How do we help students develop empathy and become productive global citizens? Michael Hernandez suggests creating books that focus on interviews and portraits to help connect students to other people and cultures.

Michael Hernandez has some ideas to share about creating assignments that give students a wider purpose for learning.

It’s that time of year! We’ve put our heads together at Book Creator to come up with the most useful set of templates, resources, lesson ideas and more to help you and your students hit the ground running. Happy book making!

Book Creator has teamed up with Empower the Learner to bring you a ground-breaking new template for learners to create their own 1-page profiles. We’ve also published an Introductory book to help you understand the science behind learning and why identity is key to social, emotional and cognitive learning.

Some thoughts from Michael Hernandez on how we can make lessons more tailored and interactive with supercharged workbooks.

However you use digital portfolios in your learning space—as a replacement for traditional grading or as part of a mosaic of evaluation methods—you’ll help to create a culture of reflection, and a community of learners who confidently share their learning with others.

Sam Kary talks about helping his students elevate their work by introducing a rubric for their digital book projects, helping them focus on design and multimedia.

Here are 10 ways you can engage your students in learning over the summer – without them even realizing they are learning!

Social Emotional Learning is one of the main priorities in education right now. We’ve made these activity book templates to help you focus on student wellbeing.

The Planet Classroom writing challenge gathered an amazing 360 entries from 25 different countries! Check out the fantastic final 10 and the winning book.