Category: Creativity

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Learning through Windows and Mirrors: the role of Book Creator in Early Childhood

Book Creator Ambassador Jessica Twomey gives some wonderful insight into her approach to pedagogy, using her Windows and Mirrors method.
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9 tips for creating effective student ebooks

Check out these expert tips from educational technology author and speaker Sam Gliksman.
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Bringing student stories to life with Book Creator

These students are really pushing the limits of what can be achieved in Book Creator. Together they published an interactive multimedia story, which can be read from the perspective of 5 different characters!
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Comic competition winners chosen!

It’s decided! Our comic competition has finished and Kevin Eastman has chosen his top three. Congratulations to Nandini Tyagi!
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Book Creator 4.3: What have we improved?

With the latest update, you can now easily share media from other apps straight to Book Creator.
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The top 11 apps to use with Book Creator

We asked our Book Creator Ambassadors to choose their favourite apps for smashing with Book Creator. Here’s their top choices.
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Comic book competition – here are the finalists!

Thank you to everyone who entered our comic book competition. We’ve narrowed it down to the final 10 – here they are.
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Our top 5 sites for sourcing great images and photos on your iPad

Our last blog post was about understanding copyright and licensing issues when sourcing images, and we’re following that up with some research into the best sites on the web to find photos, and in particular for when using an iPad.
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Understanding copyright, licensing and attribution for photos and images

Finding good quality images for your books isn’t easy. This article helps explain some of the terminology involved with copyright law and creative commons, to help you with sourcing images online.
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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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