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Book Creator is a flexible digital publishing instrument that I’ve been utilizing and recommending for years. And each faculty 12 months it appears to get higher. This 12 months will not be an exception to that sample as they’ve simply launched an amazing assortment of recent assets for lecturers and college students. Let’s check out these assets and the way you would possibly use them as the new faculty 12 months begins.

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Digital Citizenship
As I featured earlier this summer season, Book Creator now provides a group of digital citizenship assets designed to assist educate good digital citizenship habits to elementary faculty college students. The books, written by Widespread Sense Schooling, educate college students to cease and assume earlier than clicking or typing, to take into consideration their tasks as digital residents, and the way to deal with on-line interactions with associates. All three of the digital citizenship ebooks embrace audio elements in addition to actions for college students to full in Book Creator. You can also make copies of the books and distribute them to your college students in your Book Creator account by following the steps that I outlined on this video.

Copyright Free Pictures
As a part of the announcement about the digital citizenship ebooks, Book Creator reiterated the level that college students ought to be taught to respect copyright when it comes to utilizing pictures of their books. To that finish, Book Creator does embrace an built-in picture search instrument that returns solely copyright-free pictures for college students to use of their work.

Drawings for many who can’t draw
Persevering with on the subject of pictures in Book Creator, autodraw is a cool characteristic that’s excellent for people like me. Though I usually create sketchnotes in my pocket book, I’ll by no means be confused for an artist. That doesn’t imply I can’t embrace some good drawings in my Book Creator books. Book Creator’s autodraw will insert premade drawings/ clipart based mostly on what I’m attempting to draw. For instance, if I’m attempting to draw a bicycle and solely accomplish that a lot as a few circles related by a straight line Book Creator’s autodraw will begin to recommend some bicycle drawings for me to insert instead of my horrible drawing. Attempt it for your self or watch my demo to see how autodraw works.

Digital Portfolios
Book Creator was began as a instrument to make it simple for anybody to craft their very own multimedia tales. It’s nonetheless my go-to instrument for that. However Book Creator is more and more turning into a well-liked instrument for creating digital portfolios. A lot in order that Book Creator now provides a digital portfolio template for college students to use.

Of their back-to-school announcement Book Creator mentions 3 ways to strategy managing pupil portfolios. My most popular strategy is to have every pupil preserve their very own portfolio quite than have a bit inside a category portfolio. I want that association for 2 causes. First, it eliminates an opportunity of 1 pupil’s work being affected by one other. Second, it’s simpler to share with dad and mom at the finish of the semester or faculty 12 months. After all, there’s by no means a one-size-fits-all advice so I’d encourage you to check out Book Creator’s weblog put up and resolve which choice is finest on your state of affairs.

Get to Know Every Different Via Book Creator
The ultimate facet of Book Creator’s latest back-to-school announcement that deserves consideration are the back-to-school and Empower the Learner Profile templates. The back-to-school templates are designed to provide help to get to know one another by means of the creation of issues like a private coat of arms, a “hopes and desires” web page, and an “all about me” web page. I’d use these templates identical to my college students in order that they’ll study me and I can study them.

The Empower the Learner Profile template is a bit completely different than the back-to-school template. It is a one-page profile that college students full. Earlier than giving that template to your college students, I like to recommend studying this quick e-book that explains the elements of the profile and the way they influence college students.

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