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
Facilitator
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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.
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.
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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