Day 11-Book Creator Presentations

EDUC 5173
Day #11-Book Creator Presentations
July 19, 2016

Joy and Nike-They did a Welcome Book for school community. The idea is fantastic. I was a bit unclear as to the actual activities for students, etc. I do think this is a great tool that can be used in place of the same old expectations presentations. Great job and I will look forward to making use of this project. Friendship activity is a great idea.

John and LaurieAnn-Love the Idea of creating a science book. With pictures of animals and their sounds. Schedule and the routine of your day in a comic panel. Great. Love the idea of having different types of languages such as Mi’kmaw.Great ideas of ways to include their identity and families through albums and videos. The underlying multicultural and diversity is a very powerful way to create a sense of school community and unity. Wow. Creating flash cards..Create a book for learning a song. The math connection from the word problem and the equations was very insightful. Many learners can benefit from that. Way to go!

Joanne and Tracey-I like the idea of building interview skills. I like the getting to know themselves idea and the opportunity for practicing and having a great tool to assess their knowledge. Love the idea for video referencing.You idea for teaching personal hygiene. Great idea for creating a story board using the comic feature.

Dave and Suzanne-Visual schedule is great use of book creator. The accessible is yearbook is awesome. Making predictions using Book Creator is a fun and engaging way to have students demonstrate their knowledge. Visual dictionary is also a great and inclusive project for the students. Well thought out!

Christine and Chelsea-Love the description of the i Spy activity using the Funny Movie Maker. Using the app for online instructions makes the activity seem more fun, Students would find that really engaging. The vocubulary building activity. The punctuation book using videos would be a great tool to help students. The main activity  idea is great. I love how you used two videos and asked the students to describe the main idea. The artist time activity is very engaging as well. I am not a strong writer and I prefer verbalizing my communication and knowledge. I would love to have the option to do an audio version of a biography.The fractions Website would be a fun way to get students who find math intimidating demonstrate their knowledge. Great idea to use the BC app for the Scientific Method in Rocket building.

Rachel and Terri-I love the idea of using Book Creator to have the students make a scrapbook of space. I have taught grade 9 science and I think this is a much more engaging approach and more inclusion for those students that struggle with reading and writing yet are extremely creative. Dragons den project is awesome. Great job with the audio accessibility. Great idea for the spreadsheet app. It would be nice to explain how to use it visually. Great ideas!

Michelle and Sherri-Book Creator for social stories so that it is more accessible for non-readers. Great idea to use the BC app for a school newspaper. Classes are able to share projects as long as they are the same format. :) I agree that it will be more accessible and actually more likely to be read by a greater population of the school community. Interactive cookbooks. Collaborative class trip reflection activity book would be a great way to share experiences and pictures. Students could each submit a page with their fondest memory etc. The “how to” yoga poses is a very fun and useful application. Especially, for my BIRT students who struggle with emotional regulation. I would have them create their own “How To”. The family tree is a great idea for a book. It would be cool to have them link their family photos and then have a a link to a page about “Uncle Joe”. I like your idea. The Zones of Regulation activity of snapping pictures of people showing different emotions is a great opportunity for me to have my BIRT kids get in touch with emotional reactions. Thanks for this. I will definitely use it in my practice.

Sue and Nick-The ABC Book is an excellent way to get students engaged for. The idea of having the symbol and sound of the students in the class would be a great way to get them involved. Students who seem to have trouble with a certain letter can be given that letter to help them improve. The idea of Phys. Ed sports report for disabled people or injured students to show their knowledge. They could be a sports commentator on a video. I love how inclusive this is. This could even be done for students who miss time. The student beat demonstration is also a great way to assess students knowledge of playing an instrument. You could post a video of several levels of difficulty and have the students try to mimic and record themselves. This could be easily assessed. Using the Creator as a travel blog is a great idea. I will definitely use the idea for the Punit Squares activity in grade 9 science. It is a fun way to get the students to understand. Excellent ideas!

Jill and Chris-The the ‘How to” cook book that the students can build. Exploring the solar system book is also a great idea. THis would be accessible for most students.The family Tree idea you had was awesome. I loved the idea of having it be interactive and interviewing family members. I will definitely try to use this with my learning centre students. I agree that the traditional methods of teaching and assessing the Rock Cycle/Water Cycle are pretty dull by today's measures. Such a great idea to have students do it as part of an eBook. Using Book Creator to create a children's book is a great way to make the assessment more inclusive  and accessible to all students. Great additional activity to create their own intervention video. Great ideas!

Thoughts

I am thankful that I had the opportunity to see such wonderful ideas from my colleagues during the presentations. I have taken away so many ideas that I can make use of in my practice. I have realized that the “sky is the limit” to Book Creator and I have purchased the app realizing I will be using this amazing app for years to come.

Further, I have introduced this app to my husband, who is a science teacher (grade nine through 11). He teaches many students that have disabilities. He is very interested in working with me to make this part of his curriculum next year. We love the idea of a presentation tool but also to enable his curriculum to be accessible. It is also going to be a great assessment tool for students.