Check out the eBooks my students, or students I collaborate with, created using iBooks Author and published in Apple's iBookstore. We are so excited about these eBooks. All books are only available on the iPad for now. We truly believe that students will learn more when they realize that people from the global community value their work. As of today, we have had a combined total of more than 16,000 books downloaded in 48+ different countries!
Some of the books are also available for viewing at www.epubbud.com
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Free iBooks Written By Students
All About Bats
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Students in Mrs. Bender's 1st grade class learned about bats. In this iBook, students demonstrate their knowledge through writing and interviews. We hope you enjoy this book. They are planning to do many more this year.
I See Numbers All Over The Place
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Our newest iBook was written by kindergarten students in Ms. Hennon's class at the Alliance Early Learning School. The students demonstrated their knowledge of numbers by finding them around the school. We hope you enjoy this iBook.
More Than A Footnote
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Students in Alliance, Ohio, and Ashdod, Israel, share their thoughts on the book Night by Elie Wiesel, reaching across distance and culture to learn about the Holocaust as part of the International Book Sharing Project of the American Friends of the Ghetto Fighters’ House Museum.
Great book. Your students are "rock stars." Keep up the great work!
Sitting In The Dark
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Movies are the popular literature of the 21st century. We devour them with a fervor once reserved for novels and short stories, following our favorite actors and directors the way earlier generations followed favorite writers.
To create this book, each student in my Advanced Placement English Language and Composition class selected one film from the National Film Registry, which chooses up to 25 “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant films” each year for inclusion in the Library of Congress.
Each student then wrote a review, discussing what worked and didn’t work; choices made by screenwriters, directors, and cinematographers; and personal reactions to particular scenes or the film as a whole. The goal was to create readable reviews that treated film with the same level of respect afforded to other works of art.
To create this book, each student in my Advanced Placement English Language and Composition class selected one film from the National Film Registry, which chooses up to 25 “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant films” each year for inclusion in the Library of Congress.
Each student then wrote a review, discussing what worked and didn’t work; choices made by screenwriters, directors, and cinematographers; and personal reactions to particular scenes or the film as a whole. The goal was to create readable reviews that treated film with the same level of respect afforded to other works of art.
Fractured Fairy Tales
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Fractured Fairy Tales was written by 5th graders at Parkway Elementary School in Alliance, Ohio. After reading fairy tales they decided to write their own. Enjoy the stories.
Social Skills Volume 2
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Social Skills Volume 2 is our second attempt at using the Book Creator app. Again, this iBook was written by 4th grade autistic students. Enjoy the lessons taught in this iBook. This iBook is available or all iOS devices.
The boys created another terrific book. The book was very engaging - my kids enjoy watching the videos and reading along. It provides a way for us to discuss and practice our own conversations. Thanks!
-Rick
Social Skills Volume 1
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Social Skills Volume 1 is our first attempt at writing an iBook using software other than iBooks Author. We decided to use the Book Creator app. This app is extremely easy to use and a lot of fun. There were three 4th grade autistic kids who wrote this eBook. The teacher and boys decided they needed to work on social skills. Their lessons learned are presented in this eBook. Enjoy! This iBook is available for iPhone, iPod and iPad.
What a great book! I loved the videos and the explanations of why the interruptions were good or bad. You guys rock! |
I really loved the way you put the book together with video and audio. I also thought it was great how you hooked your readers with that cool iMovie trailer at the beginning. I will show this to all my students to inspire them to try new things in class! Great book! |
Love how the chapters are broken into tangible aspects that offer a multimedia approach to learning. Would recommend to all! |
I liked seeing you act and hearing you read. Your book was interesting to me and never boring. I appreciated your reminders about waiting, eye-contact, and not interrupting. |
Reading and watching the videos in the book with my child gives us a great way to discuss his own difficulties with interrupting. He really likes the "bad" ways the students act up and we can use this book when he starts to act that way, too. Thanks! Great resource! Can't wait for the next book! |
May We Suggest...?
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If a picture is worth a thousand words, then how much are a thousand words worth?
Mr. Schillig's freshman classes decided to find out by writing book reviews and filming brief book talks. While most students stayed will under one thousand words, they did gain experience in reviewing and analyzing popular fiction.
We learned along the way. For example, it wasn't until after filming was finished that we discovered how one mouse click reverses images in Photo Booth so that our books wouldn't appear backwards. Next time.
We hope you enjoy the reviews. More importantly, we hope you find new books and authors to explore.
Thanks for reading.
Chris Schillig
Mr. Schillig's freshman classes decided to find out by writing book reviews and filming brief book talks. While most students stayed will under one thousand words, they did gain experience in reviewing and analyzing popular fiction.
We learned along the way. For example, it wasn't until after filming was finished that we discovered how one mouse click reverses images in Photo Booth so that our books wouldn't appear backwards. Next time.
We hope you enjoy the reviews. More importantly, we hope you find new books and authors to explore.
Thanks for reading.
Chris Schillig
It's great to see students not only reading excellent selections but writing excellent summaries and sharing their thoughts with the world. AHS students appear to be leading the way in showing that today's youth have something to share with the world. Keep up the good work.
-Buck371971
Canterbury Remixed
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After reading Chaucer’s prologue to The Canterbury Tales and two of the stories themselves, The Pardoner’s Tale and The Wife of Bath’s Tale, students in my Advanced Placement English class tried their hands at modernizing the work. Click HERE to read this eBook in your web browser.
It Was A Dark And Stormy Classroom
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This is the first eBook created and published by the freshman class at Alliance High School. Please download our eBook by clicking on the picture. The book is available for iPad. If you would like to read our eBook in your web browser, click HERE.
Math Our Way
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Our newest eBook is actually a textbook demonstrating what kids learned this year in math. It has only been in the iBookstore since June 9th. It has been downloaded 5000+ times. It has also been downloaded in 47 different countries. We hope that all readers enjoy this book and learn a lot about math. This book and the others we created truly demonstrate the power of global thinking in education.
@theipodteacher Math Our Way gets promoted at the #ADE2013 Institute. Free iBook crated by students. Great job Jon! pic.twitter.com/aUxBQefIGg
— Isaac Pineda (@Kairosedtech) July 17, 2013
Amazing what kids can do with this format. Every math teacher should have a look at it!
-Richard PR
5th Grade: Reflections On Our Year
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Our second eBook has only been out for a short time. It has already been downloaded over 265 times in 47 different countries. This book was designed to show the students' reflections on their year. It is not a story book, rather reactions to each student's year.
What an incredible way to show value to student's work, along with the growth made by each student. Impressive project and you inspired me to figure out how to create an eBook for my students as well.
-Sockez
The Two Kids And Desert Town
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This was our first eBook created using Apple's iBooks Author program. We have had this eBook downloaded over 3743 times in 47Cl different countries.
I had a chance to read this book and ultimately chose it as an example for "Copy/Paste" my educational blog. I was writing about the merits of student publication, and this project was a perfect example - I urge teachers (and parents) to download and share with their students. "The Two Kids and Desert Town" is a model of a successful program that motivates struggling readers and writers. The project enabled students to think like writers, to apply their learning strategies and to organize and express their thinking. Students wrote for an authentic audience and purpose outside the confines of the classroom. Plus it integrated technology, collaboration and the chance to reflect on themselves as learners. Have published this book and knowing that people around the world have downloaded it - these students will forever see themselves as writers!
-Peter Pappas
Paid iBooks Written By Me
The Crazy Family Dogs
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This was my test iBook. I created this myself as a funny poetry book. It costs $0.99 in the Apple iBookstore. As soon as I made this book I realized that charging for money would not work really well for a school setting. That's why all our student iBooks are free. This book has not made me a millionaire by any means. If you are looking for a silly book of poetry, this is your book.
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Essays On Child Labor
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Mr. Shively's class wrote this book about child labor based on the pictures. This book is only available on ePubBud.com. Click on the picture to read the book.
