iPads, ePubs, & iBook Author: Creating Your Own Digital Course Content, July 26-27, 2012
With iPads increasingly becoming the device of choice for 1:1 programs, especially in light of Apples recent launch of iBooks2, iBook Author, and the improved iTunesU, school districts and classroom teachers no longer have to rely on expensive and often outdated paper based textbooks to provide course content to their students. Educators now have the ability to create their own, custom content that can be published as an eBook and distributed to students online and then directly to the iPad.
The Creating Digital Course Content Workshop is an intensive, two day, hands-on workshop for educators, Tech Directors and Technology Integration Specialists that will focus on creating custom eBooks for the iPad. iPads can read text documents in iBooks as both PDF and ePub file formats. Participants will learn how to create and distribute PDF and eBook documents to the iPad and will experiment with various iPad apps that can be used to read and annotate digital content directly on the iPad. Participants will also develop the skills and abilities on Pages for Mac, as well as a comparable program for PCs, to create a custom ePub document with a cover image, table of contents, text, images, and video. With the recent release of iBooks2 and iBook Author, the workshop will also explore the implications, technical requirements and key differences with creating content in iBook Author.
Along with creating ePub documents, participants will learn how to upload and distribute custom ePub files from the cloud for quick download to the iPad. A number of strategies for management and distribution will also be explored. Participants will leave the workshop with the ability to convert their existing text documents into ePub documents that can be read in iBooks on the iPad.
Participants need to bring both an iPad and a laptop computer for this workshop. A portion of the workshop will also be devoted to creating ePub documents using web based tools as well as Pages for the Mac.
Schedule
The building opens at 8:30 am, and we strongly recommend arriving fifteen minutes early the first day. Coffee and snacks will be available each morning. Though lunch is not provided, there are a variety of food options available within walking distance.
- 9:00 am - 12:00 pm - Class
- 12:00 pm - 1:00pm - Lunch
- 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm - Class
Instructors
Tom Daccord is an educational technology speaker, instructor, and writer who has
worked with schools, districts, colleges and educational organizations in the United
States, Canada, Europe, and Asia. Author of Best Ideas for Teaching with Technology: A
Practical Guide for Teachers by Teachers and The Best of History Web Sites, Tom has
presented on educational technology topics at national and international conferences,
including ISTE (U.S.), ELMLE (Europe), and ICTLT (Asia). He has produced a series of
online courses on Web 2.0 and iPad integration, as well as 21st century school leadership
and classroom assessment. A former social studies teacher who instructed in a laptop
classroom for seven years, Tom has been featured in the Boston Globe for his
contributions to teaching with technology and invited to Singapore by the Ministry of
Education as an “Outstanding Educator in Residence.” In addition to leading
EdTechTeacher, Tom currently serves as President of the National Council of Social
Studies Technology Committee and was a featured speaker at the 2010 NCSS
Conference. Tom is also an advisor to Massachusetts Computer Users in Education
(MassCUE), and the Massachusetts Association for Supervision and Curriculum
Development (MASCD), and serves as a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and
Math) project consultant. He is the creator of Best History Web Sites, an award-winning
portal, and The Center for Teaching History with Technology, dedicated to helping K-12
history and social studies teachers effectively incorporate technology into their courses.
Tom also created Teaching English with Technology, designed to guide K-12 English
and Language Arts teachers in their use of technology in the classroom. A graduate of
Princeton University and the University of Montreal, Tom has taught in Quebec, France,
Switzerland, and the United States.
Greg Kulowiec brings eight years of teaching experience as a Social Studies teacher and Technology Integration Specialist to EdTechTeacher. An award-winning history teacher who was recognized by the Massachusetts Council for the Social Studies with the Aieta Promising Teacher Award in 2009, Greg’s expertise and influence in technology integration has grown to a national level. As a co-creator of #sschat on twitter, Greg has been featured in both the New York Times and the Washington Post regarding the impact of social media with educators. While in the classroom, Greg was a proponent of expanding the audience of his student’s work by having them publish text, audio and video online. His student’s video projects exploring the protests of the Arab Spring were featured on WBUR’s “Here and Now” program in 2011. Greg has also been an early adopter of iPads in the classroom. Student projects integrating iPads have included a student created digital math textbook, iPad podcasting, paperless iPad research and iPad screencasting across the curriculum. Greg presents at regional and national conferences on his teaching strategies and technology integration ideas including MassCue, The National Council for the Social Studies, The New England 1:1 Summitt, EdTechTeacher Winter Conference and multiple EdCamps. Greg has been at the forefront of integrating cell phones into the classroom and has been featured on Public Radio International’s, “The World Technology Podcast” in 2009 and contributed to the 2009 ISTE Fall Newsletter, both about cell phones in the classroom.
Beth Holland joined the EdTechTeacher team in July 2011 to expand the online course offerings, instruct at workshops, and bring expertise in elementary education as well as working with assistive technologies to the team. In addition to working with participants, Beth has also increased the amount of content in our Teaching with Technology section of the web site - including the new iPad section, and presented at the 2011 Global Education Conference as well as the EdTechTeacher Winter Conference. In the coming months, she will be presenting at the Massachusetts Assistive Technology Expo as well as the Massachusetts Teacher's Association Summer Conference. Bringing over 12 years of education experience, she most recently served as the Director of Academic Technology at St. Michael's Country Day School in Newport, Rhode Island. During her tenure at St. Michael's, she implemented professional development programs to encourage faculty members to integrate technology into their elementary and middle school curricula, designed interdisciplinary, technology-rich projects, taught students in grades 2-8 during technology classes, coordinated with the Student Services Director to facilitate the integration of assistive technologies to support students, and helped to design their iPad pilot program. Before St. Michael's, Beth worked as a researcher at the Naval War College in the Innovation Lab where she designed knowledge management plans to support blended communication environments and researched the potential to create an online environment to streamline training and education which she presented at I/ITSEC. She has also taught 9th grade English at the Rocky HIll School in East Greenwich, RI, and led adventure learning programs for ActionQuest in the Caribbean and Polynesia. Beth holds an Ed.M. in Technology, Innovation, and Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and a B.S. in Communications from Northwestern University.
Registration
To register, please complete our Online Registration Form. Please note that your registration is not complete until we receive payment. If you have any questions, please email us or call (888) 377-9518.
Payment
The cost of the workshop is $695. There are two workshop payment options:
- If paying by check or requesting a Purchase Order please make Check or PO payable to EdTechTeacher, Inc. and mail to:
EdTechTeacher
Attention: Ileen Matthews
41 Kinsley Lane
Mendon, MA 01756 - If you plan to pay online by credit card you can pay securely via our PayPal account.
Please note: Space in our workshops is limited and they have sold-out in recent years. Spots are guaranteed on a first-paid, first-served basis, so please expedite payment as soon as possible.
Cancellation Policy
You can receive a full refund for your registration payment until June 1. After June 1, you will receive a full refund if we can replace you with a person from a waiting list. Otherwise you will receive a 50% refund for cancellation.
Waiting List Policy
If the workshop is full, we'll put you on the waiting list, and let you know what your position is on the list.
Computer Equipment
Participants are strongly encouraged to bring an iPad as well as a laptop computer with wireless capability. EdTechTeacher does not provide computers for participants.
Professional Development Credits
We are applying for approval, from Framingham State University (Massachusetts), to award 1 (one) graduate credit to participants at a cost of $75. To receive graduate credit participants must be in attendance for all onsite instruction and complete all assigned work.
Once registered, participants will receive additional graduate credit details.
Registrant Survey
All participants are asked to complete a pre-workshop online survey. It will be e-mailed to those who have completed both registration and payment. The survey will help us identify participant needs and objectives and may influence the topics covered during the workshop.
Questions
If you have any questions, please email us or call (888) 377-9518.
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