Having students demonstrate their understanding by creating short paper books is a common elementary school practice. There are many iPad apps (even more) and online resources like Storybird that empower students to be writers and publishers. As students move into the upper levels of the Primary School, they can collaborate to write digital textbooks using tools like iBooks Author or Google Sites. Teachers can be publishers as well, especially when the given paper textbook doesn't provide all that is needed and you want to include multimedia resources. Digital and online books are great differentiators of content by providing information in several modalities (images, audio, and video) and languages. Here is a sample online book. You can download free iBooks on your iPad by using the iBooks app.
To deepen your understanding of creating iBooks, look to follow the work of Peter Pappas who is a leader in the field. Enjoy Peter Pappas' blog and listen to Edtech Co-Op podcasts where he shares his insights- podcast 26 and podcast 27. You can also download his free iBook on how to create iBooks.
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