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2015_Creating_eTextbooks

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Abstract

In 5 weeks, collaborate with over 500 teachers worldwide to design the 1st chapter of an e-textbook that meets your students' needs. In addition, receive support from 15+ moderators, with experience in publishing and materials design. We officially begin Jan. 15th & end Feb. 15th, 2015.

**Join this Session:

1. Join our GooglePlus Community and join one of the Peer Groups.

2. Begin completing the pre-tasks in our Wiki http://ebookevo.pbworks.com

3. Fill out this survey, http://bit.ly/ebooksurvey2015

4. Download the syllabus, https://docs.google.com/document/d/17tYUYs3mSe6fpqaLbXyKWGxqqbyEySQLU6SCBt0ij3Q/edit?usp=sharing

Audience:

This session is for all teachers who want to begin drafting a chapter or more of a digital textbook that is relevant and updated to support their learners.

Sponsors: MWIS, CALL-IS

Session objectives:

By the end of this online session, participants will have:

created one or more chapters of a digital textbook
explored various ebook formats and determined which best meets their needs
had hands-on experience using curation tools to create their etextbooks
learned about Creative Commons Licensing and sites to access music and images for their etextbooks
experienced the process of creating and publishing an ebook
evaluated various publishing formats including pdfs, ibooks, and epub
collected a library of websites, tools, and resources for creating their ebooks
engaged in discussions about the best way to design an ebook and what to include
participated in various archived webinars with authors and teachers who have experienced publishing digital textbooks

Syllabus:

Week 1: Introductions & Digital Literacy

During the first week, participants will:

become familiar with the group tools and forums
introduce themselves and begin to establish connections with mentors and peers
learn to create and define a copyright for their creative works
describe their teaching situation and students
meet participants and determine if they would like to work in small groups of similar settings and subject sessions in creating one collaborative digital textbook
evaluate the legal use of materials in ebooks and options
learn from experienced and distinguished authors, teachers, and trainers at a live/recorded session

Week 2: Visual Design, Layout & Logistics

During this week, participants will:

evaluate the current content in textbooks aimed at their learners
create a multimedia presentation in which they evaluate various ebook designs they like
outline what they envision for their digital textbooks
evaluate their peers' outlines and provide feedback
learn from experienced and distinguished authors, teachers, and trainers at a live/recorded session

Week 3: Mapping it Out

During this week, participants will:

map out their chapters for peer feedback
evaluate their peers' chapter outlines and provide feedback
evaluate publishing options
learn from experienced and distinguished authors, teachers, and trainers at a live/recorded session

Week 4: Design That Supports Students

During this week, participants will:

complete part of their chapters and post for peer feedback
evaluate their peers' chapters and provide feedback
integrate one activity to engage their learners
learn from experienced and distinguished authors, teachers, and trainers at a live/recorded session

Week 5: Publishing Our Chapters

During this week, participants will:

publish the beginnings of their digital textbook (1 or more chapters) and post for peer feedback
reflect on their learning during this EVO session by completing the online evaluation form
list their ideas about marketing their ebooks
learn from experienced and distinguished authors, teachers, and trainers at a live/recorded session

Discussion group: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/108458862109297898812
Task and materials Wiki: http://ebookevo.pbworks.com

Collaborative Bookmarks (Listly): http://list.ly/Ebook%20EVO
Live Online Sessions (Google HangOuts): http://ebookevo.pbworks.com/hangouts
Video Recordings of Sessions: Youtube playlist

Moderators:

Name	Email address	Location	Biodata (not more than 50 words)
Shelly Sanchez Terrell	Shelly Sanchez Terrell @ShellTerrell shellyterrell@gmail.com	USA	Shelly is a teacher trainer, instructional designer, and the author of Learning To Go, The 30 Goals Challenge for Teachers, and TeacherRebootCamp.com. She has trained teachers and taught students in 20+ countries. The National Association of Professional Women recently named her Woman of the Year.
Janet Bianchini	janetbianchini@hotmail.com	Italy	Janet is an experienced teacher, teacher trainer, online moderator and blogger, with a keen interest in integrating technology in lessons. Over the past 35 years, Janet has taught students and teachers from all over the world. Janet continues to enjoy the fresh challenges that meeting new groups of learners involve.
Jennifer Verschoor	jenverschoor@gmail.com	Argentina	Jennifer has given numerous workshops on the integration of New Technologies in Education in Argentina, Japan, Paraguay, Costa Rica and the United Kingdom. She is the co-author of My First Digital Journey e-Book published by The Round in December 2012. She is a proud Webhead and President of ARCALL Argentine Computer Assisted Language Learning.
André J. Spang @Tastenspieler	spang.andre@googlemail.com	Germany	André J. Spang is a teacher and lecturer, musician, composer and OER-activist in Germany. He strongly believes in the “Power of Open” and his motto is: ‘explore.create.share’
Debbie Tebovich	dtebovich@gmail.com	Argentina	Debbie Tebovich is an ESL freelancer, iTDi mentor, online moderator and English Services Consultant.
Ian Hall	ihall2005@gmail.com	Australia	Ian Hall is a casual relief primary school teacher, IT trainer, Mentor for students, imindmap user, previous role being E-champion of North West region of Victoria and Primary Teacher in WA. I like elearning and chess.
Moundir Al Amrani	almoundir@gmail.com	Morocco	Moundir Al Amrani is a teacher of English and ELT materials writer. I have written my own ESP book and I am currently working on other digital publications. @AlamraniELT
Walton Burns	walton@englishadvantage.info	USA	Walton Burns is a teacher, materials writer, editor and blogger in Connecticut. He was on the author team of Inside Writing and has also worked extensively in assessment writing.
Sylvia Guinan	sylv.guinan@gmail.com	Greece	Sylvia Guinan is an online English teacher, writer and blogger who facilitates professional development online. She uses brain-friendly techniques to help students and teachers around the world. She designs educational materials, develops courses, writes resource papers and publishes ebooks. Her work is the result of much research into the psychology of learning, as well as hands-on experience with multi-media technology.
María J. García San Martín	majegsm@gmail.com	Spain	Technical and Pedagogical Advisor at the National Institute for Educational Technologies and TeacherTraining (INTEF) in the Spanish Ministry of Education. Master’s Degree Teacher at University Rey Juan Carlos (URJC) in Madrid.
Natasa Bozic Grojic	lunas994@gmail.com	Serbia	Natasa works in a private language school and her students are adults. She has been working as a language teacher for 25 years and still believes it is the best job in the world. She spends a lot of time online, learning and sharing with other teachers. She is passionate about blogging and digital storytelling.
Michelle Worgan	michelleworgan@gmail.com	Spain	Michelle Worgan teaches in and coordinates the academic side of a small language school in Spain. She regularly gives workshops at local, national and online conferences. She started creating her own digital textbook in last year’s EVO course and is currently working on the digitalisation of a Primary course for a major publisher.
Chuck Sandy	charnelsan@mac.com	Japan	Chuck is an author, editor, teacher trainer, and co-founder / director of the International Teacher Development Institute (iTDi). His most recent books include English For Scammers from Wayzgoose Press & Passages Third Edition from Cambridge University Press.
Özge Karaoğlu Ergen	ozge_karaoglu@hotmail.com	Turkey	Özge Karaoğlu is a K-5 technology specialist, teacher trainer and an English teacher. She is the content and the project developer of the ‘Smurfs ELT’ series, the author of Minigon ELT books, the co-author of ‘My First Digital Journey’ e-book.
Jason Levine	collolearn@gmail.com	France	Jase is Ambassador and Knowledge Entertainer at WizIQ, where he recruits teachers and develops free and open online courses. He has seventeen years of experience as an English teacher, teacher trainer, and materials writer. Jase is the creator of ColloLearn, an approach to English language learning based on the songs he writes and performs as Fluency MC.
Tanya Trusler	tanya@editingtoat.com	Canada	Tanya is an editor, writer, and materials developer with an extensive background as an ESL teacher. She edits educational materials such as online lesson plans, websites, and ebooks, and she also blogs for sproutenglish.com and esl-library.com. She is passionate about grammar and is currently developing a series of grammar ebooks.
Lucia Bartolotti	profbartolotti@gmail.com	Italy	Lucia teaches EFL at a High School in Trieste, where she has been the Technology Support person for the last three years. She is an Edmodo Ambassador and provides online support for Edmodo users in Italy through her own Edmodo group.
Terry Freedman	terry@ictineducation.org	UK	Terry has held the positions of Head of Department in schools, ICT Advisor, Head of E-Education, Principal Officer in ICT for the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, and Ofsted Inspector. He has published a number of books and articles in the field of ICT in Education.