The 21st Century Textbook Creation Tool has arrived! Apple has now made it possible for educators to create their own dynamic, multi-touch interactive textbooks and reading materials for the IPad! Educators can now create and publish their own customized curriculum materials (textbooks, workbooks/activity books, supplemental and targeted intervention support materials) for any of their content area classes with the new app IBook author.
This innovative app allows educators to add the following features to their text through integrative technology such as :
photos,
videos,
HTML capability,
keynote presentations,
interactive diagrams,
interactive captions,
rotate 3D objects,
ability to "flip through pages,"
highlighting text,
taking notes,
search for content,
finding definitions in the glossary and much more!!!
To get started, educators will need to have the Mac OS 10.7.2 (Lion) to download this free app.
For more information about the Apple IBooks Author and downloading this app, visit the following website:
http://www.apple.com/ibooks-author/
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Stay tuned to this website for information about Amazon books and tutorials
to be released in the near future for learning how to create and develop textbooks
for the 21st Century curriculum!