The majority of middle and high school classrooms have or are shifting to a 1:1 or BYOD model. Due to this shift, teachers need to become more flexible in assignments and projects they are having students complete. We will focus on having students using digital tools to create alternative project-based assignments such as infographics, podcasts, videos, digital animations. Teachers will learn how to put a spin on current assignments and projects.

1. Embracing
Digital
Creation in
the AP
Classroom
http://bit.ly/TCUAPSIGraham1

2. Hello!
I am Nicole Graham
I am a librarian, lover of digital
tools and projects, and a
supporter of student choice.
You can find me on Twitter
@Bibliodames
& nicole.graham@fwisd.org
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3. What will I be leaving
this session with?
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● Ideas on how to implement and/or
further the use of digital creation in
the classroom
● Tools you can use with students to
aid in their creation of digital
products
● Moral support as you go out on
your digital creation journey

4. Why
Digital?
Why
Not!
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5. Are students Future
Ready? Not if they aren’t
creating digitally.
￮ Digital products are what
universities and future
employers want to see
￮ Digital creation can help
bridge the gap in
reluctant students
￮ These skills have real
world implications and fit
well into the Future Ready
framework 5

6. #Booksnaps
vs
Book Reports
and
annotations
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7. What is a #BookSnap
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Booksnaps are digital
visual
representations of
book excerpts, poetry,
or other written text.
They are commonly
created in Snapchat
but can be made in
almost any graphic
design tool on the
market. The idea and
spearhead has been
EdTech guru Tara M.

8. You have to crawl
before you can
walk
Have student reflect on
passages and attach
emojis and icons that
express their feelings. Then
have them explain why
they chose them. Also
show examples of
booksnaps and the
instructional videos 8

9. Example-Poetry Snaps
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10. Tools for Creating
Booksnaps
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11. Tools to use
in tandem
Bitmoji -If
students want to use
their personal
avatars without using
Snapchat they can
use the Bitmoji app or
Chrome extension
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Padlet-Padlet
give the students a
place to display and
peer review the
booksnaps.

12. Skills Acquired
￮ Summarizing
￮ Visual representation
of ideas
￮ Graphic design
￮ The planning and
organization of
information
￮ Visual literacy skills
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13. Infographic
vs
Traditional
Research
Paper
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14. Infographics are a
visual method to
present acquired
knowledge to a wide
audience 14

16. Baby Steps
Infographics take time
to build up to.
Transfering ideas to
images and having
them flow and make
sense is a skill. Having
students sketch note is
a good practice skill to
help them think visually.
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17. Crawl before you walk
Sketchnoting
￮ A visual way of
representing note
taking using
drawings, symbols,
colors, etc
￮ There is no right way
to do it but allows
each student a way
to represent their
thinking in a way that
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18. Canva
￮ Free
templates
￮ Free accounts
￮ Lots of free
images and
icons
￮ Easy to learn
Tools for Creating
Infographics
Genial.ly
￮ Free templates
(but less than
Canva)
￮ More intricate
￮ Free images and
icons
￮ Take more time
to learn how to
use
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19. Flaticon
￮ Over 800,000
free icons
that can be
altered
￮ Easily
download
icon and use
in either tool
Tools to use
in tandem
Pixabay , Photos for
Class , or Unsplash
￮ Copyright free images
students can include in their
infographics without citation
￮ Check district filter on
student account before use,
many districts block these
types of sites
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20. Skills Acquired
￮ Summarizing
￮ Visual representation
of ideas
￮ Graphic design
￮ The planning and
organization of
information
￮ Visual literacy skills
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21. Podcasts vs
Traditional
Presentations
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22. Baby Steps
Use podcasts in the
classroom as an addition
to your lessons. This will
get students used to what
a podcast is, how it’s
formatted, and how you
can present information in
this medium.
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23. Tools you need to get started
Audacity -Open source recording
software for any PC or Mac
Anchor -App/website allows for
recording and posting of podcasts
with a free account. Website only
allows uploading of recordings
GoSynth-App/website allows for
recording of podcasts with free
account. Allows for comments and
audio responses. In Beta. 23

24. Where to host?
Anchor -Free Anchor accounts
allow for podcast to be pushed to
Apple Podcasts, Google Play and
multiple other podcast sites
YouTube- Students can upload
their audio to a video creator like
MovieMaker, create a background
image and download as an MP4
GoogleDrive-Students can
upload recorded files to their drives
and share via the share option
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25. YouTube
Audio Library
￮ Copyright free music
available for download
￮ Great to use for intros,
fadeouts, and to teach
the concept of
copyright
Tools to use
in tandem
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BBC Sound
Effects
￮ Over 16,000 copyright
free sound bites and
clips that could be
inserted into podcast

26. Skills Acquired
￮ Creative expression
of ideas
￮ Organization
￮ Technical know how
of software used
￮ Presentation skills
￮ Time Management
￮ Digital Citizenship
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27. Videos vs
Research
papers
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28. Baby Steps
Create videos in simple
slideshow style creator
tools to introduce new
content. Then have
students use the same
tool to show
understanding of a
topic, idea, or concept
taught. 28

29. Tools you need to get started
iMovie or Windows Movie Maker-
Depending on the hardware
available to the students different
video editors can be used. These two
are the most common and come
with devices
￮ Kapwing-Free video editing too
￮ APP based video editors-Splice,
QuikVideoRama
￮ Green Screen-DoInk, Chromavid
Pro, KineMaster 29

30. Learning Curve Required
Lightworks- Lots of bells and
whistles to play with. Fits in the
freemium category and base level is
free to download but the extra
features cost $$
Shotcut- Free open source video
editing software. Takes awhile to
learn and would be aimed at your
serious video creators 30

31. ￮ Royalty Free Music
￮ Bensound.com
￮ Freemusicarchive.or
g
￮ AudioJungle
￮ SoundCloud
*Beware district filters*
Tools to use
in tandem
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32. Project
ideas
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Lego
Movie
Maker
Music
Videos
Stop
motion
TED
Talk
Style
Infomercials
Vlog
screen
cast
Video
example

33. Skills Acquired
￮ Creative expression
of ideas
￮ Organization
￮ Technical know how
of software used
￮ Presentation skills
￮ Time Management
￮ Digital Citizenship
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Other
resources
for digital
creation

35. Shameless Plug
￮ Your librarian can be
a valuable asset in
helping transition to
digital creation
assignments.
￮ Collaborate and co-
teach to help build
comfort with new
technologies 35

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Book Recommendation from
your Friendly Neighborhood
Librarian

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Thanks!
Any questions?
You can find me at
￮ @Bibliodames on Twitter
and Instagram
￮ Nicole.Graham@fwisd.org