This week I looked at Book Creater which is an online tool where students can create their own portfolio. The different ways you can use Book Creator are endless but there are some that would be relevant to my school.
The digital portfolio is a great way for students to look back on their learning and their work. I work in a K-8 school and most students stay in the school all the way to 8th grade. Therefore, students (and parents) would love to see all the students work as it progresses from Kindergarten through 8th grade. For younger students, the teacher would have to upload their work into the portfolio but with time, students as young as 3rd grade can probably contribute to their portfolio.
Another use for Book Creator is to create an 'All About Me' book. Many classrooms have 'student of the week' or 'star student'. However, a way to enhance this is to have the students create an 'all about me' book to share with their students. Another option is to have the student share things about themselves and have the other students write one page in the book to share what they learned about the student of the week.
One thing I love about Book Creator is the ability to accomodate different learners. It has the option to add voice instead of typing out words so students can tell a story audibly. This platform also allows students to add visual images found on the web as well as imagies they created themselves. This would be a fantastic resource to use with virtually any research project to demonstrate their learning.
Book Creator also allows for collaboration as students can create books together. This is a valuable skill for students to learn to work together on a project. It also supports an inquiry-based learning model as it gives student a lot of choice in the design of their book.
Lastly, you can print out a copy of students' books and have it displayed in your library collection. Students love to see their work in print, and I have found that they love to check each other's books out from the library.
Book Creator is very easy to use and a library media specalist can probably teach other teachers how to use this platform in a simple video tutorial.
Here is a link to check out Book Creator https://bookcreator.com/
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