Teachers will be surprised how easy it is to use the iPad to create the books and publish them. This presentation will sort through the many apps that can create eBooks with and without audio and guide you to the best for your needs. We will look at examples of student books from a variety of grades and learn simple ways to create both individual and collaborative books as well as books with rich multimedia content. We'll discuss best ways to manage eBook projects in your classroom and also take a brief look at how iBooks Author can help you create multitouch books for iPads.

1. EMPOWERING
STUDENT
AUTHORS:
Karen Bosch
K - 8 Technology Instruction
Southfield Christian School
Southfield, Michigan
http://tinyurl.com/ipadcreate
eBook Creation
and Publication

2. ABOUT OUR IPADS
Southfield Christian School
High School - one to
one iPads
Elementary and
Middle School -
shared carts

3. Presentation
Resource
Link:
Karen Bosch
kbosch@southfieldchristian.org
Twitter: @karlyb
http://tinyurl.com/ipadcreate

4. TRADITIONAL
PUBLICATION
in the classroom

5. Text
Audio
Drawing
Photography
Video
Internet/Research
Why iPads for eBooks creation?
ALL IN ONE SOLUTION!

6. EBOOKS = THE
POWER OF
TEXT + IMAGE
+ SOUND

7. Creativity
Collaboration
Publication
Why iPads for eBook
Creation?
TRANSFORM
ATIVE!
Go beyond the laminated booklet on the class bookshelf!

8. Use a variety of digital tools
to produce and publish
writing
including collaboration
with peers
with multimedia
components (graphics,
sound, video) in
presentations.
eBook Creation and the
Common Core

9. BOOK CREATION APPS
‣Use copyright friendly images,
especially if you plan to publish
your book!
‣Save to camera roll
‣http://pics.tech4learning.com/
‣http://www.morguefile.com/
‣https://openclipart.org
Images for Books - online
Note: I put icons on our iPads that connects to these websites

10. BOOK CREATION APPS
‣Photograph student
work and art with
your iPad!
‣Scan student work -
email to your iPad
Images for
Books

11. Images for Books - Drawing Apps
‣Drawing Box (free/paid)
‣Drawing Pad (paid) add text
‣Doodle Buddy (free) - also add text!
‣Hello Crayons (free) - great for early
elementary
‣Tayasui Sketches (free/in app purchases)
good for older students
‣Flip Ink (paid) - very intuitive, great for older
students
BOOK CREATION APPS

12. BOOK CREATION APPS
‣Scribble Press (paid) - geared for kids with templates, text,
clipart, and drawing tools! Option to share to iBooks, their online gallery,
or can order actual book. Must have account.
‣Story Patch (paid) - share pdf via email
‣Paper Desk (free) - notebook app
‣Bookpress (free) - publish online books
‣Keynote (free/paid) - think creatively about
how you use this presentation maker/viewer!
Book Creators - no audio

13. BOOK CREATION APPS
‣Scribble Press (paid) - geared for kids with templates, text,
clipart, and drawing tools! Great options to share including opening in
iBooks, read online, download as ePub or PDF, or buy a physical book!
Link to Liam’s story

14. Bookpress
(free)
‣Must create account to use.
‣Use template or customize.
Flexible usage of text. Add photos
from camera, camera roll, or clipart.
No audio recording.
‣Share to their cloud or via email,
Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Can also
purchase physical copy of book.
‣Read book in app or online.
BOOK CREATION APPS
BookPress example link

15. Pages
Now available free on
new iOS device
purchases!! (paid on
older devices)
Can choose to send
completed documents to
other many apps
including iBooks,
Dropbox, Explain
Everything, and various
notebook apps.
BOOK CREATION APPS

16. How to
Send
Pages to
iBooks
BOOK CREATION APPS

17. Advantages
of iBooks
• Close reading
• Definitions
• Highlight
• Take notes
• Speak Text
BOOK CREATION APPS

18. How to Turn on
Talking Text (to
speak when
highlighted):
Settings >
General >
Accessibility >
Speech >
Speak Selection
BOOK CREATION APPS

19. Comic Book Creators
‣PhotoComic (paid)
‣Comic Book (paid)
‣Comic Life (paid)
BOOK CREATION APPS
(No clipart)

20. Comics Head
‣Comics Head (free lite/full version paid)
Create comics with a wide collection of cartoon
characters, backgrounds, and props, can also add your
own photos.
BOOK CREATION APPS

21. BOOK CREATION APPS
‣Haiku Deck (free) -
presentation maker
‣Search for images in app!
Beautiful text
‣Save online
‣Export as a Powerpoint/
Keynote file, can import into
other apps
‣Link to Jerboas Example
‣From 5th grade teacher Crystal
Voytal
“Book” Creators - no audio

22. BOOK CREATION APPS
Create an
eBook
from a
Wikipedia
article!
(use for close
reading, definitions,
highlighting, notes)

23. ‣My Story - Book Maker (paid)
‣Writer’s Studio (paid)
‣Story Buddy (paid)
‣Bookabi (free/in app purchases) - includes clipart for
younger students, transfer via iTunes or email (no audio on PDF)
Book Creators with Audio
BOOK CREATION APPS
geared for younger learners
includes clip art and/or drawing tools

24. ‣Writer’s Studio (paid) - good drawing tools and
clipart for younger students
BOOK CREATION APPS

25. ‣My Story - Book Maker (paid) - excellent
drawing tools for younger students, easy
BOOK CREATION APPS

26. ‣eBook Creator (paid)
‣Creative Book Builder (paid)
‣Story Creator (free/paid for full version)
‣Shutterfly Photo Story (free)
‣StoryKit (free)
‣NEW! Book Writer One (free/in app purchase)
Book Creators with Audio - (no drawing tools)
BOOK CREATION APPS

27. StoryKit (free)
‣Create storybooks
that include photos,
drawing, text, and
audio
‣View on the iPad
‣Easy to upload to
free internet page as
images with buttons
to listen to audio Link to Penguin Stories
BOOK CREATION APPS

28. French Haiku using StoryKit
‣From French teacher Renee
Wood
‣Adopt an Escargot project
‣Easy way for students to
publish photo, audio, and
text
BOOK CREATION APPS

29. SPOKEnPHOTO (free)
‣Create free account
‣Add photos, record
audio for each image
(no text)
‣Saves to account,
view online or in app
‣Example: Snowmen
All Year
BOOK CREATION APPS
Use projects that
you already do, turn into a book!

30. Collin’s Big Cat Series (free)
‣Create stories
using
backgrounds,
objects,
characters, text,
record audio
‣ No option to
save projects
outside of the app
BOOK CREATION APPS

31. Book Creator for iPad ($4.99)
‣Add text, pictures
(from camera roll),
record audio, add
video, hyperlinks,
combine books
‣Export as epub
document directly to
iBooks or to Dropbox
‣ Link to our
elementary collection
of eBooks
BOOK CREATION APPS
Let each student
contribute one page
(now also an Android version)

32. Our Book Shelf in iBooks
BOOK CREATION APPS
NOTE: Books created in a previous iOS
might not have working audio in iOS 8

33. eBook Download Page

34. Poetry Anthology
• Compiled in Book Creator
app - text and audio
• Used multiple apps to create
images and video
• Published book in iTunes
Bookstore
Still Images: Phonto, LabelBox, Comic Life,
Drawing Box, PolyFrame
Videos: FaceJack, PuppetPals, Tellagami,
30Hands

35. APPlied Poetry:Multimedia
Poetry Anthology
LINK

36. •Link to
download
the APPlied
Poetry Book
•FREE!

37. ‣Download iTunes Producer
‣Step by step upload - tutorials at Book Creator blog
‣Be sure screenshots are correct size!
‣1024 x 768 pixels for screenshots and 1400+ pixels for cover
Publishing to
iTunes
Bookstore -
FREE!
MANAGEMENT/HINTS

38. ‣Free to download!
‣Note: must have text
boxes, iTunes will not
accept books where
the only text is part of
an image.
Winter Books in iTunes 2014
MANAGEMENT/HINTS
Snowmen
Having Fun -
first grade
Winter Tales -
second grade

39. Our Newest Books in iTunes!
MANAGEMENT/HINTS
Do You Want to
Build a
Playground? -
second grade
(donations for new
playground)
Snowmen
Having Fun
2015 - first
grade

40. Link to One Best Thing collection
FREE!

41. •Link to
Creating
Authentic
Stories for iPad
by Jane Ross

42. •Link to
Student
Authored
Books on
iTunes U by
Jenny Grabiec

43. •Link to
Faraway
Friends:
Collaborative
Student
Publishing by
Carolyn Skibba

44. •Link to
Creating a
Spark with
Authoring by
Andrew
Dickson

45. ‣Design your
own multimedia
multitouch
books from
templates!
‣Link: Mystery
of the Howling
Hoodoos
Using iBooks Author on
a Mac - FREE!
MANAGEMENT/HINTS

46. ‣Created with
iBooks Author
on a Mac
Computer
‣Free for
download
worldwide!
Jay Bosch’s World War II History
BOOK CREATION

47. Creating Authentic Audience for eBooks
BOOK CREATION APPS
‣Share with other classes/grades in
school
‣Share with parents via note, email,
blog
‣Share via your social networks:
Facebook, Twitter, Google+

48. ‣Email the project file (note: eBooks are more
for viewing, not printing!)
‣Use the app’s website to post the books, then
email/post the link
‣Use Dropbox or Google Drive to upload/share
ePub books (Book Creator)
‣View ePub books via iBooks (iOS, Mac), ePub
Reader (Android), Readium (Chrome)
How to Print, Transfer,
Publish, View Projects
MANAGEMENT/HINTS

49. iPad Multimedia
Resources
Link:
http://tinyurl.com/ipadcreate
I would love your
feedback
and comments!

50. Contact
Information:
Karen Bosch
kbosch@southfieldchristian.org
Twitter: karlyb
http://blogs.southfieldchristian.org/
elemapptitude/

51. Creative-APPtitude - iPad Multimedia Tools for Creativity
by Karen Bosch is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported
License.
Karen Bosch
kbosch@southfieldchristian.org

52. BOOK CREATION APPS
‣Create a document to use with your students
for the first weeks of school.
‣Suggestions: About this class, Expectations, a
comic giving step by step directions, a note to
parents, etc.
‣Use Haiku Deck, BookPress, or Comics Head
Lite.
Hands On Project

53. BOOK CREATION APPS
‣Create a book illustrating a subject that you
teach during the school year.
‣OR - Make an example of a book project that
you would like your students to create.
‣Add text, image, audio, and video.
Hands On Project