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Building Collaborative eBooks on an iPad via DropBox and Book Creator App

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Benjamin J Sheridan

Right now I’m lucky enough to be collaborating with the amazing educators, Michelle Hiebert and Jason Graham. They’ve invited my class to work on creating a collaborative book. The idea is for one class to write a bit and then pass it … Continue reading →

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Publishing Young Authors

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Benjamin J Sheridan

Lately I have been more and more impressed with my student’s writing. I decided that it was time for us to think about publishing their work. I shared this with my students and it led to a discussion about what … Continue reading →

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How I Published to the iTunes Bookstore

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Benjamin J Sheridan

I have recently published a book in the iTunes store. (Read about it here or here.) Some people have expressed interest in knowing how exactly I was able to do this. Well the good news is that it’s not very … Continue reading →

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Kindergarten Class Publishes eBook in the iTunes Bookstore

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Benjamin J Sheridan

If you read this post then you know that my kindergarten class wrote a book in collaboration with another kindergarten class in Yokohama, Japan. We created an eBook using Book Creator for the iPad. While I’m not a super fan … Continue reading →

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Kindergarten Students in Indonesia and Japan Leverage Technology to Collaboratively Write Story

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Benjamin J Sheridan

This past fall my class and I participated in a Progressive Story. The basic idea behind project was that 4 classes would collaborate virtually to create a story. The project creators chose a wiki for the shared writing space. Classes … Continue reading →

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