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Comic competition winners chosen!

It’s decided! Our comic competition has finished and Kevin Eastman has chosen his top three. Congratulations to Nandini Tyagi!
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Book Creator 4.3: What have we improved?

With the latest update, you can now easily share media from other apps straight to Book Creator.
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The top 11 apps to use with Book Creator

We asked our Book Creator Ambassadors to choose their favourite apps for smashing with Book Creator. Here’s their top choices.
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Comic book competition – here are the finalists!

Thank you to everyone who entered our comic book competition. We’ve narrowed it down to the final 10 – here they are.
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The 5Ds framework for integrating technology in the classroom

The 5Ds framework, from Book Creator Ambassador Jim Tuscano, can help make learning with technology more meaningful, purposeful, and authentic.
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Creating ebooks in 2nd/3rd Grade Science: Weather Instruments

This case study from Apple Distinguished Educator Katie Morrow is from a science project, but the methods could easily be applied to another subject on the curriculum.
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Author self-publishes children’s ebook to teach kindness and empathy

After hiring someone to create her ebook didn’t work out, Tracy Hoexter turned to Book Creator and proudly self-published her own book.
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Book Creator helps transform the therapy experience of families affected by disability

This is a story from a charity in Australia that is using Book Creator with families in a way we never envisaged.
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Our top 5 sites for sourcing great images and photos on your iPad

Our last blog post was about understanding copyright and licensing issues when sourcing images, and we’re following that up with some research into the best sites on the web to find photos, and in particular for when using an iPad.
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Understanding copyright, licensing and attribution for photos and images

Finding good quality images for your books isn’t easy. This article helps explain some of the terminology involved with copyright law and creative commons, to help you with sourcing images online.
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