo Reading App – Read Books and Magazines

Kobo Reading App is a supplement to the Kobo website (https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/). To access the app, users must first register a free account on the Kobo website. Next, they must purchase an e-book, e-magazine, or audiobook from the Kobo website, and the texts cover a variety of topics and genres. Once they download a text, users will be able to view it in their app’s library, which can be accessed by tapping the “Lined” button on the top left of screen. Other features that can be accessed from the “Lined” button include the Stats, Friends, and Awards option. The Stats option keeps track of what users are reading, how often they are reading, and what time of day they most often read. The Friends option lets users connect with other users over social media. The Awards options recognizes when users complete specific reading assignments. Finally, users can tap the “Magnifying Glass” on the top right of the screen to search for content. When users find content, they will only be able to download free previews of the content to add to their library.

Instructional Ideas

1. Instead of purchasing a class set of books, teachers can use that money to download a class set of books using this app and website.
2. Teachers can have students browse this app’s library for a book preview that interest them. Next, teachers can have students visit their school or local library to see if they have the book that was previewed. If so, students can check it out and read it.
3. As a class project, students can do a fundraiser to earn money that will be used to download books to this app. Then, over the course of the semester, each student who participated in the fundraiser can use some of the money to purchase books and read them. After a student has read a book, he/she can report on the book by summarizing it, explaining what they liked/disliked about the book, and state if they would or would not recommend it. These reports can be given orally to the class or written using the UX Write, Office Offline, or WPS Office app. If written, students can email their report to their teacher who can post it to a “Book Review” section of a class website.

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