Book Creator
Module developed by Shannon Thiessen Burton
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What is Book Creator?
What is Book Creator?
Book Creator is a free, open-ended, flexible digital storytelling tool.
Click on the video for a quick visual introduction to Book Creator.
Click on the video for a quick visual introduction to Book Creator.
Video created by Book Creator.
Book Creator is ...
- accessible and engaging for a wide range of student ages and abilities.
- quick to learn and intuitive to use.
- flexible with its capabilities, options, formats and uses.
- free and easy for students to sign-in, such as with a Google account.
- capable of real-time collaboration.
- able to easily incorporate text, images, video and sound/audio.
- accessible on various devices.
- easy to print, download, publish online, and share with others, which creates more opportunities for authentic audiences for projects.
Why use it?
Why use it?
Where does it fit?
Where does it fit?
Book Creator can easily be used in a range of grade levels and subject areas.
Click on the image right to jump to Book Creator's Resources for teachers page, searchable by grade level and subject area.
Click on the image right to jump to Book Creator's Resources for teachers page, searchable by grade level and subject area.
Click through the book below to read and see links with examples of 50 Ways to Use Book Creator in your Classroom, by the Book Creator team.
Click through the book below to read and see links with examples of 50 Ways to Use Book Creator in your Classroom, by the Book Creator team.
How do I start?
How do I start?
For help with how to begin using Book Creator, including how to sign up and an introduction to various options and tools, click on the image to the left.
Additional information?
Additional information?
- For further information and ideas with Book Creator, including Book Creator for Chrome, webinars and specific support for use in education, check out the Book Creator Youtube Channel or the image to the right.
- With the free teacher account, you can create a class library of up to 40 books. Students can join using an invite code you will be given. This is an easy way to manage your access to student projects, and for students to view and enjoy each other's final products. For more information or help with this feature, click HERE.
- For an external review of Book Creator by Common Sense Education, and to see how other teachers rate it, click HERE.
Where next?
Where next?
Wondering about what else might be out there for digital storytelling tools? Click on the image to the left!
Wondering about what else might be out there for digital storytelling tools? Click on the image to the left!
Alternatives to Book Creator which also have FREE basic plans.
Created using Book Creator.
Recommended lists of other digital storytelling tools:
- For a video by Common Sense Media with a quick comparison of Book Creator and Shadow Puppet EDU, looking at which digital-creation tool is better for elementary students, click HERE.
- https://www.teachhub.com/technology-classroom-best-storytelling-tools
- https://www.educatorstechnology.com/2018/04/9-great-digital-storytelling-tools-for.html
- https://globaldigitalcitizen.org/a-list-of-the-best-free-digital-storytelling-tools-for-teachers
- https://www.bookwidgets.com/blog/2018/04/learning-by-telling-stories-7-amazing-storytelling-tools-for-teachers-and-students
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