Time consuming to create. Very good for teachers to create authentic resources specific to Schools units of work.

Useful to add extra interest and reputation to subject areas.

Copy write issues

Areas and ages of suitability?

How are they shared?

What are the advantages over using programs like ppt?

Motivating for students - they love anything on a screen.

Children/teachers can create the book they want - and individualise them

videos, photos and links can be inserted

colour is motivating

it makes them feel like they are a real author.

They are writing for a purpose - JP students use them to feel like they are writing.

Older students are moving away from the old fashioned cardboard poster presentation and toward multimodal texts.

Teachers can re-use texts with the next year's students' names.

Struggoling students can use it to produce something

able to access and share to a greater audience

limitations with 'iBooks' in authoring

look at a range of authoring applications

engagement of students

opportunities to create 'folios' that allow integration of a variety of resources etc.