Create Multimedia eBooks
by Wesley Fryer
last updated 16 Feb 2015
Slides & referenced videos: http://wfryer.me/ebooks
or just Google “Wes Fryer handouts”
“Creating Multimedia eBooks”
Creating Multimedia eBooks
www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/6787209975
www.flickr.com/photos/maong/60805250
eBooks
can be
generational
bridges
<1> Why?
“You have to turn the invisible into something other people can see.”
<1> Why?
www.flickr.com/photos/santheo/16881995
books provide a longer narrative opportunity to tell your story
<1> Why?
www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/6577432889
“author”
is a
powerful
identity
marker
<1> Why?
www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/8045865162
we need students to “show what they know” with media
<1> Why?
it’s a
great time to be an author!
<1> Why?
great for library collaborations!
<1> Why?
<1> Why?
great for library collaborations!
<2> a story
over-
sharing
about
edtech
www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/7561882966
<2> a story
www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/9515023722
1 iPad
1 app
1 project
<2> a story
www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/9515028114
“Our Favorite Books”
project
<2> a story
4
formats:
3 digital
1 analog
<2> a story
“Our Favorite Books”
<2> a story
www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/9515024646
how
was this project “good?”
<3> apps & software
Creative
Book
Builder
Book
Creator
$5
$4
(links are for iPad, but available for both iOS & Android)
created entirely on an iPad with
download
FREE
from:
<3> apps & software
<3> apps & software
iBooks Author
<3> apps & software
www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/14582611274
<3> apps & software
(free for eBook READING)
iBooks
now for iOS &
Mac OS
Adobe Digital Editions
for Mac & Windows
(not ePUB 3.0 tho)
for
Android
<3> apps & software
<4> formats
www.flickr.com/photos/marcoarment/2035853550
confusing?
YES.
<4> formats
<4>
formats
<4> formats
Reflowable Text vs Fixed Layout
<4>
formats
an ePUB can be either
<5> examples
www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/7695678918
<5> demos
www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/7561876534
eBook writing...
www.flickr.com/photos/jdhancock/7479092984
a
battle
for
hearts
&
minds
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