E-book

=This is the URL for my e-book entitled New to America: = []

= Reflection on creating an e-book = The e-book is a great idea. There are so many features that can be incorporated into the book that will help students grasp concepts and learn specific items, like vocabulary. Having multiple "coaches" to help or to provide additional material is a wonderful idea. Being able to link to other sites from the e-book makes the possibilities almost limitless. I did find the process somewhat cumbersome and would like to see added tools to make creation easier, e.g. a way to arrange pages in a different order. Creating the pages was slow because of load times, and reviewing the pages of a completed book was slow because it takes so long to load the pages. Some of the speed problem may be due to my broadband connection; however, others probably have slow connection problems, as well.

Creating an e-book could be a great experience for a student; advanced students can incorporate all of the prompts, links, audio, and coaches to make a very well-rounded and well-researched project. Struggling students will be able to use it simply to place pictures and add some text.

All in all, using e-books has a lot of potential both for teacher and student creations.

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