iBooks Author is a fantastic way to get students involved in their own learning. If you’re dedicated to providing engaging lessons for your students then creating interactive textbooks needs to go on your to do list.
iBooks Author has a short learning curve, and here are just some of the things you can do:
- I use text from various Internet sources and alter it so the reading level is appropriate for my students
- Google Image search is perfect for finding high resolution pictures to add to your Gallery
- If you’re not a fan of YouTube, Vimeo is a great resource for high resolution videos
- You can even add review questions to the end of each chapter
I often have my students locate content for their interactive textbooks – it empowers them and requires higher order thinking skills like creating and analyzing.
Check out my lesson plan on creating interactive textbooks with your students!
Here’s another lesson plan on using interactive textbooks in your classroom!
This is a great way to personalize your teaching method. I think it’s a good idea that iBook has a WYSIWYG setup so publishing content is made easier.There are however minor limitations with the app but playing with it’s strengths can give you a nice output already. You can first try experimenting on how to beautify the pages and then bring them to life with some interactive content so that it’d be more engaging to your students.
I agree that “This is a great way to personalize your teaching method.”