Book Creator for the

High School

Classroom

By Michael Hernandez

Introduction

Watch the introduction from author and high school teacher, Michael Hernandez.

THIS BOOK INCLUDES:

Why use Book Creator with secondary students?
Ideas for using Book Creator in high school
Book Creator as an assessment tool
Integrating digital storytelling into your classroom
Resources for Book Creator and digital storytelling
About the author

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Why use Book Creator with secondary students?
Ideas for using Book Creator in high school
Book Creator as an assessment tool
Integrating digital storytelling into your classroom
Resources for Book Creator and digital storytelling
About the author

Entrepreneurs, scientists, politicians, artists and journalists all tell stories—they communicate ideas and information in coherent ways that resonate with an audience. And we ask our students to tell us stories, too. Often these stories take the form of class presentations, written essays, or exams. In all cases, we ask them to synthesize our course content, demonstrate their knowledge and to generate new ideas based on that knowledge.

Book Creator allows teachers to build on the rigorous traditions of their existing curriculum and elevate the nature of assignments to prepare students for success once they leave the classroom. It also provides students with engaging, meaningful ways to show what they know and ignite their passion for learning.

This book serves as inspiration for how to use Book Creator in the high school classroom, no matter what subject you teach. Examples and practical tips help keep the focus on curriculum and how to transform your classroom lessons. Guides for how to use the Book Creator app can be found in the Resources section.

Share your students’ books and keep the conversation going by posting to social media using the hashtag #BookCreator.

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Why Use Book Creator With Secondary Students?

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Publishing with Book Creator allows students to synthesize information, think critically about your curriculum, and share their learning in dynamic ways that are relevant to today's audiences.

We know that literacies of all kinds are important for student success, and ebooks provide opportunities for student writing across curricular while also developing vital visual and media literacy skills.

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Your students aren't in spy school

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Hear the author talk about the many reasons why you should integrate ebook publishing in your class, even if you aren't a language teacher.

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Example of a student literary magazine published with Book Creator.

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Courtesy Michael Hernandez.

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Ideas for Using Book Creator in High School

Try these innovative ways to use ebooks in your learning space

Science

LAB REPORTS

While paper reports are helpful for teachers to check learning, digital books are easily shared with students, teachers and parents outside of your classroom.

This also allows for more effective ways to collect and measure data, including audio and video. Infographics help students present complex data with clear, easy to understand visuals.

Lab reports created by students document their experiments with video, and their results with graphs and data.

Courtesy Julie Willcott.

Science is about reporting evidence

The author discusses ideas for creating lab reports in the science classroom.

Inspiration and ideas

Math

REAL WORLD USES FOR MATH

Using Book Creator, students or teachers can walk through a process of how a math concept is applied in the real world, such as bridge construction, aerospace design, or how statistical analysis is used in sports, politics, business and marketing. 

Use photos to document mechanical constructs, and video to show movement of these objects or for students to explain a process of solving equations.

Take math from the abstract to the concrete

The author discusses ideas for publishing ebooks in the math classroom.

Math concepts are demonstrated with visuals.

Courtesy Cathy Yenca.

Inspiration and ideas

Social Studies

VISUAL ANTHROPOLOGY

For this project students research an historical topic in your town and record interviews with older community members to talk about how that topic has changed over the years.

Leverage the power of video, audio and photos to hear their testimony, show historical images, and infographics to show changes in data points like population, economics, etc.

You can only understand something if you've experienced it

The author discusses ideas for a visual anthropology project.