Category: Creativity

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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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How can we use comics in the classroom?

Book Creator 4.0 comes with comic book templates. Here’s some thoughts about how and why comic books can be used as a writing stimulus, and more.
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Top tips for making teacher resources **fabulous**

Creating resources for your classroom? Here’s some ideas from an Art Teacher to give your books an edge and make them more engaging.
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Grades 2 and 11 collaborate – Part 2: Squirt’s Reef Adventure

Apple Distinguished Educators Jason Sand and Robyn Torry present another fantastic collaboration between their students.
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Paper by FiftyThree and Book Creator

Paper by FiftyThree is the kind of app that the iPad was made for. And it’s a great complement to Book Creator. Read how this teacher combined the two apps to great effect.
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Pixar artist illustrates beautiful ebook in Book Creator

Part of My Heart is a magical story about a baby heart born to children’s parents. Mike Sundy talks through the creative and publishing process.
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The importance of the blank canvas

Apple Education Trainer Ian Wilson discusses the role of technology in creativity, and how the best apps move out of the way to allow students to be creative without uniformity.
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My Pet Monster books: Grade 2 and 11 work together

Looking for a fantastic example of collaboration between classes, age groups, and different apps?
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9 Design tips to give your book a professional finish

Cathy Hunt, of iPad Art Room, is here to provide some effective design principles for making ebooks with Book Creator.
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