easy ebooks with treesaver.js

Somehow this one passed me by because treesaver has been around for a while now. Treesaver.js is a javascript framework for creating magazine-style webpages http://treesaverjs.com/.

The coding reminds me of some of the frameworks I played around with for creating html5 webapps for Android and iPhone and it seems pretty straightforward. My first experiments have resulted in pages where the images are not displayed at all - a placeholder is shown in a different location from intended. I also found that everything was displayed very nicely on my Orange Monte Carlo but looked much more basic on my iPod Touch.

I think this could be an interesting way to distribute texts for my classes though so I am going to explore it a little further. I may have to restrict myself to additional texts as we want our students to pay money for the proper textbook but if it does indeed help save trees then that can only be a good thing!

Neil

Entering the world of tablet teaching.

As well as being a lecturer mainly teaching English as a Foreign Language I am also currently studying Blended and Online Education at Edinburgh Napier University. As part of my studies I recently did a project on mobile learning looking at the extent to which students at my university were already using mobile learning software and hardware. Having looked at what students are doing with m-learning I have decided it is now time to make myself the guinea pig and take a look at what m-learning, and in particular tablet teaching, could do for me. This blog will be my diary of the discoveries I make, lessons I learn and mistakes I make along the way. I hope it is as interesting for everyone reading this and it is for me trying it out.

All comments, suggestions and especially recommendations are welcome.

Stay tuned!

Neil