Monday, August 6, 2012 Talk about student-centered learning!
There are many ways to create your own digital textbooks. Using
something like a MS Word doc could work. Students (or teachers)
front load all the information, links and resources in and
share. For a more collaborative, living document, you could try
a Google Doc. But there are still limitations with those
methods. (Like trying to share them across platforms.) Let's
look at some other methods to create and sources of digital
textbooks. ePubs (ePubs In The Classroom)-The ePub format is a
standard ebook format that works across platforms and on a
variety of devices. Using a variety of free tools, students can
create a book, textbook or any other type of informational
publication to share. Qwiki (http://www.qwiki.com/)- This isn't
your traditional textbook. Qwiki allows you to compile a series
of videos centered around a topic. The videos come from a
variety of sources and you can easily share the compilation via
a link, embed it as part of a website o