eBook Designs for Designing my eTextBook

Okay, so there are definitely more than 10 things to be considered in instructional design, and not all of them are limited to just the digital mode, but for what it's worth here is what I consider to be a short list of some of the more important things you might like to think about...

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blubbr.tv allows people to play and create video trivia games about the things they love. blubbr is all about making the things you're interested in into fun, social games.

This VIDEO can be used for the 4 Language skills. Create an activity.

Scott Thornbury answers the question: Should I do a "dogme" lesson as part of my DELTA course experimental practice?

I added this as an additional idea for a language teaching approach. After listening, it leans toward total immersion approach.

calibre: The one stop solution for all your e-book needs. Comprehensive e-book software.

calibre is a free and open source e-book library management application developed by users of e-books for users of e-books. It has a cornucopia of features divided into the following main categories:
Library Management
E-book conversion
Syncing to e-book reader devices
Downloading news from the web and converting it into e-book form
Comprehensive e-book viewer
Content server for online access to your book collection

The Journal's article: 5K-12 Ed Tech Trends for 2012 includes: 'Beyond the Digital Textbook' as one of the trends with the premise of adding interactivity to digital versions of textbooks. Apple has now partnered with the major textbook publishers with the newly unveiled iBooks Textbooks.

This gives helpful ideas on Creating your own Textbook.
A)Aggregate
B)Create
C)Curate

Collaborate .....

CK-12 Foundation | The Letter D ( Read ) | User Generated Content

This is the English Letter D with activities.

CK-12 Foundation | Lesson Eight ( Read ) | User Generated Content

This provides an explanation with activity for help with letters and sounds

CK-12 Foundation | Lesson Four ( Read ) | User Generated Content

The English Letter "U" is often difficult for ELLs

Adrian Underhill's Interactive Phonemic Chart! This excellent teaching tool can be played full-screen and gives clear audio examples of the English phoneme set. Note: The chart may take a couple of minutes to appear the first time you visit this page. Please be patient - it's worth the wait!

Linguistics Tool to teach Pronunciation

Learn the sound and characters of the international phonectic alphabet.

Linguistics for ELLs

Last week, I wrote a guest article for William Lake's Blog About ESL, and I advised teachers not to overuse gap fill activities for music lessons. Although they are very practical and easy to create, listening to songs and filling in the missing words can be tedious, especially ...

Music for Language Teaching

Practice common expressions-using authentic English pronunciation-for talking about cold weather! Brrr! It's Freezing! Fluency is all about the 3Rs: Relax, Repeat, Remember!

English Vocabulary Rap Song

Over 100 free, printable graphic organizers for a wide variety of topics.

Assignment for the Crafting the eTexbook on Book Design Presentation

Useful minimal pairs practice of /e/ and /ɪ/, useful practice for speakers of many languages.

NOW with the LYRICS BELOW! We learn English faster with the 3Rs: Relax, Repeat, Remember! Official Collo and Fluency MC sites: http://www.colloandspark.com/ http://www.facebook.com/FluencyMC http://twitter.com/#!/FluencyMC http://www.youtube.com/collolearn Copyright 2012, Jason R. Levine Open up your eyes; it's time to wake up! Sit up in your chair, better yet stand up! Get up!

Make your own magazine cover! Be a superstar! Prove to your friends how famous you really are! All you need is a photo from that fancy digital camera of yours.

Creative Tool to Create a Magazine Look for your work.

January 11, 2014 Much of the information students use in their research papers come from internet and be it a blog post, an email, or wiki entry, students need to properly cite and document their sources as is recommended by the citation format embraced by their professor or teacher.

Com a agenda on-line gratuita do Google, fica fácil acompanhar todos os eventos importantes da sua vida em um único lugar.

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