How students can create their own e-textbooks on an iPad — from edudemic.com
Excerpt (emphasis DSC):
In July, Greg Kulowiec and I taught a workshop on Creating Digital Course Content. One of our participants, a high school math teacher, initially set out to create his own textbook. However, as we started exploring BookCreator, he realized that the real value may be in the students creating their own collection of books over the course of the year.
From DSC:
I like this idea of giving students more tools to create their own content.
When talking to an ed tech contact from Ohio at this summer’s Moodlemoot, he mentioned that in his 20 districts, there’s a new paradigm now — students are creating the content.
Perhaps this is the answer to the oft-asked question, “WHO will create and maintain the content?”
- Publishers?
- Teams of specialists within a school district, college, or university?
- Teachers and faculty members?
- Or will it be the students themselves, guided by their teachers and faculty members?