ebooks Using ScribblePress

eBooks are a great asset to any class.  Most of my students have cell phones, computers, or tablets.  It is tough to compete for their attention with all of the great technology that they are use to.  It helps when, as a teacher, I can cater to their interests.  There is no learning without being an engaged student.  With eBooks, students can still get the same content delivered in a creative and more engaging way. Transitions, pictures, sounds, and swipes can be added to online, interactive books to make them more appealing to students.  
ScribblePress is an app that allows people to create, share, and publish stories using iPads.  This app can be used by teachers to create stories to read to a class or for students to create their own stories.  They can type in their stories on several different pages.  They can also put in clip art or upload pictures.  Drawing and free hand sketch is available to you if you choose to use your artistic abilities to create pictures to enhance your project.

I used ScribblePress in my classroom during science class to have a different way to view class notes for one of my students.  She is an ESL student who is still learning the english language.  Written language is hard for her because she came over as a refugee two years ago with zero knowledge of english.  She has picked up the spoken language a lot faster by being exposed to it often.  Using ebooks, I am able to pre-write the notes out for her.  The notes were written at her own level using words she knows and pictures to show the material.  These particular notes were on the structure of the eye.  There were diagrams with labels on it.  The definitions of each structure were shortened to three to four words instead of the whole definition.  This helps her concentrate on what it is actually doing.  It was easy for me to create because I could just write what she needed to know and use pictures rather than having all of the excess information.  
I gave my iPad to her when the class went into teacher directed powerpoint mode.  It looked like she was doing the same activities but taking notes off of the iPad instead of the board like everybody else. This made her feel like a part of the class and equal like everyone else.