Recently I had created a “Read-Along” book for our first graders to accompany their Magic Tree House podcast and am continuing to have fun creating e-books for my iPad from Word Documents, pdfs and thematic blog posts from Langwitches. Next year, we will have an iPad cart to use with our students and I am looking forward to brainstorming more ideas and opportunities to allow students to create and organize their own e-books on the iPad.
- What are the advantages/disadvantages of creating our own e-books instead of purchased textbooks?
- What new learning opportunities can creating your e-book bring to your classroom?
- How can we integrate teacher-created e-books, personalized for students?
- Will student created e-books motivate, engage and empower learners?
Let’s put our heads together to think of the opportunities and possibilities. Have you already created and used your own e-books in your classroom. Please share your thoughts and ideas.
Download the Create Your own eBook for your iPad as a pdf
I have had several requests to create another How-To-Guide Flyers:
Create your own E-Book for your iPad
Making Your Own E-book For Your Ipad.
Silvia
Have been interested in the idea of students producing their own e-texts for some time now. In the past we have created them using pages and then created pdf files and uploaded to Issuu. These have generated some interest from other teachers and plenty of motivation from the students themselves. Have a look at the type of publications we have constructed as part of a collaborative approach with our students. Hope some are helpful in your our e-book journey.
Have lots of fun, we did. Enjoy the process.
http://edtechtoolbox.blogspot.com/2011/06/can-students-be-curators-of-their-own.html
http://edtechtoolbox.blogspot.com/2011/05/e-books-challenge-based-learning.html
http://edtechtoolbox.blogspot.com/2010/09/jason-hackenwerth-case-study.html
http://edtechtoolbox.blogspot.com/2010/09/digital-textbook.html
http://edtechtoolbox.blogspot.com/2010/09/e-zine-on-issuu.html
Greg,
Thank you so much for sharing the links. I can’t stress enough how important it is that we document and share good practice.
Have you noticed that when you try to get a book from the library, it is never there? Creating an elibrary through your ipad is a wonderful idea. My only problem is that I do not have an ipad. We have been learning how blogs are so resourceful for both students and parents of the 21st century. After your elibrary is created, is it possible to upload it to the blog so parents can follow up at home with the students. Reading with children is absolutely the most wonderful thing to do with students.