Apple's iBooks2 and iBooks Author - Collected Readings

The launch of Apple's  iBooks2  and iBooks Author at the Guggenheim NYC on January 19th 2012, has engendered great educational debate about the role of technology in schools.
It is a great thing to have the debate, but you need background first.
Here's my reading list on the iBooks2  and iBooks Author. My thoughts on the topic will come in a later blogpost.

The Official

http://www.apple.com/education/ibooks-textbooks/

http://www.apple.com/education/ibooks-textbooks/index.html#video-textbooks

http://www.apple.com/ibooks-author/

http://www.apple.com/ibooks-author/#hero-video

http://www.apple.com/education/itunes-u/

http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/ibooks-author/id490152466?mt=12

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/itunes-u/id490217893?ls=1&mt=8

https://eduapp.apple.com/

http://images.apple.com/support/itunes-u/docs/iTunesU_Course_Guidelines_011912.pdf

http://www.apple.com/support/ibooksauthor/getstarted/

 

How To's and Tutorials

http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/19/apples-ibooks-author-hands-on/

http://mashable.com/2012/01/19/ibooks-author-app-review/

http://creativity-online.com/work/apple-ibooks-author/25959 or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr076C_ty_M

http://www.tuaw.com/2012/01/23/ibooks-author-an-ebook-publisher-looks-at-apples-textbook-crea/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEUdd8vxK3M

http://www.tmadeeasy.com/tablet-apps-in-education/2012/1/20/ibook-author-a-very-special-tme-tutorial.html or

http://www.tmadeeasy.com/tablet-apps-in-education/tag/ibook-author-tutorials

 

Here's a PMI [ Plus, Minus, Interesting / Implications] on links I have found


Plus

http://thenextweb.com/apple/2012/01/19/an-in-depth-review-of-ibooks-author/

http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/apple_shines_with_ibooks_author/

http://frank-lowney.blogspot.com/2012/01/ibooks-author-and-coming-etextbook.html

 
Minus

http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/19/2718701/apple-ibooks2-textbooks-hardware-questions

http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/productivity_apps/232500227

http://www.techradar.com/news/software/applications/apple-ibooks-author-ties-your-book-to-ibookstore-1056419

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/23/initial_ibook_2_titles_offer_disappointing_interactivity_.html


Interesting / Implications

http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/21/an-ipad-in-every-childs-hands/

http://edudemic.com/2012/01/ibooks2/

http://edudemic.com/2012/01/apple-open-standard/

http://www.macworld.com/article/164914/2012/01/four_open_questions_about_ibooks_author.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBooks

http://wanderingacademic.com/technology/ipad-2/will-ibooks-author-create-a-wave-of-self-published-teachers/

http://mindshift.kqed.org/2012/01/how-to-create-your-own-textbook-with-or-without-apple/

The author has single licence for graphic through Envato / Graphic River