Book Creator
WHAT:
Book Creator is a website and app presentation tool to create, read, and publish digital books. Books are created with text, images, audio, and videos.
Book Creator was named one of the American Association of School Librarians(AASL) Best Websites for Teaching and Learning for 2018. The committee apparently loved it so much they also created a presentation of their 25 top websites using this tool!
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Best Websites Presentation LinkWHO:
Book Creator is used by students and/or educators. Teachers can sign up for a free account and can have one library set of 40 books total. Students can log into the teacher account to create their own books. If the book total is exceeded, books will be archived for later use. There are other pricing options to be able to create multiple libraries and more copies.
(There's a separate $4.99 charge per ipad app that is installed.)
WHY:
Book Creator is a great website because it is incredibly simple and intuitive to use! There's so many options available and no limit on the amount of pages that you can add or the length of audio/videos that users embed. All grades from elementary to high would be able to use and enjoy producing their original digital books. The final product is attractive, creative, and easy to publish and share!
How:
Educators will find many possibilities for using Book Creator. Their website suggests - -
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Final Thoughts:
I was thrilled with this website. It truly is a wonderful presentation tool with the short learning curve, numerous creative possibilities, and sharing options.
I see it being a very usable tool in the school library. Students could quickly pick up on how to create their own books and then have a blast reading each other's published books. This meets National Standards for School Libraries in the areas of Explore, Engage and possibly Collaborate.
Although truly wonderful, there were a few limitations that I was disappointed by. The number of free books allowed each teacher could be limiting if trying to use it with a classroom. I also think the background/colors/text options would be disappointing for older students wanting to have more possibilities for their book creations.
***I had so much fun with this website that I created a book for my students and their families as a memento of our Explore Week adventures of Jewelry Making! (I won't be able to post because it contains student names and photos)
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I really enjoyed the way you broke down your explanation of Book Creator! It was well-organized and easy to follow. Book Creator seems like an awesome website. It's similar to mine, BoomWriter, in that they both allow teachers, classes, or individual students to create a published book!
ReplyDeleteWow, I am impressed by this website and app! I would like to try it in my library as well. I agree with you on the disappointment regarding the number of free books that we can have. I think that would really be hard with numerous classrooms wanting to try it. Overall, I think it's a great idea though!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great website. I really like that is so easy for students to create books. I liked your thorough description and the fact that you identified the standards of explore, engage and collaborate. So many English teachers could use this to create children's books. I can think of so many ways that the library could use this website. It would be great for booktalks.
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