Book Creator for iPad is a great tool for your students to express their learning in a new way. A student can create his/her own book easily, using images found online, photos taken using the camera, or illustrations drawn by the student.
Text can be typed, or written with a finger or stylus.
Students have the option to record themselves reading the text. This becomes part of the book.
Books can be accessed by others through iBooks, as a PDF to print, or as a video (which includes the audio of the student reading).
Check out this book, created by a MLE Kindergarten student.
It was her first time using Book Creator, and together this took us about 10 minutes to create. She took the pictures, arranged them in the book (by the third page she was doing this part independently), and read the text out loud. As we began, I instructed her in how to use Book Creator. She quickly caught on and eventually did many steps for herself. I typed the text as she told me what she would like it to say. Older students could do all steps independently after being taught and given some practice.
Books can be shared for other students to read on the teacher's class iPad, or shared as a video so that parents can view it online.
This is a paid app which I hope to have added to our iPads. Would you and your students use it?
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