| Professional Development Provider | SOITA Learning Technologies | |
| Contact Information | Bob Stricker bob@soita.org 150 East Sixth Street Franklin, OH 45005 United States Phone: (937) 746-6333 ext. 120 Fax: (937) 746-1029 | |
| Program Type | Individual Program | |
| Program Rating |   based on 3 evaluation(s). | |
| Target Audience | Education: Curriculum Director, Technology Director, Teacher, Media Specialist/Librarian | |
| Maximum Number of Participants | no maximum | |
| Minimum Number of Participants | 1 | |
| Primary Disciplines | Best Practice, Collaboration, Curriculum, Instructional Programs, Video Conferencing Integration | |
| Program Description | The iPad presents a wonderful opportunity to convert students’ work, writing, and original stories into the ePub format for easy sharing and portability. ePub provides many advantages over PDFs including re-flowable and resizable text for reading on just about any size of device. During this session, participants will learn the ins and outs of converting Word documents and PDFs into the ePub format using the free program Calibre. We will also discuss how to sync ePub and PDF files over to your iPad and which programs you can use to read them. | |
| Program Format | 1.) Overview of ePub and Calibre 2.) Preparing your Word document 3.) Importing your document into Calibre 4.) Converting your document into ePub format 5.) Syncing your ePub files to your iPad | |
| Objectives | 1.) Discover the benefits of using the ePub format 2.) Identify the correct steps for converting Word documents and PDFs to ePub 3.) Describe how to transfer ePubs to the iPad | |
| National Staff Development Council Standards to which this program aligns | • Uses learning strategies appropriate to the intended goal (design) | |
| Program Length | 50 minutes | |
| By Request | This program is available by request ONLY | |
| Date/Time Notes | This professional development video conference is offered 'by request'. Please try to allow two weeks when scheduling. | |
| Connection Type(s) Available and Program Fees | Cost per Site: $125.00 Cost per Site with Premium Service: $112.50 What's this? | |
| Cancellation Policy | We will not charge for programs cancelled due to nature i.e. snow days. The full fee will be charged to sites which cancel with less than 48 hours notice. | |
| Program is Offered Through | Videoconference - H.323 (Polycom, Tandberg, LifeSize, etc...) | |
| Is Recording allowed? | No | |
| The Provider broadcasts over | IP | |
| Minimum Technology Specifications for sites connecting to this provider | Schools are asked to conduct a test connection with SOITA in advance of the site's first scheduled video conference with us. Sites connecting via ISDN should provide their own bridge and dial into SOITA. SOITA's IP address is 216.48.137.41 |
