Category: Blog

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Dive Into Inquiry Microbook

This is a chapter from Trevor Mackenzie’s book about designing inquiry units to help shift the control of learning from teacher to student. The full book is available from Elevate Books Edu.
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How do we foster creativity in our classrooms?

We surveyed our Book Creator Ambassadors to find out their views on the challenges of nurturing creativity in schools. Here is what we learned.
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AutoDraw comes to Book Creator!

Our big summer update brings a creativity boost to Book Creator, with AutoDraw, magic inks, emojis and more.
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Introducing The Google Infused Classroom Microbook – a new concept for learning

We’ve teamed up with Elevate Books Edu to bring you a new learning resource – the microbook! The series kicks off with a microbook version of Holly Clark and Tanya Avrith’s ‘The Google Infused Classroom’.
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6Cs of education – Citizenship and Character education

This is the final chapter in our 6Cs of education series. Now we’re looking beyond the traditional 4 “academic” skills to emotional intelligence, grit, perseverance, an intrinsic desire to learn, and the capacity to empathize with others.
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6Cs of education – Critical thinking with Book Creator

Across subject areas and grade levels, all teachers want their students to develop the critical thinking skills—problem solving, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. The challenge is how.
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Using Book Creator for Formative Assessment

A new ebook from Monica Burns, with 15 tips for using Book Creator to check for understanding in the classroom.
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6Cs of education – Creativity with Book Creator

This post continues our series on the 6Cs of education. How can Book Creator help foster a spirit of imagination, problem solving and creativity in the classroom?
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What does Apple’s latest education announcement mean for Book Creator?

So, has Apple killed Book Creator? Not just yet. Here’s a rundown of Apple’s recent announcements for education, and our response.
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6Cs of education – Collaboration with Book Creator

This post is part of our series on the 6Cs of education. What does it mean to collaborate? What types of collaboration exist and how can Book Creator help facilitate these?
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