Privileged to be helping Shawn, we started discussing his multi-touch iBook during the winter break of 2013.
#Ibook author download series#
This series of photos is from an Algebra 1 iBook lesson on “Fitting a model to data” and demonstrates this new flow: Pairing down the sheer number of content pages and limiting student activity to “Read”, “Watch” and “Take Action” has seemed to help clarify what students are expected to do with their iBooks assignments.Īs mentioned above the flow for students now is for them to ‘read’ 1- 1.5 pages of content, ‘watch’ a short (7-11 minute) video, and ‘take action’ by completing 3 problems prior to coming to class the next day. The content was all good but too often students were overwhelmed and lost in knowing what to do with all the information. In the past my iBooks tended to carry too much content (probably because I was over zealous about my creativity and the potential of iBooks Author to bring math to life).
Three major changes have impacted my design: 1) my newly adopted ‘4-step’ learning philosophy, 2) less is more (or keep it simple), and 3) action problems for students to wrestle with and discuss among themselves prior to teacher directed instruction. I feel like my iBooks today are closer to where they need to be in terms of ease of student use, stimulating initial exposure and understanding of a concept prior to classroom conversation, and forcing students to grapple with a few problems on their own. This is my 6th year of creating iBooks for my students and as I look back over the years I want to document how the end product has changed.
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