Outlining my Table of Contents

Creating the ePerfect Textbook

I'm running late as usual. The missions of this course are quite challenging and my school duties haven't left me enough time to work on the ebook as I would have liked to.

But here I am, trying to catch up. I have finally decided that this e-book will be part of the material I am preparing for my 11-year-old students who are taking their first Trinity speaking exam in May. I would like to help them to get ready, be successful and have fun.

Week 2 Missions

Mission 2, Days 1-3: Create an outline for your e-textbook

1st.  For this mission, you will need to have a copy of your curriculum and/or textbook Table of Contents. Based on these outlines, create a basic outline/skeleton of what information and topics you'd like to include in your e-textbook. We recommend Google Docs for this mission, but feel free to use another tool as long as this is posted online for peers to view.

Here's a Popplet map of my Table of Contents.

Mission 3, Days 2-5: Participate in a discussion about visual design

• Check out resources about visual design. Choose at least 3 to investigate. 
• In the Wk 2 thread, answer any or all of these reflection questions. Use the hashtag #Wk2EbookDiscussion:
• Which visual elements do you think are important for your learners specifically? Why?
• What are your thoughts about the future of textbooks?
• How do you believe digital textbooks should be designed to best match learners’ needs?

Among the resouces provided by our moderators there is an article by Shelly Terrell and this inspiring presentation which you can't miss!

Motivating Students to Keep Learning During Breaks from Shelly Terrell


This is one of Shelly's tips that I am going to try sooner or later:

Set-up missions in an advent calendar

• Each day your students can find a new mission worth points. See this post on how to make an interactive calendar with Thinglink or Wix.
• Mix up the tasks to include various activities like visiting museums, attending a play, snapping a picture outside, playing an online game, completing a brainteaser, or creating with web apps and tools
• Optional: Provide a points system 

All missions of Week 2 have been accomplished! Great!