What iBook 2 means for homeschool curriculum
iBook 2 is Apples latest contribution to the iPad and education. What does that mean for the homeschool community. One of the best things I see is that homeschool books can easily be ported to iBooks 2. {hint please homeschool publishers start making ibooks!}
Here are the highlights of iBooks 2
iBook 2
- textbook for $14.99 or less
- interactive Ebooks
- Quizzes and review questions
- automatic flash cards from highlights
- 3D animations
iBooks Author app
- Easy tool to create ebooks
- It’s free
- Publish right to the store
- highlight text for glossary
- HTML and Java script
- import Keynote presentations
iTunes U
- videos
- assignments
One downside with iBook 2 is that the textbooks take a lot of memory – up to a couple of Gigs. Also it looks like the iBooks publisher app is only for Macs. Overall though there are tremendous possibilities for the homeschool.
Overall this update should provide an improvement in the use of the iPad for homeschooling. Maybe now I will not spend time looking for lost school books.
