Using Book Creator for Formative Assessment

Using Book Creator for

Formative Assessment

15 tips for checking for understanding

By Monica Burns

UPDATED!

Get the revised 2nd edition, published April 2024

Using Book Creator for Formative Assessment (2nd edition)

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Table of Contents

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What will you find in this book?

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Introduction

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15 Tips for Using Book Creator to Check for Understanding

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Create a Teacher Library

Differentiate Student Responses

Do Now Journal Entries

Everyday Exit Slips

Collect Graphic Organizers

Weekly Goal Setting

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Top Tip

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Clicking / tapping the 'Home' icon will take you straight back to this contents page

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Pictures of Project Progress

Daily Reading Logs

Unit Video Reflections

Audio Feedback Loop

Vocabulary Reference Notebook

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App Smash with Seesaw

Checklists for Student Creators

Google Forms for Conferences

Culminating Unit Projects

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About the Author

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Introduction

Check for understanding in your classroom with Book Creator

A quick hello from Monica!

Book Creator is a powerful, open-ended creation tool that lets students capture the story of their learning. How can you check for understanding while students are creating ebooks in your classroom? How can you use Book Creator to check for understanding throughout the school day and school year?

In this ebook we’ll tackle these two questions together! You’ll see just how easy it is to use Book Creator to monitor student progress, provide feedback, and help students create ebooks they are proud to share!

How is this book organized?

In this ebook you’ll find 15 tips for using Book Creator to check for understanding in your classroom. Some tips are designed to help you envision a workflow for students; one where they share work and updates through ebooks so you can make sure students are on the right track.

A quick hello from Monica!

Other tips are designed to help students create ebooks with support;

so you can check for understanding during the creation process. You’ll find ideas to tailor to your group of students regardless of age and subject area.

Here are a few more ideas:

#FormativeTech: Meaningful, Sustainable, and Scalable Formative Assessment With Technology

3 Quick Formative Assessment Examples for Teachers

3 Things You Need to Know About Formative Assessment

Share your ideas for using Book Creator in the classroom using the hashtag #BookCreator or tagging @BookCreatorApp or @ClassTechTips on social media!

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Create a Teacher Library

View student work in real-time in your teacher library!

An important part of checking for understanding is having quick and easy access to student work. The Teacher Library feature in Book Creator lets teachers establish a special place for students to create. After creating a new Library, teachers can invite students to the library and view their work in real time.

When it comes to checking for understanding, a Teacher Library is essential! It gives you a window into student work throughout the school day. As students make changes to their books, they will appear in your Library.

The formative assessment routines in your classroom could include asking students to complete work in their Book Creator ebook so you can easily check it. This gives you the chance to monitor student progress, give real-time feedback, and make sure your students have the support they need.

A Classroom Connection

Teachers can create a new library and invite their students to join.

Useful Links

Creating a new library

How to join a library

Managing your library

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Differentiate Student Responses

Use audio, video, text, and illustrations to differentiate student responses!

Teaching a new concept to students? How will you know if they understand? The success criteria you identify for students will show you if they’ve “got it.” There are lots of ways to be sure that students understand something new. You can differentiate the way students respond to a prompt or question using Book Creator.

Book Creator lets students add a variety of media to their page. This can include audio, video, text, and illustrations. So if you are studying ecosystems with your class, you might ask students to respond to the prompt, “What is one thing that threatens the habitats of polar bears?” Students can respond in different ways.

You might give students a choice in the way they respond, or have specific instructions for different students.

A Classroom Connection