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How to create collaborative books with Book Creator

This article from I Education Apps Review lists out a series of apps to use for creating custom digital content. Not all are free, but the list presents some interesting options.

This is an interesting take on eBooks for pre-school children. Though not free, the app includes audio books, games, and the ability to send a custom report on the students' progress.

This is a free eBook creator.

The Virginia Department of Education helped to create this list of apps for students. You can download them from the Apple App Store. Some of them include digital texts from Pearson publishers.

Kindergarten iBookstore publication using BookCreator

Apps in Education blog post with a list of apps to create books.

Though not free ($9.99), makes iPad completely accessible. Reads PDF, Word, eBooks, web articles, etc. Integrates with numerous content curation apps. 

This is an incredible app for students with special needs. It connects to the Bookshare.org database and does require a membership ID. However, students and organizations who qualify have access to a tremendous resource.  "From within Read2Go, you can browse, search, download, and read books directly from Bookshare using your Bookshare membership, as well as read DAISY books from other sources. The app gives you full control over visual choices for font size and color, background and highlighting color, and text-to-speech preferences. Read2Go features word-by-word highlighting for multi-modal reading."

This is a great review of a standard app - iBooks. It also includes a link to a great podcast about alternate ways to integrate iBooks into the classroom

This is a great article about the evolution of reading. Given the influx of iPads and eReaders into classrooms, the concept of "books" is certainly changing.

This app goes with the FREE service provided by littlebirdtales.com. Students can create stories with their own artwork and audio recordings either from an app or on the web. The completed tales can be downloaded as either a PDF or mp4 with audio.

This is a great article about using iPads to create literature circles.

This app is free until April, though know that some content becomes an in-app purchase. Bookabi allows students to create their own storybooks with 2D and 3D characters. They can upload their own photos and pictures plus save and share their final projects.

This free app provides 15 illustrated fairytales for younger children that includes audio.

For the moment, ScienceWerkz is free - after that $.99. These iBooks provide interactive content for the study of middle school science.