ASLA XXIII Biennial Conference - Lisa Nash - Authoring a digital book gives students and teachers opportunity to create rich interactive content that demonstrates understanding or builds on knowledge. We explore how iBooks can be created for the iPad via Apps and iBooks Author: from simple picture books to complex books with video, audio and interactive elements.

1. ASLA XXIII Biennial Conference 2013
Lisa Nash - Learning Exchange,
Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta
Creating Digital Books
for Learning
for the iPad

2. Lisa Nash - Learning Exchange,
Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta
ASLA XXIII Biennial Conference 2013
Workshop session
Authoring a digital book gives students and teachers
opportunities to create rich interactive content that
demonstrates understanding or builds on knowledge.
We explore how iBooks can be created for the iPad
via Apps and iBooks Author: from simple picture
books to complex books with video, audio and
interactive elements.

3. Lisa Nash - Learning Exchange,
Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta
ASLA XXIII Biennial Conference 2013
Why create
digital
books?
Atkinson, J. 2013. Vintage social networking. (Licensed CC-BY-NC 3.0).
Our students are already authoring, creating and publishing in a digital world. They write
posts on Facebook, share images on Instagram and Imagur, curate and share visual ideas with
Pinterest etc.

4. Lisa Nash - Learning Exchange,
Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta
ASLA XXIII Biennial Conference 2013
Digital
Storytelling
Visual
literacy
Information
literacy
Media
literacy
Student
engagement
Reflective
learning
visual literacy - develops interpretations skills and the application, design thinking
Learning becomes personal when students tell the story
eportfolios
Inprove writing/editing skills
Develop critical thinking skils
nuture creativity
retain knowledge longer
engage in the learning process - authentic audience
Media - use various tech tools, features, copyright, editing
horizon report - sees digital media literacy as a key skills that our profession and our students
need to learn in todays world.
creating dynamic records of learning

5. Lisa Nash - Learning Exchange,
Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta
ASLA XXIII Biennial Conference 2013
Experiment with new modes,
mediums and forms
Develop skills in reading viewing and
responding to multimodal texts
The Curriculum and
Digital Storytelling
Express themselves creatively
Use their imagination
Explain, Recount, Report

6. Lisa Nash - Learning Exchange,
Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta
ASLA XXIII Biennial Conference 2013
Digital book creation
and the iPad
Across Curriculum
Creating a digital book on the iPad gives students access to a range of tools
all in one device that allow them to express themselves in the way that suits
their learning needs

7. Lisa Nash - Learning Exchange,
Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta
ASLA XXIII Biennial Conference 2013
Learning with digital tools
Redefinition
Modification
Augmentation
Substitution
Transformation
Enhancement
SAMR model
Reproduced by permission of the publisher, © 2012 by tpack.orgPuentedura, R. : http://www.hippasus.com/rrpweblog/

8. Lisa Nash - Learning Exchange,
Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta
ASLA XXIII Biennial Conference 2013
Learning with digital tools
Tools/Workflow
• Integration
• Features
• Differentiation
• Collaboration
• Sharing/
Publishing
•Assessment
Redefinition
Modification
Augmentation
Substitution
Transformation
Enhancement
SAMR model
Puentedura, R. : http://www.hippasus.com/rrpweblog/ Reproduced by permission of the publisher, © 2012 by tpack.org

9. Lisa Nash - Learning Exchange,
Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta
ASLA XXIII Biennial Conference 2013
Story
Kit
Tools to create digital books
Scribble
Press
Creative
Book
Builder
iBooks
Author

10. Lisa Nash - Learning Exchange,
Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta
ASLA XXIII Biennial Conference 2013
Story
Kit
iPhone/iPad App
(free)
• Easy to use
• Also provides classic stories that
students can rewrite, rearrange
and add their own audio.

11. Lisa Nash - Learning Exchange,
Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta
ASLA XXIII Biennial Conference 2013
Story
Kit
iPhone/iPad App
(free)
Publish/Share options
•Within App
•App Website

12. Lisa Nash - Learning Exchange,
Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta
ASLA XXIII Biennial Conference 2013
Story
Kit
iPhone/iPad App
(free)

13. Lisa Nash - Learning Exchange,
Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta
ASLA XXIII Biennial Conference 2013
Scribble
Press
iPad App
(paid)
• Easy to use
•Write your own or edit an
existing cloze passage book
•Also provides extensive gallery
of tools.

14. Lisa Nash - Learning Exchange,
Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta
ASLA XXIII Biennial Conference 2013
Scribble
Press
iPad App
(paid)
Publish/Share options
•Within App
•App Website
• iBooks App
• Email a link

15. Lisa Nash - Learning Exchange,
Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta
ASLA XXIII Biennial Conference 2013
iPad App
(paid)
Scribble
Press

16. Lisa Nash - Learning Exchange,
Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta
ASLA XXIII Biennial Conference 2013
• Highly customisable
• Range of multimodal features
• Import options
• Include Quizzes, QR codes etc
Creative
Book
Builder
iPad App
(paid)

17. Lisa Nash - Learning Exchange,
Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta
ASLA XXIII Biennial Conference 2013
Publish/Share options
• iBooks App
• Share to Device
• Upload to cloud
• Export to iTunes
Creative
Book
Builder
iPad App
(paid)

18. Lisa Nash - Learning Exchange,
Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta
ASLA XXIII Biennial Conference 2013
Creative
Book
Builder
iPad App
(paid)

19. Lisa Nash - Learning Exchange,
Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta
ASLA XXIII Biennial Conference 2013
Creative
Book
Builder
iPad App
(paid)

20. Lisa Nash - Learning Exchange,
Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta
ASLA XXIII Biennial Conference 2013
iBooks
Author
Mac App
(free requires Mac
10.7.4)
• Designed for the iBook App
• Require IBook Author App on Mac
• Highly cutomisable
• Import/embed options
• Creates interactive multi touch
digital books

21. Lisa Nash - Learning Exchange,
Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta
ASLA XXIII Biennial Conference 2013
iBooks
Author
Mac App
(free requires Mac
10.7.4)

22. Lisa Nash - Learning Exchange,
Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta
ASLA XXIII Biennial Conference 2013
iBooks
Author
Mac App
(free requires Mac
10.7.4)

23. Lisa Nash - Learning Exchange,
Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta
ASLA XXIII Biennial Conference 2013
iBooks
Author
Mac App
(free requires Mac
10.7.4)
Publish/Share options
• iBooks store (free or
paid)
• Share to Device
• Upload to cloud

24. Lisa Nash - Learning Exchange,
Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta
ASLA XXIII Biennial Conference 2013
Resources
Writing and publishing with Creative Book Builder
http://learningwithipads.blogspot.com.au/search?q=creative+book+builder
iBooks Author Guide for Schools (iBook)
http://learningwithipads.blogspot.com.au/search?q=ibooks+author
Nash, Lisa, Using iPads inVisual Arts, iBook.
Available free to download from iBookstore :
https://itunes.apple.com/au/book/using-ipads-in-visual-arts/id608173068?mt=1
Sprainger, Nicole, iPads for literacy and Learning (iBook)
Available free to download from: http://bit.ly/OiYvFy
Across the curriculum: great book projects with Scribble Press
http://scribblepress.com/teachers.php
Story Kit and the iPad: it’s not just a toy.
Eanes ISD Elementary
http://elementaryedtech.wordpress.com/2012/05/14/story-kit-and-the-ipad-its-not-just-a-toy/

25. Lisa Nash - Learning Exchange,
Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta
ASLA XXIII Biennial Conference 2013
Relevant Australian Curriculum Standards
• Create short texts to explore, record and report ideas and events using familiar words and
beginning writing knowledge (ACELY1651)
• Create short imaginative and informative texts that show emerging use of appropriate text
structure, sentence-level grammar, word choice, spelling, punctuation and appropriate
multimodal elements, for example illustrations and diagrams (ACELY1661)
• Construct texts that incorporate supporting images using software including word processing
programs (ACELY1664)
• Construct texts featuring print, visual and audio elements using software, including word
processing programs (ACELY1674)
• Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts demonstrating increasing
control over text structures and language features and selecting print,and multimodal elements
appropriate to the audience and purpose (ACELY1682)
• Use a range of software including word processing programs to construct, edit and publish
written text, and select, edit and place visual, print and audio elements (ACELY1697)
• Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts, choosing and
experimenting with text structures, language features, images and digital resources appropriate
to purpose and audience (ACELY1714)
• Use a range of software, including word processing programs, to confidently create, edit and
publish written and multimodal texts (ACELY1728)
• Experiment with the ways that language features, image and sound can be adapted in literary
texts, for example the effects of stereotypical characters and settings, the playfulness of humour
and pun and the use of hyperlink (ACELT1638)

26. Lisa Nash - Learning Exchange,
Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta
ASLA XXIII Biennial Conference 2013
Bibliography
Slide3:
Atkinson, J. (2013).Vintage Social Networking. [online] Retrieved from: http://
wronghands1.wordpress.com/2013/03/31/vintage-social-networking/
[Accessed: 22 Sep 2013]. (Licensed CC-BY-NC 3.0)
Slide5, 25
Australiancurriculum.edu.au (2013).The Australian Curriculum v5.1. [online]
Retrieved from: http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/ [Accessed: 15 Sep 2013].
Slide 6:
Girl and boy clipart images, slide 5:
Johhny_Automatic. (2006). Girl and Boy. [online] Retrieved from: http://openclipart.org/detail/827/girl-
and-boy-by-johnny_automatic [Accessed: 22 Sep 2013].
Slide 7,8:
Puentedura, R. (2013). SAMR and TPCK:An introduction. [online] Retrieved from: http://
www.hippasus.com/rrpweblog/archives/2013/03/28/SAMRandTPCK_AnIntroduction.pdf
[Accessed: 7 Sep 2013].
Slide 7,8:
Koehler, M. and Mishra, P. (2013). http://www.tpack.org/. [online]
Using the TPACK image. [online] Retrieved from: http://www.tpack.org/ [Accessed: 7 Sep 2013].

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Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta
ASLA XXIII Biennial Conference 2013
Slide 12:
Flint,Aleesha. (2013,Aug 20). [Google+ post: "Untitled."]. Retrieved 22 Sep 2013 from
https://plus.google.com/u/0/111976524421196282415/posts/VBnVNg55FiJ
Slide 15:
CCCYear6, (2012, Oct 17). Creating stories in Scribble Press. Loving it!! #corpuspln
pic.twitter.com/5buAQY6D [Twitter post]. Retrieved from
https://twitter.com/CCCYear6/status/258388813829779456/photo/1.
Slide 21:
Santilli,Andrea and Woodlawn Beach Middle School’s 7th Grade Advanced Life Science
Students. (2012,Apr 23). Creatures, Plants and More. Retrieved from https://
itunes.apple.com/au/book/creatures-plants-and-more!/id521854684?mt=11.
Johnson, L. Student created iBooks and ebooks. [online] Retrieved from: http://list.ly/
list/1rE-student-created-ibooks-ebooks [Accessed: 7 Sep 2013].
References

28. Lisa Nash - Learning Exchange,
Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta
ASLA XXIII Biennial Conference 2013
Lisa Nash - Learning Exchange,
Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta
@lisanash9
http:learningwithipads.blogspot.com