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Teaching the Art of Listening: How to Use Podcasts in the Classroom

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Teaching the Art of Listening: How to Use Podcasts in the Classroom

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Podcasts are far from a new classroom tool-teachers have been podcasting for more than a decade-but as their popularity continues to rise, teachers are finding new and innovative ways to bring them into the classroom.

In light of the Common Core State Standards' shift toward the use of nonfiction, podcasts provide a unique way to build critical thinking skills while adhering to state standards. The hit " Serial," which in its first season tried to solve a 1999 high school murder case, inspired educators across the country to create comprehensive lesson plans and final exams based on the investigative mystery. Some teachers use podcasts to strengthen language literacy for their English-as-a-second-language students, while others assign their students audio narratives to analyze for storytelling and writing techniques.

When Washington Post reporter Lillian Cunningham took on the job of creating and hosting one of the Post's newest podcasts, she never expected to find her work in the classroom. But after the release of " Presidential" last fall, Cunningham started receiving email after email from teachers who were using it in class discussions, extra-credit assignments, and research projects. The 44-episode podcast explores the life and impact of each U.S. president, culminating with a reflection on the 2016 election of Donald Trump, while its 2017 follow-up " Constitutional" introduces listeners to different aspects of the Constitution and the people who framed it.

"Podcasting is a great intimate medium for bringing stories to life, and I think a lot of teachers have found that aspect of it useful," Cunningham said in an interview with Education Week Teacher. "In addition to having students read about American history in textbooks, being able to supplement that with storytelling about these figures has been a great way to help students transport themselves to those time periods."

Michael Martirone, a high school social studies teacher in Egg Harbor Township, N.J., is one of the many educators who reached out to Cunningham after the release of "Presidential." Martirone assigned each of his AP Government students a different U.S. president to research, and had them listen to corresponding "Presidential" episodes to gain a deeper understanding of the historical figures they were writing about.

"[Podcasts] are useful and they're effective because they allow students to slow down," Martirone said. "Rather than have kids go watch the news-where there's so many talking heads and so much conjecture and sensationalism-podcasts are a little bit more down to earth and centered, and that allows kids to listen and reflect and digest what's being said."

High school English teacher Laura Winnick turned to podcasts after struggling to boost her second-semester seniors' enthusiasm for research projects. She tasked her students with researching, producing, and editing an audio narrative about a deadly warehouse fire that took place near Winnick's Oakland, Calif., school district in 2016. Over the course of the unit, her students examined articles and videos, interviewed community members, and crafted a 60-minute podcast, which they presented at a community-wide listening reception.

"Podcasts became the project to lead students through a process of student-driven inquiry of research," Winnick said. "Students were able to go out and do research that was human-based. They did interviews that didn't ask them to put their nose in a book and read reference materials-it asked them to engage and empathize with their community."

Creating podcasts with your students might seem like an intimidating exercise-but with Winnick's five keys for successful podcasting, your classroom could take project-based learning to the next level:

Make sure the topic you picked works for audio and lends itself to the work of researching and interviewing. "Because the [warehouse] disaster was so recent and happened locally, we were able to truly talk to experts in the field," Winnick wrote.

Take advantage of online resources like KQED Teach's Podcasting with Youth Radio tools for interviewing, recording, editing, and finding your radio voice.

Anticipate technological glitches and flow with them. "Teachers are so scared when they haven't used a platform themselves," Winnick said. "You have to trust that young people will be able to navigate the platform, or accept that you won't know all of the answers when it comes to digital audio production."

Use free audio recording and editing software. Winnick and her students produced their podcast with Garageband, and posted the final product on SoundCloud. For transferring files to iTunes, you can use Podbean or audioBoom for free, or pay a small fee to use Libsyn or Blubrry.

Avoid copyrighted materials. Instead, use royalty-free music and sound effects from sites like pond5 and freesound-or have students create beats themselves.

And if you're looking for the best podcasts to bring to the classroom, here are four you can't miss:

1. On air since 1995 and available as a free podcast since 2006,"This American Life" offers over 600 narrative-driven episodes covering everything from the basics of campaign finance to prison productions of Shakespeare. Make sure to check out the website's Educator Resources page, which lists episodes that teachers have incorporated in lessons on history, English, psychology, and more. Search by subject or grade-level, and read educators' comments on how they've used the podcast in class-some even include lesson plans, study guides, and reading schedules.

2. Since 2003, "StoryCorps" has invited ordinary people from across the country to interview their friends and family members. The podcast now boasts a collection of over 70,000 conversations with participants from all 50 states. You can download common core-based lesson plans and resources from StoryCorps Education, or have students use the list of great questions and StoryCorps App to conduct interviews of their own.

3. Kid-specific podcasts "Wow in the World" and "Brains On!" tackle tricky science questions each week. "Wow in the World" brings the latest-and wackiest-scientific studies to life, while "Brains On!" has kids and reporters working together to figure out how airplanes fly and why cats purr. Take a look at the "Wow in the World" conversation starters to find ideas for discussion questions, mini experiments, and class projects.

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Teaching the Art of Listening: How to Use Podcasts in the Classroom

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Podcasts are far from a new classroom tool-teachers have been podcasting for more than a decade-but as their popularity continues to rise, teachers are finding new and innovative ways to bring them into the classroom. In light of the Common Core State Standards' shift toward the use of nonfiction, podcasts provide a unique way to build critical thinking skills while adhering to state standards.

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How Teachers Can Use Podcasts to Promote Learning

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How Teachers Can Use Podcasts to Promote Learning

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Spread the loveJust like listening to audiobooks through electronic devices, podcasts are becoming more and more popular. These iPod-based audio broadcasts encompass a wide variety of subjects, such as entrepreneurship, politics, history, to entertaining series on serial killers. These downloadable series can be subscribed to, so you automatically get the next installment.

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Katie's Recommended Podcasts for Students

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Earsnacks
Story Pirates
Wow in the World
Brains On!

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8 Teacher Podcasts That Are Totally Worth a Listen

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My favorite is the Cult of Pedagogy podcast!

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It's a big, wide world of educational podcasts out there-where to start?! Here are a few of our favorites that we hear teachers recommend again and again. So take a look, have a listen and enjoy!

IF YOU LIKE: figuring out how to reach students with all different types of personalities ...

Susan Cain, author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking , offers research and insight on how to recognize and empower students who don't fit the outgoing mold that the structure and culture of many schools tend to idealize (desk pods, we're looking at you!).

IF YOU LIKE: learning about world language and ELL pedagogy in a laid-back atmosphere ...

Described on its site as "Car Talk meets second language acquisition," Tea With BVP offers perspectives on teaching a second language from three educators in an atmosphere that's both informative and laid-back. Think of it as a professional-development meeting but in a Starbucks with your best teaching buddies.

IF YOU LIKE: incorporating tech into your teaching, but you don't know where to start ...

Ah, educational technology ... so ubiquitous, yet so elusive. Even the savviest of us can get overwhelmed when trying to integrate it all into our everyday teaching (show of hands: How many of us have heard the conflicting messages "don't use tech just to use it!" followed by "why aren't you using more tech?").

Hosts Matt Miller (of ) break down Ditch That Textbook ) and Kasey Bell (of Shake Up Learning Google' s teaching tools for easy application in the classroom. Our favorite part of the tagline: "Tips, tricks and teaching ideas you can use in your class TOMORROW!" Yes, please.

IF YOU LIKE: boning up on grammar rules and language usage-in small doses ...

Mignon Fogarty, Quick and Dirty Tips 's Grammar Girl, produces short podcasts-most are 15 minutes or less-on focused topics to provide practical methods for memorizing and applying grammar and language concepts.

Her friendly attitude is the perfect antidote for any of the stuffy grammar snobs at your school who just looooove correcting your email to the staff about where everyone's meeting for happy hour.

IF YOU LIKE: poetry (or would like to like poetry-it can be intimidating!) ...

THEN YOU'LL LOVE: Podcasts From the Poetry Foundation

The Poetry Foundation offers an array of podcasts and audio features, including a poem of the day, author studies, poetry analysis and more. Start small, take what you like, leave what you don't and enjoy!

IF YOU LIKE: quick inspiration for the week during your Monday morning commute ...

Who doesn't need a little pick-me-up on the way to work at the beginning of the week? Released weekly on Sunday, the Truth for Teachers podcast runs 15 to 20 minutes long with the goal of speaking "life, encouragement, and truth into the minds and hearts of educators."

In a friendly and supportive tone, host Angela Watson addresses topics in education such as staying hopeful in a school with bad morale, keeping kids focused while using the internet, and recovering from teacher burnout.

IF YOU LIKE: hearing stories of other teachers' experiences-the good, the bad and the ugly ...

It's so easy to feel isolated when things get tough in teaching, but hearing how other teachers persevered through the hard times can help. Produced by a high school English teacher from Long Island, Talks With Teachers features interviews with teachers that reveal their professional successes and failures in the classroom, along with practical tips to apply to your own career.

IF YOU LIKE: teaching in all forms-not just in a school but corporate training, coaching, tutoring, homeschooling or mentoring ...

Jennifer Gonzalez, host of the podcast and producer of the related online magazine, believes teaching is both a science and an art that appears in many forms.

Whether you're on the track field, in a classroom or even just helping your own child at home, this podcast parses all the research and methodology that we just don't have time to go through ourselves, and then "show[s] [us] the good stuff." Sign us up!
Teachers: What podcasts do you love? Let us know by leaving a comment below!

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It's a big, wide world of educational podcasts out there-where to start?! Here are a few of our favorites that we hear teachers recommend again and again. So take a look, have a listen and enjoy!

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Materials are already available. See your tech coach to borrow a green screen sheet that can be put up, as well as microphones for recording!

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Check out Nicole Gleason's eBook on green screen use. It has great video examples. Questions? Want to see more? Go to Nicole's website.

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I found this newsletter by Janet Corder and Joan Gore. It is FILLED with ideas and examples for green screen!

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Green Screen Magic
Janet Corder and Joan Gore

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Green Screen by Do Ink Tutorials. How to create Green Screen videos and use all the features that Green Screen by Do Ink has to offer.

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Green Screen in the classroom is an engaging way to have students express their creativity. In my classroom students collaborate with each other on script writing and preform a little skit to teach others about a concept or skill they learned. Students also write class stories and then act them out together. Sometimes it is hard to find class time to do a large production with Green Screen. Even finding the space to film can hinder some teachers from trying it. What about a mini Green Screen? You only need a tiny space. Students use mini toys such as LEGO minifigures or generic brand figures to create a little movie. These are easy to store in one container and students can film right at their desk or a small table.

Mini Green Screen on A Budget

Here is everything you need to have a Mini Green Screen in your classroom on a budget. I got all my items at Dollar General. I did share some affiliate Amazon links for some items that I could find.

*A Green Screen

Some things that work for mini green screens are: 2 pocket green folders, pieces of green felt or cloth, a green lego base plate, a green cutting board, play dough, a green plastic table cloth, a green placemat, green painted pizza boxes, green tri-fold science boards, or even a piece of green construction paper.

I found that blue tri-fold science boards work great too. The Green Screen app by Doink actually works with lots of colors but I find green and blue work best. I really like the trifold boards because they fold up flat and are super easy to store right by my filing cabinet.

*Small Toys

Dollar stores have very inexpensive character toys that students can use for their project. Lego Minifigures or Dollar General generic figures work great for this. A set of eight characters runs about $5.95. Just remember to make sure none of the characters have green on them. Students may even want to bring in their own mini toys from home. What about having students make their own characters out of paper? That has practically no cost at all and students love to do this for projects too.

*Clip Art Puppet

Another fun thing to do is to print your clip art on a sheet of paper that has a green background. Students can add this to a straw and the green background makes it look like it is just the item without having to cut around it so carefully. Search Chroma Key background on images and then take a screen shot and save to put behind your clip art. Then print it out and you have an instant puppet for a show.

*Green Straws or Sticks

Some restaurants have Green Straws you can keep from your visit or even ask them to donate some to your classroom. I know Subway has them right now. They are also pretty inexpensive to buy at Walmart or Amazon. This link gives you 250 for $6.00. You can buy for your entire school or share the cost with some other teachers.

You can also paint BBQ skewer s to use. Walmart also has a small pack for one or two dollars. You can get 100 from Amazon for $12.95. I used Clark and Kensington Luscious Green to paint mine. What is really neat is you can have the Green Screen Doink app on your phone and hold up the paint samples at the store to figure out which color of green you want to use. That's how I found this color.

*Green Silly Putty (optional)

This works great in place of tape. The green Silly Putty or any off brand of Green Putty works to hold minifigures/small toys to the stick. Students have to be careful and move the sticks carefully which is good for the filming and to help them stick to the putty. If they start coming lose readjust the putty. The putty comes off super easy when done filming. Dollar General had this off brand for $1.00.

*Storage Containers

I also found some great green storage containers for $1.00 each at Dollar General. A basket for supplies, a two pocket basket for straws/skewers, and a little container with compartments to hold character.

What's Next?

Take all these products and put them into a little area in your classroom. You could add them to an unused student desk or small table and you now have a Mini Green Screen Workspace. Students can use this as part of your writing time in class or maybe early finishers can create a little movie.

How Does It Work?

Students write a little script on a sheet of paper. Students then rehearse to prepare for filming. Once they are ready they take their puppet and film on a green screen. They add a straw with tape or silly putty so they can move their character while they are recording their video. Their green straw will not show. (See the fish photo below.) Students need to remember not to move their characters to much or it will just be a blur. Slight movement while their character is talking is best.

You might also be interested in my Green Screen Puppets and Blank Scripts product in my store to add to your Mini Green Screen Station. It has everything you need to do a fun little movie on a mini green screen 30 different characters to print and add to green straw or stick. 9 backgrounds for green screen. You can scan a QR code and load them right to your iPad camera roll. 12 different blank script templates. 4 movie idea posters packed with lots of story ideas to help students write their movie script.

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Mini Green Screen on a Budget - Goodwinnovate

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"Unleash your students' creativity with a Mini Green Screen in the classroom! Discover budget-friendly materials like green folders, LEGO minifigures, and green straws to create a captivating movie-making experience. With minimal space needed, students can write scripts, perform skits, and act out class stories using these mini toys.

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Go to Home Depot and ask them to mix you up a gallon of "Disney 4B-50 Gamma Sector Green." This green is considered the best green for green screen technology! It is a discontinued color, but they should have the mix details in their computer database. If they don't, give them HEX code #459D43.

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Hmm. It's not. But you'll find that many of these new literacies are supported through tools and devices. For example, an elementary student rarely experiences interactions with global literacy without the support of some kind of collaborative or sharing tool.

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I have identified thirteen literacies that our students need to become well-rounded 21st-century citizens. These literacies are not taught as separate literacies but are taught across the content...

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This poster was created by a fifth grader last year during our digital citizenship lesson.

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Search using #piccollageedu for tons of ideas from teachers!

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A look at how teacher's are using PicCollage in the classroom!

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Video Tutorial on How to Use Clips from Teacher's Tech

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Show What You've Learned With Apple Clips - 2018 Tutorial

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Check out this awesome blog article with video samples to see how educator Christina Carbone (@ms_carbone) transformed her student-led conferences using Apple Clips!

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Are conferences daunting to you? Are they cumbersome and intimidating because you do not speak the same language as the parents of your stud...

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Check out this link to see a search on Twitter using #classroomclips. You'll find amazing ideas from fellow educators on how you can use Apple Clips in the classroom. My favorite right now is video newsletters!

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Lance visits the Burj Khalifa using Google Expeditions

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Lance visits the Burj Khalifa using Google Expeditions

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Google Expeditions: over a million students, on trips to virtually anywhere

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Laurie Delaney's New Hampshire Google Summit Presentation on Expeditions

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Laurie Delaney's New Hampshire Google Summit Presentation on Expeditions

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Check out Laurie's presentation, which includes lesson ideas to build upon the field trip.

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Google Expeditions: Where will they take you? Google Summit Slide Deck

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I love to use this postcard template with students after an expedition. I challenge them to illustrate a key point from the field trip and add some text about what they learn on the written side. Kids also get a rare chance to practice filling in their own home address. It's a great finished product to send home that shares information with families about our field trip!

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This list is continually updating. If you hold down the command and f (find feature) when in the spreadsheet, you can search it by keywords!
Check it out here.

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This app can be used by you and your students on the iPad. You can also access the Chrome version (which gives you 40 free books!) by going to app.bookcreator.com!

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Web-based app for making ebooks in the classroom. Teachers can get started for free and invite students to join their library. Add text, images, audio and video and easily publish your books online.

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Blog Post: Making Math Books Using Book Creator and Sharing in Seesaw

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Blog Post: Making Math Books Using Book Creator and Sharing in Seesaw

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If you would have told me 6 months ago that my 5, 6 and 7 year old kindergarten kids would be using iPads to create books and upload them to a folder so their parents could see them, I would have NEVER believed you! Following 2-3 step directions seemed like the biggest challenge for some of my kids! We practiced sitting still, raising our hands (without blurting out answers to questions) and we practiced lining up. We practiced so many basic skills of being in kindergarten. I was proud of the littlest accomplishments!

Fast forward 6 months, and I can tell you how much prouder I am of my kids. Sometimes I have to sit back and smile and watch my kids as they are working. 6 months ago I would have NEVER believed they could follow 45+ steps to create a book on an iPad and share it with their parents! But they can!! They love it and I love watching them in action.

We use our iPads all the time. So much that I had to come up with a new way of organizing them and keeping them easily accessible to my kids because they want to use them so much. We have these wonderful carts that we can store our iPads in, plug them in and charge them. Up until last week, I would take the iPads out of the cart and then have the kids keep stacking them on the table when they were done using them. It was hard to find the correct iPad the next time they needed them and I was afraid that they would get knocked down.

These dish racks from Ikea solved all my problems. We have 12 iPads in our room so 2 dish racks were enough to fit all my iPads. I put them in the front of my classroom, right under our Smart Board. I have a couple helpers take the iPads out in the morning and a couple helpers put them back at the end of the day. It's worked so well. I wish I would have thought of this a long time ago.

We have been using our iPads a lot during math time. This week we made math fact books with some math fact houses that I had hidden around my room. The kids used Book Creator to make the books and then uploaded them to their Seesaw folder.

One of our lovely Digital Learning Coaches was so helpful in my classroom two days this week. She worked with my kids and helped us learn how to upload our books to our Seesaw folder. We are all so grateful for her.

I posted on my Instagram account some pictures of my kids in action and said that my kids had so much fun creating math books in Book Creator. I had a follower ask how we used Book Creator in our math class, so I decided to post the steps here.

The first thing I did was create a new book in Book Creator, so that my kids had a template to use. I pushed it out to all my kids iPads through Google Drive, so that it was there for them when we did this project. I didn't take pictures of that step, but can, if anyone is interested in knowing how to do that.

Everything I do on my iPad, I do on my Smart Board so that my kids can see the steps. It only took about 2 times times showing the kids how to do these steps together, before they were able to make a whole book independently. Every once in awhile, we have to regroup and practice or do a step together, but for the most part they are completely independent.

Right now I am going to go through the steps of making our TIME books.

1. We opened our Book Creator App.

2. We found the Time book that I pushed out to all their iPads.

3. We clicked on the book and it opened up like this. We clicked on the arrow on the right side of the page to bring us to the next page in the book.

4. We saw a blank page with two lines that I already had on the bottom.

5. The kids pressed on the + button on the top of the screen.

6. This screen came up. The kids pressed the Camera button.

7. They then took a picture of one of the flowers that I had hidden around the classroom. Each flower had a clock on it.

8. On the bottom of the screen, they clicked on the Use Photo (if they liked it).

9. They then saw their picture across the entire page.

10. In the corners of the picture, they saw blue circles. They grabbed these and made the picture smaller.

11. They were then able to center the picture and see the lines on the bottom of the page.

12. They then pressed the + button on the top of the screen.

13. They chose the pen option,

14. They wrote the time above the lines.

15. They then clicked the done button on the top of the screen,

16. Now they had the picture of their clock with the time that they wrote.

17. Now they clicked the + sign again.

18. They selected Add Sound.

19. When they saw the circle they pressed it to start recording.

20. When they saw the red square, they said the time that they had written. When they were done, they pressed the square to stop recording.

21. They saw a little speaker sign.

22. They selected YES for wanting to keep their recording.

23. They were then able to move the speaker sign to where they wanted it.

24. When they were done, they clicked on the > sign to move to a new page.

25. They repeated the steps above to add a new picture, writing and sound.

26. When they were completely done with their book, they pressed the My Books button,

27. All of their books came up.

28. Underneath the book, they pressed the i button in the middle.

29. They clicked in the title box and typed the title of the book. They then clicked in the Author box and typed their names. We learned the hard way that if you click the Delete Book button, all your hard work is gone. It is really important to stress NOT to do this.

30. After they are done typing their names they click Done on the keyboard.

31. All of their books will come back.

32. Under the time book, they clicked on the square with the arrow.

33. They selected the EXPORT AS A VIDEO option.

34. They then clicked SAVE VIDEO option.

35. This screen came up. They had to practice patience here and wait until it was done loading.

36. Once their book was done loading, they pressed their home button and got back to the main screen. They then selected the Seesaw app.

37. They saw all their choices and selected the camera roll button.

38. A little box came up that said camera roll. They pressed this,

39. The last picture in the camera roll was their time book with a little video camera on it. The clicked on this picture.

40. Their time book came up. In the corner they saw a green check mark.

41. They clicked on the green check mark.

42. Our class list of names came up. They selected their name.

43. They clicked the green arrow in the corner.

44. They got a message saying their book was uploading. This step took a couple minutes to upload.

45. Our book was finally uploaded to our Seesaw folder. Parents were able to view them.

I am now able to go through each kids folder and assess whether they got the concept of time or not. I will be able to tell if I need to reteach them by looking at their books.

I have to throw these pictures in. As my kids were working today, we looked out the window and saw the biggest snowflakes ever! We could have stopped and made a book about snow falling on April 10th! It was crazy!

I hope this post helps you so that you can create your own books and share them on Seesaw. Have a great weekend!

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eBook: Using Book Creator in the Elementary Classroom

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eBook: Using Book Creator in the Elementary Classroom

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by Karen Lirenman

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Prefer to read offline?

Do you teach in the K-5 environment? If so join me as we explore a variety of open ended ways to use Book Creator in YOUR learning environment.

This book is filled with many open-ended easily differentiated lessons utilizing Book Creator. While you will find a variety of lessons from various content areas these lessons are less about the "content" (since we all have different "content") and more about ways you can use Book Creator to enhance your teaching and your students' learning.

In the first section we will explore ways to use Book Creator in your literacy classroom.

In the second section we will explore ways to use Book Creator in your numeracy classroom.

In the third section we will explore ways to use Book Creator in your Science or Socials Studies classes.

And finally we will explore ways to use Book Creator in P.E., Music, and Art class. We will even explore using it for field trips!

With read today, use tomorrow lessons, I hope all K-5 educators will find this book useful to them.

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Using Book Creator in the Elementary Classroom

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Karen Lirenman is an award-winning educator and this book draws from her years of experience to provide essential ideas for using Book Creator with young students. This is an invaluable resource.

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eBook: 50 ways to use Book Creator in your classroom

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Editor note:

This book was published in 2018. While a lot of the ideas are still relevant, most of the examples come from 2013 to 2017, when the Book Creator for iPad app was much more prevalent.

We suggest you check out our new resource, published in May 2023 - The Book Creator Toolkit for Schools & Districts.

Book Creator launched on iPad in September 2011. More than 6 years later the app is still going strong, used in classrooms all across the world in a variety of different subjects. And with the launch of our Chrome web app in 2017, we hope students will continue to benefit from using Book Creator.

We love seeing how creative teachers and students can be when using Book Creator. We're lucky that many teachers over the years have shared their tips, ideas and lesson plans as case studies on our blog.

This book brings together those ideas in one place, so you can browse through them and hopefully be inspired. Thank you to all the teachers who've contributed.

We've started off with 50 ways to use Book Creator, but we're certain there's a lot more than that! If you've got a great idea and want to share it with others, please contact us!

Happy book making.

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50 ways to use Book Creator (2018) in your classroom

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This book draws on 5 years (2013-18) of case studies from classrooms across the world to inspire you to use Book Creator in diverse ways. What will you create?

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eBook: Using Book Creator for Formative Assessments

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eBook: Using Book Creator for Formative Assessments

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by Monica Burns

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Using Book Creator for Formative Assessment

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Regularly checking for understanding during a lesson or project is vital. This book covers workflows for students and ways to use Book Creator to make sure your learners stay on track.

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eBook: 15 ways to use Book Creator for Reading Responses

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eBook: 15 ways to use Book Creator for Reading Responses

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by Monica Burns

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Join me as we dive into ways to create reading responses with Book Creator!

Reading responses can take many forms and Book Creator gives you the space to set up students for success.

This book includes 15 ways to use Book Creator for reading responses. You can tailor these ideas to both collaborative and independent student products and scale each one to make sure it meets the needs of your students.

Create models for your students so they understand the expectations for the reading responses you introduce to your group

Design tasks that can be differentiated for your group of students so everyone has a way to respond to what they have read

Reading responses can also include reflections on text students have listened to in the form of read alouds, audio recordings, or podcasts

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15 ways to use Book Creator for Reading Responses

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Book Creator is an excellent tool for students to enjoy creating and reading books together. This book highlights 15 actionable ideas for encouraging student literacy and helping them enjoy reading.

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eBook: Using Book Creator to develop Thinking Routines

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eBook: Using Book Creator to develop Thinking Routines

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by Paul Hamilton

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Using Book Creator to develop Thinking Routines

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As soon as you read this you'll make an instant connection to thinking routines as a classroom teacher. Paul draws on his experience to highlight some actionable lessons you can use today.

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http://popplet.com/
You can project your concept maps on the board using the site!
(10 Popplet boards free.)

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Popplet Lite is an amazing concept-mapping app on student iPads. It is available for all students K-5! Look for this icon and check out the very short how-to tutorial video below.

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Click on the image below to see a short tutorial video!

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