Zing

Zing is a fantastic site for finding free ebooks that I just found out about from Richard Byrne's award winning blog.  This is a great site for education as a user can search search through thousands of books by subject, topic, or reading level.  Best of all, is the ability for an educator to track their student process through built-in reporting and assessments.

I highly recommend checking out Zing by clicking here!!!

Time Machine: Age of the Emperors

Time Machine: Age of the Emperors is a excellent educational iOS eBook that is free today.  This is an innovative digital book that is great for History teachers that is highly interactive for students.  The way this works is a user creates a profile/character and then makes decisions as they explore different ancient emperors and civilizations.  The choices they make affects their progress throughout the book and best of all it saves their progress as they go along.

I highly recommend checking out Time Machine: Age of the Emperors by clicking here!!!

Vook

Vook is a nice site for those looking for an alternative to iBooks Author.  This allows users to create eBooks for a variety of different including the iPad, Nook, Kindle, etc.  Also, it has a very friendly user interface and users can even sell their eBooks for profit.

I recommend checking out Vook by clicking here!!

Become a 21st Century Teacher in 2 Hours

Is a free ebook that I just found out about.  It is offered by the author of Edgalaxy, a wonderful blog.  This is a wonderful resource that offers 13 tools that will help educators become familiar w/ an integrate technology into their teaching.  Some of the content includes: lesson plans, web 2.0 tools, Google integration and more.

For more information and to download click here!!

Moglue

Moglue is a wonderful new site that I just found out about from Free Technology 4 Teachers. This is an innovative site for creating interactive eBooks on iOS or Android devices. Moglue is available for Mac or Windows and has an easy drag-n-drop interface for creating eBooks. Once the book is finished it can then be uploaded to Moglue's store for download.

I highly recommend checking out Moglue by clicking here!!

Find eBookee

Find eBookee is a search engine for ebooks that is similar to Many Books. A nice feature is the ability to choose what type of digital format you're looking for in a book.

Give eBookee a try by clicking here!!

Litfy

Litfy is an excellent site for reading free ebooks. Also, this site offers an online highlighter and the ability to read on mobile devices. Other great features are the ability to mark pages, take notes and read reviews.

I highly recommend checking out Litfy by clicking here!!!

Course Smart

Course Smart is a great site for students looking to find a textbook in eBook format. This site is geared toward higher ed students and they can browse by category and top content.

I recommend checking out Course Smart by clicking here!

Many Books

Many Books is a nice site I just found out about from Richard Byrne's blog. This is a great search engine for over 29,000 free ebooks. It kind of reminds me a bit Neotake but not as visual.

I recommend giving Many Books a try by clicking here!!

LuLu

LuLu is a wonderful site that meets all publishing needs. For example, a person can create books, ebooks, photobooks (similar to iPhoto), or calendars all from this site. For educational purposes I really am impressed w/ their ebooks creator. All a user has to do is upload a file, choose from some different themes, and then create their ebook.

I highly recommend checking out LuLu to meet all your online/offline publishing needs by clicking here!!!

The Amazing Web 2.0 Projects Book

The Amazing Web 2.0 Projects Book was introduced to me by the incomparable, Naomi Harm. This is one of the best collaborative resources I've seen on Web 2.0. It covers everything from wikis, blogs, to digital storytelling and podcasting.

Terry Freedman the creator does a masterful job of organizing the content which has been included from such high esteemed educators from around the world, such as: Kim Cofino, Silvia Tolisano, and Shelly Terrell.

What fascinates me so much is how easy it is to use this great resource. The content is organized in such a clean/precise way. Below is an example of one such example...




I highly recommend downloading this free ebook by clicking here!!

Zinepal

Zinepal is a site for making your own digital magazine or ebook. It is very easy to use and I can see the benefit for teachers creating these "ebooks" since they will be in digital format w/ active links.

To get started you have to register an account, upload a few RSS "feeds" and then click create zine. Once it is finished you can set it to private or leave it public so others can view this. I really see this as a way a teacher can subscribe to educational blogs for their students. This site creates a "mash-up" or zine, so students can then see a combination of resources. This could be ideal for those who write more then one blog and want to share it w/ others via one URL.

Below is my "ebook" combining my blog w/ Larry Ferlazzo's.



Click here for the full version.

Give Zinepal a try by clicking here.