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2nd Graders use Book Creator to share their family history with grandparents

A very experienced Book Creator Ambassador shares her project – look out for her top tips at the end of the article!
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Open letter to the Book Creator team: When Book Creator saved the day

Book Creator Ambassador Christina Mahar sent us an email that was so lovely we asked if we could publish it.
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How to get your students to plan the Book Creator lesson

When students become familiar with their iPads, let them dictate how they want to smash apps to create the final product.
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Creating vocabulary notebooks with a purpose

This teacher had the great idea to create template books for her students. She chose Apple’s Keynote app to create the template.
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How can we use comics in the classroom?

Book Creator 4.0 comes with comic book templates. Here’s some thoughts about how and why comic books can be used as a writing stimulus, and more.
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Increasing student engagement with Book Creator in Special Education

This Proloquo2go Coach explains how she and her colleagues faced the challenge of teaching students who have trouble communicating their ideas. Read how they used ebooks to inspire and engage their students.
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Teaching procedures and routines to your class with Book Creator

This special education teacher shares some useful tips and examples of how she and her class use Book Creator.
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Hand-drawn animations in Explain Everything – published with Book Creator

Part 4 of our series looking at how to app smash Book Creator and Explain Everything. This time we’re creating hand-drawn animations in Explain Everything on multiple devices, and compiling them into one published ebook in Book Creator.
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Dad teaches his daughter phonics with Book Creator

This brilliantly inventive father is teaching his daughter phonics by creating an ebook with her, and app smashing no less than 14 apps with Book Creator!
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KAPOW!! Book Creator for iPad 4.0 is here

The latest version of Book Creator is here! This is now the simplest way to create comic books on your iPad.
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