Chrome Experiments of fun with html5 are meant to show off the clean and fast beauty of the new code. Of course Google wants you to see it in Chrome for full effect, and I would encourage that as Chrome is an easy and responsive browser, you try it out.
The Wilderness Downtown is a great example of an interactive and connected multimedia experience that mashes together Google Maps and Earth with a driving tune to blast you to your past. Go in and enter your old address and feel the nostalgia of swooping over your childhood home with a soundtrack and pacing just for you.
Students are making digital stories. They may not be writing html5 apps, but they are accessing, or can access, many sources of media to deepen their message. A showing of a story like what you help create with The Wilderness Downtown experiment can inspire students to consider how they can use everyday tools like Google Earth to connect with an audience.
Just go to http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com/ and type in your address.
Here's what looks to be a viable alternative for those who would like to make HTML5 (iPod, iPad, iPhone) friendly content. A good designer/web guru friend of mine enlightened me about this app earlier today.
Create HTML5 animations, games, tools and more with this superb coding platform, which has a complete learning course to get you and your pupils going. You can also play creations from the community.
Participants in this session will learn the basics of iBooks Author - from Apple's pre-built templates, to creating chapters, pages, and glossaries. You will learn to turn textbooks into interactive training materials through Apple's interactive widgets like Photo Galleries, Videos, Review Interactions, Keynote Presentations, Interactive Images, 3-D material, and even custom HTML5 interactions and animations.
A fun HTML5 word game where players connect letters to spell words. Just enter a name in the bottom box to get started.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English
Slides offers an interesting twist on the online presenter genre... literally. The presentation can roll in many directions like a virtual cube allowing multi-track presentations. The site uses html5, so it works on most computers and devices. Editing is simple and you can share or embed your creations easily.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools