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Teaching with Technology Presentation
1. iCreate. iPublish.
iPad.
NYSAIS Teaching with Technology Conference
April 27, 2011
2. 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”
3. ePub Benefits o
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• Optimized for iBooks features
• Supports embedded video
• Supports iBooks notes
• Navigation using automatically generated
Table of Contents
• Viewable on the iPad
4. ePub Benefits
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• 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
12. Creating an ePub
• A two-chapter book on the Japan
Earthquake
• Integrate text, video, images
• Question: What discipline-specific chapter
would you add?