Not Your Father’s E-Books: 
Best Practices and 
Lessons Learned 
Developing E-books for 
Technician Education 
HI-TEC 2014 
July 23, 2014 
Chicago 
Michael Qaissaunee, Principal Investigator 
Kelly Parr, Co-PI/Project Admin. 
A project supported by the National 
Science Foundation under Grant No. DUE 
1205113
“Tell me and I forget. 
Teach me and I 
remember. 
Engage me and I learn.” 
-Chinese Proverb
Image source: http://www.planetminecraft.com/project/metropolis-giant-city-for-minecraft-pocket-edition/
Image source: http://videojuegosantiguos.blogspot.com/2011/04/comienzo.html
REDEFINE 
Interactive
Technological 
Knowledge 
Content 
Knowledge 
Pedagogical 
Knowledge
Technological 
Knowledge 
Pedagogical 
Knowledge
Content 
Knowledge 
Pedagogical 
Knowledge
Technological 
Knowledge 
Content 
Knowledge 
Pedagogical 
Knowledge
Phase 1 Tools
Phase 
2: Multi-platform 
Multi-device
Phase 1 
Demo from iPad
Best Practices & 
Lessons Learned
Get your ducks in a 
row
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Storyboard
5B’s 
Build 
Buckets 
Before 
Beginning 
Book
Text Files 
Digital Media 
Files 
Widgets 
Permissions
Experiment with iBA 
Templates Before 
Building E-Book
Widget Options Are Growing Daily
You Can Do It! 
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11th-hour/
Widget Resources 
iBooks Author: $0 (recent Mac only) 
http://www.apple.com/ibooks-author/ 
Tumult Hype: $19.99 (1-4 license education) 
http://tumult.com/hype/purchasing/ 
Book Widgets: Single teacher $49/year 
http://www.ibook-widgets.com/#pricing 
Bookry: Free with Bookry branding; 
without Bookry branding $24/widget $124/book 
http://bookry.com/pricing/
Michael Qaissaunee, PI 
mqaissaunee@brookdalecc.ed 
u 
732-224-2879 
Kelly Parr, Co-PI 
kparr@brookdalecc.edu 
732-224-2193 
www.e-mate-bcc.org

Not Your Father's E-Book

Editor's Notes

  • #2 By ABC Television (eBay item photo front photo back) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
  • #4 Image source: http://www.planetminecraft.com/project/metropolis-giant-city-for-minecraft-pocket-edition/
  • #5 Image source: http://videojuegosantiguos.blogspot.com/2011/04/comienzo.html
  • #8 Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) is a framework to understand and describe the kinds of knowledge needed by a teacher for effective pedagogical practice in a technology enhanced learning environment. The idea of pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) was first described by Lee Shulman (Shulman 1986) and TPACK builds on those core ideas through the inclusion of technology. Punya Mishra, professor, and Matthew J. Koehler, professor, both at Michigan State University, have done extensive work in constructing the TPACK framework. TPACK.org is an active repository of news and information about TPACK.
  • #16 http://pancanman.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/ducks.jpg
  • #22 Image Source: http://wepartypatriots.com/wp/2014/05/02/effort-to-protect-plant-where-rosie-the-riveter-worked-meets-fundraising-goal-in-11th-hour/