During January and February I had the honour to be one of the co moderators for EVO Crafting your Perfect Ebook. Admittedly, it was one of my most challenging though wonderful journeys I have ever embarked in.
If it hadn’t been for Shelly Terrell, who trusted me and encouraged me with her positive and generous attitude, I would have not been able to do it.…
Tag Archives: eBooks
Libraries and ebook Creation
Today I presented at the Ontario Library Association Super Conference on the topic of Libraries and ebook Creation. The slides and notes (including a list of resources mentioned) are available as a Powerpoint file. The list of ebooks projects and creation tools (pdf) is also available as a separate file.…
Libraries and ebook Creation
Today I presented at the Ontario Library Association Super Conference on the topic of Libraries and ebook Creation. The slides and notes (including a list of resources mentioned) are available as a Powerpoint file. The list of ebooks projects and creation tools (pdf) is also available as a separate file.…
Create Interactive eBooks with Bookry
Do you use iBooks Author? If so, you need to know about Bookry. Boorky is a free service that offers iBook Author users a growing library of widgets to create interactive eBooks.
Boorky is easy to ……
How to Hack eBooks in the Public Domain
As part of the Mozilla Teach the Web Project I created a Popcorn project about hacking public domain ebooks. From that I decided to try using Haiku Deck to create a more visually compelling presentation with more information about how to actually do the hacking. …
Hacking Public Domain ebooks for use in the Classroom
The assignment for Week 4 of Teach the Web has merged with the assignment for Week 5 as the whole project took much longer than expected. My idea was to put together a small Popcorn project on how knowing a little HTML and CSS can let you augment public domain ebooks to provide an enhanced learning experience. …
Making ebooks
3 Ways to Reduce Textbook Costs for Students
Textbooks earn publishers about $8 billion because students can spend over $1,000 for one semester’s required readings (source: Forbes).
As a faculty member, you have the power to influence student costs by merely considering your teaching ……