Teaching with Tech Project - Part 2

I have done some research on iBooks, making iBooks and what the possibilities are.  This is a really cool program and I can see some great possibilities in the future in a classroom, especially if it is a classroom where there are several iPads available for students to use.  The ability to make a textbook for students to use to supplement units that don't have text, or if I want to do something outside of the giving curriculum.  The interactive features with videos, 3D animation, built in assessments, picture viewer, etc make the creative threshold of the iBook unlimited.  I am really excited to get in and start playing around with a layout and creating.
I think for my teaching portion, I will make a Jing - the step by step video layout is going to be a necessity to truly understand how to do things, but I will need to play around a lot with the program first to truly understand.   I plan on also making an interactive book targeted at a young age group just to have a good portfolio item and truly show the possibilities of a technology rich classroom.
I have a feeling that there will be a steep learning curve with making an attractive and versatile book.  When looking at the possibility of using in the classroom, it will take a lot of additional time to put together a book for students to use, but once it is done it will be something that can be used from year to year and easily updated as curriculum or items change.  I think that if I can create my own type of template that I could use it would speed things up as well.  With a younger target audience there will be alot more space to fill with pictures, graphics, and videos then with text which is harder to create then just drag and dropping large text files.
I am really excited to get in and start working on this assignment and I think it will be a good one for several people in class to look at for potential use in their classrooms!

Technology Teaching Project

I have not really started into the teaching project, but I have officially decided to do the iBook instead of the SmartBoard since there were already several people doing SmartBoard.  I will be doing my practice teaching on my father who is a professor at Rose State College and is also working on an Apple feasibility study for onboard entertainment for private airliners.  He is looking at the possibility of creating an iBook as the instruction manual for the onboard iPads being used.  I will add more when I have gotten into the assignment deeper.