Book Creator is an incredibly valuable tool that may be used whether you are teaching remotely or in-person. But, we understand that everyone is incredibly busy. So, we’ve decided to share three of our favorite ways to use it with you! You can download all three books by clicking here, or individually below. Something to note: these templates will work whether you are logging on via iPad or desktop.
In this blog post, you’ll gain free access to the following templates (click any one to immediately scroll down to it):
Feel free to download the template to use for yourself! We can’t wait to see what you create with them!
InterACTIVE Science Journal 🥽 🧪
Use this template to document your class’ science experiments. The pages can be duplicated so that you and your students can continue to add content. This is extremely beneficial in a remote or in-person learning environments, as it generates a digital journal that students may access from anywhere (no more “I left my notebook at home!”).
Above is a screen shot of the inside. The text boxes may be edited, as well as the image. Students can use the right side to illustrate their observations using the drawing tool. We recommend taking advantage of the “auto draw” which uses AI (artificial intelligence) to transform the illustrations into icons.
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Word Wall ✏️
Word Walls have many uses, but a digital word wall opens the door to new opportunities. With a digital word wall, your students have the ability to record audio of the word / definition, and collaborate with one another to continue to add content.
You can even create one book for the entire class, then add all students as collaborators. Now, you have one book to maintain and everyone adds content. Tip: you may want to enable / disable the collaboration feature as needed (that way it limits the possibility of a student accidentally messing things up). We also highly recommend making a copy of the book to back it up periodically.
Mathematical Inferences! 🧮
Our Mathematical Inferences book provides a way for students to demonstrate their thinking by utilizing the Book Creator Draw tool and Text boxes.
Educators can easily add their own text boxes and images to the template above. Students use the right side to work out their strategies and prepare their thinking. If you choose to do so, you can even embed a Flipgrid Topic into Book Creator. So, now the students (who just worked out the problem on Book Creator) can explain their thinking on Flipgrid. More importantly, now they’re exposed to multiple different strategies from their peers.
Stay #interACTIVE!
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For more tips, tricks and lesson ideas for making learning more interACTIVE, check out our book The InterACTIVE Class on Amazon!
