Digital Bytes 23 March 2015

In this week’s Digital Bytes, we introduce you to a great new site for finding Creative Commons licensed images with the attribution automatically included upon download – Photos For Class. There are also 3 new tutorials on our iBooks Author Vimeo album, where you can learn some fantastic new tricks. Finally, the iPad version of…

Writing a Real Book Makes a Difference to Students

I have been lucky enough to work with our Grade 3s in the publishing phase of their informational book writing process. What an adventure! Steve Kay (the Digital Literacy mentor) and I both hoped the team might consider creating digital books with iBooks Author, and were thrilled when all 7 classes got on board. We set…

iBooks Author Intro

IBooks Author is an amazing tool that allows you to create your own multi-touch book that can be viewed on an iPad or an Apple computer that runs the Mavericks operating system. You can create media rich books that enhance the reading and learning experience for your readers. There are a few important things to know about…