Presented at ICE, St. Charles, IL Feb. 23-24, 2011 http://iceberg.org Join the conversation: http://futureofthebook.blogspot.com

1. ePub
and the
Future of
the Book
Create your own QR code at:
http://qrcode.kaywa.com/

2. ePub
and the
Future of
the Book
Charlene Chausis
Adlai E. Stevenson High School
charlenechausis@mac.com

3. Today’s agenda
•Discuss “the book”
•Learn to create or convert documents
into ePub format (for the iPad)
•Continue the conversation!

4. What does a “book” mean to you?
http://todaysmeet.com/futureofbooks

6. One man’s vision of
the future?

8. "Gee," said Tommy,
"what a waste. When
you're through with the
book, you just throw it
away, I guess. Our
television screen must
have had a million books
on it and it's good for
plenty more. I wouldn't
throw it away."

9. California lists state-approved
digital textbooks
Report marks the first step in Gov.
Schwarzenegger's Free Digital Textbook Initiative
Following up on their plan to encourage the use of
free, open digital textbooks among the state's
schools, California education leaders on Aug. 11
released a list of resources they have determined
meet state-approved standards for high school math
and science classes.
http://www.clrn.org/fdti/

12. Florida to go digital by 2015!
2/17/2011:
State education officials rolled out a five-year
proposal this week that calls for all students in K-12
to use only "electronic materials" delivered by
Kindles, iPads and other similar technology by 2015.
"This project reinvents the way students learn and
Text
will revolutionize instruction in Florida," says the plan
presented to the state Board of Education Tuesday.
http://www.tampabay.com/news/education/k12/florida-
looks-at-taking-school-textbooks-completely-digital-
by-2015/1152138

13. Predictions/Trends:
2011 Horizon Report
http://www.educause.edu/Resources/2011HorizonReport/223122

14. “e” formats:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_e-book_formats

15. “e” devices:

16. eBooks:
“Book”
vs.
“App”
?

17. eBooks:
“Book”
vs.
“App”
?

19. “Do-it-yourself” eBooks:

20. convert from webpages …

21. convert for any device …

22. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkhpmEZWuRQ

23. From Pages to ePub:

24. From Pages to ePub:
Use the template

25. Pages 4.0.5 required

26. ePUB Format

27. Bill Rankin: Mobile Learning
http://web.fhnw.ch/hgk/media/billrankin/

29. The conversation continues …

30. Join us!