Create Mobile Teaching Materials for
iPad with Apple iBooks Author
Megan Lee
Curriculum Development Directorate
Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center
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Department of the Army, or DLIFLC.
1. Where are we going
with technology…and
why?
2. iBook: Ice the O.P.I.
3. Convert a textbook
into an iBook
4. The future: mobile
learning
Where are we going?
Paperless
iPads
Interactive tools
Web2.0
Social media
Blended learning
Mobile learning
wordpress.com
Not Teacher vs. Tech...
…but, Teacher with Tech
How do we get from…
…here
to there?
iPad Textbooks for DLI
• Apple iBooks
Author
• Create on a
Macintosh
computer
• Use on an Apple
iPad or iPhone
Explore the Question
Nothing can replace
• Conversing with a native speaker
• Live face-to-face communication
But the opportunities are very limited
• Class hours
• After hours
Students need more practice to
improve
Explore the Possibilities
Technology-enhanced learning
• Enables more speaking
opportunities
• Varies the ways to communicate
synchronously and asynchronously
• Engages more people to learn
from others
• Creates continuing conversations
• Records progress
Additional Opportunities
Stationary
+ Mobile
Face-to-face
+ Shareable
Private
+ Public
Single response
+ Multiple responses
One means
+ Variety of ways
Finite conversation
+ Continuous conversations
Synchronous
+ Synch. and Asynchronous
No record
+ Recorded
“Let’s Talk”
the paper version…
• 105 pages of speaking
activities and tasks
• 25 major topics from
Hobbies to World Politics
• Semesters 2 and 3
• Student supplement or
Teacher reference
• CD for servers, translation,
and adaptation
…becomes
“Ice the O.P.I.” for iPad
iBook Author Software Demo
Conversion Process – Set up
1. Update MacBook OS to
Lion or Mountain Lion
2. Download free software:
Apple iBook Author
Design
3. Choose a
textbook
template
Lay-out
4. Experiment with the various page styles
Chapter title pages
Chapter title pages
Insert Word Text
5. Drag Word
text to pages
bar or into
the template
6. Drag and
drop (or copy
and paste)
images
Re-formatting
Adding Media and Widgets
Add Media and Widgets
8. Widgets and media
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
Gallery of photos
Slide Shows
Scrolling Sidebar
Video and Pop-Over
Audio files
Links to other websites
Interactive maps and images
3D images
Preview
9. Preview
the book
on iPad
Proofread and Correct
a. Connect iPad to your Mac to preview your book.
b. Launch iBooks 2 on your connected iPad and click
the iPad icon Preview button in the toolbar of
iBooks Author.
c. iBooks Author will send a Proof copy of your book
which you can update as you a make changes to
your book in iBooks Author.
Publish and Download
Ice the O.P.I.
10.Publish textbook
or lessons in
Apple iBooks
11. Download
textbook from
Apple website
onto the iPad
Copyright Matters
• Government employee on
duty hours - book is in the
public domain
• On your own time - retain
rights to your book
• You can publish the book in
Apple iBooks and publish it in
other formats on other sites
Search
Using the iBook
12.Sticky Notes
13. Highlight & Flash Cards
Using the iBook
14.iPad recording apps
to voice tasks and
responses
15.Web2.0 apps
and social
media to
share
The Past and the Present
• Web 1.0: the Web from 1991 – 2003
– A 'read-only' Web to access information
• Web 2.0: from 2004 onwards
– The 'read-write' Web is all about interaction and
collaboration
– Characterized by wikis, blogs and social media
– Users both access and control content
Read, Listen, Speak, Write, Learn,
Share, and Create Communities
The Future: Mobile Learning
• The Future of DLI
textbooks
• UCAT – Universal
Curriculum Authoring
Tool from CD Division
• Textbooks work on all
devices
• Take learning
everywhere
The Future: Web3.0
• Web 3.0, Gathers and
“understands” information
• The Internet makes “logical,”
semantically “meaningful”
connections
• Gets “smarter” about you from your browsing history
and Web2.0 contributions
• Automatically delivers content to you that is
“relevant”
The Intelligent Web
• Web 3.0, the semantic Web or the
intelligent Web
• A “read-write-execute” Web
• Users create tools and software to
extract and manipulate information
• Enhances the underlying architecture
of the Internet to organize and
identify information in a way that
makes searches more effective
Any questions or comments?
Thank you!