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AP French Literature E-Text Pilot Project

Electronic Texts | Supplemental Electronic Texts | Hardware Specifications | Software

HP iPAQ rx3115 Mobile Media Companion (Phase IV)

Students of Advanced Placement French Literature (Phases I and II), Advanced Placement French Language (Phase III), and French IV (Phase IV) read electronic versions of texts from the Advanced Placement French Literature Required Reading List using Microsoft Reader with the Microsoft French-English Pocket Dictionary.



AP French Literature students reading electronic texts with handhelds during Phase II of project. (Click on an image to enlarge.)

	"Student Perceptions of the Effectiveness of Using Personal Digital Assistants in Advanced French Classes and the Impact of Their Usage on Student Performance"- an action research project conducted May 2006 for Cleveland State University's EDB 601 (PDF 91 KB)
	AATF Convention Workshop handout (July 2005 Quebec City, QC), "Using Electronic Texts to Teach Literature Courses" in Word or Adobe PDF
	AP National Conference Workshop handout (July 2005 Houston, TX) , "Using Electronic Texts to Teach AP Literature Courses" in Word or Adobe PDF

	Click here for notes from October 2003 PDA presentation.
	Click here for 2002 Project Proposal (Adobe Acrobat Reader required).

Electronic texts

To download, right-click on the link, then select "Save Target As..." All texts are in Microsoft Reader format.

AP French Literature Required Reading List

	Candide (215 KB)
	l'École des femmes (187 KB)
	Pierre et Jean (228 KB)
	Poetry (2004-2007 Exams) (152 KB)
	*Le Cid* (174 KB)
	Poetry (2008-2009 Exams) (147 KB)

French IV

Third Quarter Literature (164 KB)

AP French Literature Supplemental Readings

	*Émile ou De l'éducation* by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (606 KB)
	*Le Barbier de Séville* by Beaumarchais (174 KB)
	*Dom Juan* by Molière (170 KB)
	*Tartuffe* by Molière (176 KB)
	*Apparition* by Guy de Maupassant (142 KB)
	Le Horla (Version de 1886) by Guy de Maupassant (143 KB)
	Le Horla (Version de 1887) by Guy de Maupassant (156 KB)
	*La Parure* by Guy de Maupassant (142 KB)
	*Les Trois Mousquetaires* by Alexandre Dumas (615 KB)
	Poetry (2003 Exam) (148 KB)
	Le Mariage de Figaro by Pierre de Beaumarchais (217 KB)
	Une Si Longue Lettre... (Study Guide) (142 KB)

Free e-books from mozambook.free.fr

	Candide ou l'Optimisme by Voltaire (180 KB)
	*Les Fleurs du Mal* by Charles Baudelaire (230 KB)
	*Le Spleen de Paris* by Charles Baudelaire (297 KB)
	*Andromache* by Jean Racine (202 KB)

Free e-books from The University of Virginia's E-Book Library

	*Troilus and Cressida* by William Shakespeare (248 KB)
	*The Tempest* by William Shakespeare (222 KB)

Free Mobipocket e-books (require Mobipocket Reader for Palm OS or Pocket PC).

	Candide (119 KB)
	l'École des femmes (135 KB)
	Le Mariage de Figaro (226 KB)
	Pierre et Jean (170 KB)
	*Le Cid* (125 KB)

Texts are available for purchase as Mobipocket e-books (require Mobipocket Reader for Palm OS or Pocket PC).

	Larousse Compact English-French/French-English Dictionary (4 MB)
	Apollinaire Alcools (127KB)
	Baudelaire Les Fleurs du Mal (188 KB)
	Labé Débat de folie et d'amour (98KB)
	La Fontaine Fables Book 1 (180 KB)
	La Fontaine Fables Book 2 (257 KB)
	Maupassant Le Horla (114 KB)
	*Larousse Mini Dictionnaire de français* (1243 KB)

French electronic texts (not in e-book format)

	Association des Bibliophiles Universels (ABU)
	Project Gutenberg (Books in French)

Hardware Specifications

Phase IV- French IV (Aug. 2005)

	Ten HP iPAQ rx3115 Mobile Media Companion Windows Mobile (Pocket PC 2003) handhelds (300 MHz processors with 56MB of RAM) with integrated Bluetooth and Wi-Fi (802.11b) connectivity
	Ten 128MB SanDisk Secure Digital (SD) memory cards

Phase III- AP French Language (Sep. 2004)

	Eight HP iPAQ h2215 Windows Mobile (Pocket PC 2003) handhelds (400 MHz processors with 64MB of RAM) with integrated Bluetooth connectivity
	Eight 64MB SanDisk Secure Digital (SD) memory cards

Phase II- AP French Literature (Dec. 2003)

	Sixteen HP iPAQ h1945 Windows Mobile (Pocket PC 2003) handhelds (266 MHz processors with 64MB of RAM) with integrated Bluetooth connectivity
	Sixteen 64MB SanDisk Secure Digital (SD) memory cards
	Sixteen RhinoSkin Aluminum Hard Cases
	One Belkin Bluetooth Access Point With USB Print Server

Phase I- AP French Literature (Jan. 2002)

	Three Hewlett-Packard Jornada 547 Pocket PC handhelds (133 MHz processors with 32MB of RAM)
	Three 64MB Lexar Media 4X Compact Flash (CF) memory cards

Software

	Microsoft ActiveSync 3.8
	Microsoft Reader for Pocket PC 2.4 (2002 and 2003)
	Microsoft Reader French-English Pocket Dictionary
	Microsoft Reader 2.1.1 for Desktop and Notebook PCs
	Microsoft Reader Text-to-Speech Package 1.0 (French)-- for desktops* and notebooks only*
	Microsoft Read in Microsoft Reader (plug-in for Microsoft Word 2002/2003* to convert Word documents into Reader e-books*)
	AvantGo Mobile Internet Service
	Mobipocket Reader (for Palm OS or Pocket PC)

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