Teaching with Technology Presentation

iCreate. iPublish. iPad.NYSAIS Teaching with Technology Conference April 27, 2011

What is ePub?• Open eBook standard produced by International Digital Publishing Forum• Readable format for the iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch through iBooks• Not a PDF but an interactive, searchable “eBook”

ePub Beneﬁts o c hn lo gy Te• Optimized for iBooks features• Supports embedded video• Supports iBooks notes• Navigation using automatically generated Table of Contents• Viewable on the iPad

ePub Beneﬁts e da go gy P• Multi-modal: video, audio, text, images• Allows for teacher-created content• Multi-source textbooks• Customizable & editable• Integrates journalism, literacy, design, production, problem solving & trouble shooting

Challenges• iPad/iBooks required• Student/teacher access to iPads• Viewable on web (Bookworm, Stanza)• Loss of iBook functionality

Curriculum Connections• Spanish III Honors created• Integrates text, audio, images• Reader for Spanish II

Curriculum Connections• Summer Study Tour• Focus on Scottish and English authors and poets

Curriculum Connections• Biology• Virtual Lab Notebook• Inverted/Flipped Classroom

Curriculum Connections• British Literature• Sonnets• Integrates Audio Files from BBC

Curriculum Connections• Studio Art X• Sketchbook Pro App• Integrates sketches, reﬂections

Curriculum Connections• Advanced Physics• Student-published• Plasma Physics• Integrates text, images, video• Learning resource for future classes

Creating an ePub• A two-chapter book on the Japan Earthquake• Integrate text, video, images• Question: What discipline-speciﬁc chapter would you add?

Teaching with Technology Presentation

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