Abbeville’s SLCC gets grant to buy Kindles for students

South Louisiana Community College’s campus in Abbeville has received a $7,000 grant from the Louisiana Community and Technical College System to buy Kindle electronic reader tablets to help students bridge the technology gap between smartphone and a laptop or desktop computer.
Students enrolled in adult education classes are working on completing high school equivalency diplomas.
Many are nimble at texting and using smartphones, but may be overwhelmed in use of a laptop or desktop computer, said program director Melinda Bynog.
Bynog says the tablets will be incorporated into literacy lessons in which students will be able to text responses during class.