You Should Write a Book! Publishing Student Work Using Book Creator

Listen and learn : Snapshot

Monday, June 24, 3:00–4:00 pm
Location: Room 111

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Learn how to use Book Creator to curate, create, collaborate and publish student work (including digital art, presentations, writing and photography). Explore Book Creator's many options for embedding material.

Audience:	Coaches, Teachers, Library media specialists
Skill level:	Beginner
Attendee devices:	Devices useful
Attendee device specification:	Smartphone: Windows, Android, iOS Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC Tablet: Android, iOS, Windows
Participant accounts, software and other materials:	It will be helpful, but not required, if participants have created an account with Book Creator.
Focus:	Digital age teaching & learning
Topic:	Online tools, apps and resources
Grade level:	PK-12
ISTE Standards:	For Students: Creative Communicator Students create original works or responsibly repurpose or remix digital resources into new creations. Students publish or present content that customizes the message and medium for their intended audiences. For Educators: Facilitator Model and nurture creativity and creative expression to communicate ideas, knowledge or connections.

Proposal summary

Purpose & objective

I'll focus on two objectives in this 30-minute Snapshot session. First, I'll provide a quick overview of how the free trial version of Book Creator platform works. My second objective will be to introduce and explore the unique features of Book Creator that are likely to be the most useful for educators. Studies show that students do their best work when there is an authentic audience. Book Creator allows students to have a real audience and has many other useful and time-saving methods for embedding material.

Outline

I. Overview of Book Creator (5 minutes)
II. Examples of Book Creator (5 minutes)
III. Creating your first Book (10 minutes)
a. Starting with the end in mind…
b. Connecting to standards
c. Embedding images, videos, and other content to your book
IV. How students could use Book Creator (3 minutes)
V. How to publish to iTunes (5 minutes)
VI. Q&A (2 minutes)
For the duration of this snapshot, the audience will be engaged through interactive lecture while using the Book Creator website.

Supporting research

Ross, Jane (2013). Case Study: Putting Publishing into the Hands of Students; https://bookcreator.com/2013/09/putting-publishing-hands-students/

Burns, Monica (2016). The Value of an Authentic Audience;
https://www.edutopia.org/article/value-of-authentic-audience-monica-burns

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