Schools & Districts Toolkit

Identify your

Champions

CHAMPION

You know who they are. Those incredibly special people in your school district who help teachers make effective use of technology for learning. Instructional Technology Specialist, Library Media Specialist, Digital Learning Coach, Teacher... Whatever their title, they're the ones who make the magic happen with Book Creator in your school district.

This book is full of contributions from Book Creator champions working in schools and districts across the world, providing you with a toolkit of resources and tips on how best to support teachers to make the most out of Book Creator to make an impact in your students' lives.

Meet your

Success Managers

Teacher

Some individuals in the district will have already met your Teacher Success Manager. It's a great idea to schedule some time for all your coaches and Book Creator champions to meet them.

It can be a 'Train the Trainer' session, during which they share their tips on how best to introduce Book Creator to teachers. It's also a great opportunity to ask questions and brainstorm ideas for how best to roll out Book Creator in your district, in a way that resonates most with your goals and curriculum.

Once they gain an understanding of your district goals, they can also point you to the best pages in this book, based on the where you are in your Book Creator journey.

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Get Inspired

& Stay Informed

Resources

Find loads of ideas and example books in our Discover section and Resources pages.

Social Media

Follow Book Creator on Twitter and Facebook to hear about new features, read our regular blog posts and get inspired by the great work that teachers share regularly on social media.

Webinars

Learn from Book Creator's Teacher Success Managers, Ambassadors and other experts in the field by signing up for their regular webinars.

Meetings

Schedule regular meetings with your Teacher Success Manager to share feedback on how things are progressing and brainstorm ideas on how to maintain the momentum.

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"I would suggest connecting with content area teams as soon as possible to find ways Book Creator can be integrated into current lessons, projects and assessments. When teachers see how the tool fits into a lesson or a final project, they will want to learn to use it and won’t see it as something extra."

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Director of Instructional Technology
San Diego Unified School District

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Integrate with

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Curriculum

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Get integrated with the following ideas!

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Invite curriculum and department leaders to meet with your TSM to introduce them to Book Creator

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Share example books and subject-specific resources

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Create student templates that complement your curriculum, focusing on upcoming units of work

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Find out more about Student Templates on page 46 >>>

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ELA: Phonics

Milwaukee Public Schools created these phonics books for teachers to use with students to read, listen, record, write and draw.

"As an instructional tech department, we're really trying to get the teachers to move from sit and get tech and have the students producing something"

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Shanna OConnor

Digital Learning Coach
Milwaukee Public Schools

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ELA: Sight Words

Digital Learning Coaches at Newton County Public Schools created these books for students to read, listen and practice their sight words.

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ELA: Daily Reading

Skills Practice

Kerry Ginn, Book Creator Ambassador and Intervention Specialist at Cincinnati Public Schools, tells us about the impact Book Creator is having with her students with special needs. She creates differentiated books like these for students to do daily independent practice to build their literacy skills.

Practice with reading short vowel syllables smoothly

Differentiated spelling review books for weekly spelling challenges

Learn 5 new rote memory words each week & design pages with their chosen words

Practice splitting and spelling words that follow phonemic rules (Wilson's Fundations curriculum)

ELA: Reading

Response Journals

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"Having templates not tied to specific books or curriculum is key in terms of them being versatile, and teachers feeling empowered to remix them to suit their own needs. To roll these templates out, we included them in our department newsletter and
on our Tech Blog"

Check out this awesome student exemplar

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Aly Rumberger
Instructional Technology
Specialist Issaquah School District

ELA: Active Reading

(#BookSnaps)

"If you give students and teachers Book Creator they will be able to embrace their creativity, they will find their voice and begin to write their own stories (even outside of school). Students will impress you with their enthusiasm for writing, passion for creativity and love of learning."

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Jamie Horvath
Lead Technology Teacher
Northampton Area School District

BookSnaps Example