Book Creator for Chrome
https://goo.gl/wdhb4T
https://goo.gl/wdhb4T
Book Creator for Chrome
Book Creator for Chrome
The Book Creator App for Chrome is an excellent start to getting students to develop their very own publications. Its easy-to-use tools allow students at all levels to become creators, and it works with Google by having the ability to access your Google Drive for importing different media. Book Creator will be a great tool for students to use on their Chromebooks by integrating their Drive, their camera, and their microphone. One note, like Drive, your work will save automatically. Below is the link to the Book Creator App--click to create your account today by using Google to sign up! Click the link below to visit the site:
The Book Creator App for Chrome is an excellent start to getting students to develop their very own publications. Its easy-to-use tools allow students at all levels to become creators, and it works with Google by having the ability to access your Google Drive for importing different media. Book Creator will be a great tool for students to use on their Chromebooks by integrating their Drive, their camera, and their microphone. One note, like Drive, your work will save automatically. Below is the link to the Book Creator App--click to create your account today by using Google to sign up! Click the link below to visit the site:
Check out the tutorial on Book Creator using the site itself to create a digital book tutorial.
Check out the tutorial on Book Creator using the site itself to create a digital book tutorial.
Below is a Slide Tutorial on how to use Book Creator.
Below is a Slide Tutorial on how to use Book Creator.
What the Free Version Offers vs. Paid
What the Free Version Offers vs. Paid
- 40 Books; 1 Library
- Students can join your library and add their own written, published books. In order to save on your free # of books, after you've collected their work you can combine them into one overall book with a few simple clicks! This will then only count as 1 against your free total of 40!
- The paid versions offer you more libraries and more books for a yearly cost (60 books; 3 libraries for a total of 180 books--60$/yr OR 100 books; 10 libraries for a total of 1,000 books--120$/yr. The paid versions all offer "Real-Time" collaboration--like Google docs, slides, etc.
Ideas for Creating Digital Books in the Classroom
Ideas for Creating Digital Books in the Classroom
- Fictional Storybooks or Children’s Books
- Portfolios
- Research Writing
- Science Lab Reports
- Explanatory Writing, such as, “How-To Books” with embedded video
- Cookbooks
- Creative Historical Books
- Student Created Textbooks where students can “teach specific lessons”
Check out these three awesome books written by the Book Creator Team, Dr. Monica Burns, and Michael Hernandez!
Check out these three awesome books written by the Book Creator Team, Dr. Monica Burns, and Michael Hernandez!
Additional Resources
Additional Resources
Book Creator has multiple resources for teachers to reference when needed:
Pexels and Pixabay provides professional grade photos to use without the worry of copyright infringements:
Use Autodraw to create your own drawings and have Google “guess” your drawing allowing you to choose from multiple clipart style images. When you finish your drawing, just go to the three lines in the upper left to open the menu and download your drawing:
