Post an eBook from an iPad to Your Class Blog

By Wesley Fryer On February 27, 2012 · · 3 Comments

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(Cross-posted from playingwithmedia.com)

In this 3.5 minute screencast, digital learning consultant Wesley Fryer demonstrates how to use the $4 iPad application “eBook Creator” to export an enhanced eBook (in ePub format) to the DropBox application, and then email a public link to the ePub to a Posterous blog so it will “post” as a publicly accessible link for anyone to download. The following iPad apps are required to follow these steps:

eBook Creator ($4)
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ebook-creator/id448273828?mt=8

DropBox (free)
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dropbox/id327630330?mt=8

iBooks (free)
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ibooks/id364709193?mt=8

A free blog on Posterous.com is also required:
http://posterous.com

View the example enhanced eBook from this screencast on:
http://our-stories.posterous.com/the-minecraft-story-by-jakari-ebook

Learn more about “minimal click” ways to share digital text, audio, images and video in Wesley’s eBook, “Playing with Media: simple ideas for powerful sharing.”

'Day 125 / 365 - iPad ebook demo at Web 2.0 Expo SF 2010' photo (c) 2010, Anita Hart - license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/

This narrated slideshow / screencast was created on an iPad and published directly to YouTube using the “Explain Everything” app.

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http://twitter.com/gibsonsgolfer Bob Cotter

I have been awaiting your review of this application and what you have shared here in this post has encouraged me to download the Creator.
LeaAnne

We are using this in a district-wide competition called Penguin Palooza: http://penguinpalooza.wikispaces.com/ Even the youngest kids in elementary can do this with ease. We have also published an information booklet on ebook publishing and linked to a bunch of similar apps on interest: http://pinterest.com/ldaughrity/ebook-publishing-resources/

We have become huge fans of this and others like book creator because of the audio ability. There is nothing better than a student writing a book and then reading it in their own voice!

You can view some examples of how kids created these types of books here under student entries: http://penguinpaloozastorycreator.wikispaces.com/home
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