How to use Book Creator to create superhero buddy books

1. App Smash
Superhero Buddy
Books With
Book Creator
Chris Turnbull
@TurnbullChris
Personalized Learning Specialist
Saint Paul Public Schools
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3. Book Creator For iPad
Paper by FiftyThree
PicCollage
Reflector 2 for computer
Project CollaboratorsiPad Apps
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4. Mobile Learning App Alternatives
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5. Project Collaborators
St. Anthony
Park Elementary
Fifth Grade
Teachers
Maggie Killeen
Carly Smith
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6. MN Writing Standards
5.6.3.3 Write narratives and other creative texts to develop real or imagined experiences or events using
effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
a. Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an
event sequence that unfolds naturally.
b. Use literary and narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences
and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
c. Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.
d. Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
e. Provide a conclusion (when appropriate to the genre) that follows from the narrated experiences or
events.
5.6.6.6 With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and
publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of
keyboarding skills to type a minimum of two pages in a single sitting.

7. 5.8.5.5 Include multimedia components (e.g., graphics, sound) and
visual displays in presentations when appropriate to enhance the
development of main ideas or themes.
5.8.8.8 Create an individual or shared multimedia work or digital text
for a specific purpose (e.g., to create or integrate knowledge, to share
experiences or information, to persuade, to entertain, or as artistic
expression.)
b. Publish the work and share it with an audience.
MN Speaking, Viewing, Listening,
and Media Literacy Standards

8. Common Core Language Standards
5.10.3.3 Use knowledge of language and its conventions
when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
a. Expand, combine, and reduce sentences for meaning,
reader/listener interest, and style.

9. Kindergarten Buddy Interview
The following graphic organizers were purchased from Teachers Pay
Teachers. They were created by Smart Lessons for Techie Teachers 2013 with
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Lessons-For-Techie-Teachers)

10. Mobile Device Alternatives
Graphic Organizer
Mind Mapping
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12. Kindergarten Buddy Interview

13. Kindergarten Buddy Photo

14. Download Link
Storyboard For Book Pages

15. Story Guidelines

16. Let’s Make A Book
To The
iPad!

17. Book Creator Basics
! Create a new book
! Add to title page
! Add pages
! Add media to pages
! Text
! Images
! Use the pen to draw
! Audio
! Export and share your book

18. Mobile Device Alternatives
Book Creation
Publishing
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20. Create Your Own Book
! Create a new book
! Add to title page
! Add pages
! Add text and media to pages
! Text
! Images
! Use the pen to draw
! Audio https://pbs.twimg.com/media/
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21. Let’s Edit Your Images
To The
iPad!

22. Mobile Device Alternatives
Image Editing
Collage Creation
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23. Mobile Learning App Alternatives
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24. App Smash
Add your edited
image(s) to your book.
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25. Let’s Try Drawing Our Own Images
To The
iPad!

26. Mobile Device Alternatives
Sketching
Drawing
Handwritten Note-Taking
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28. App Smash
Add your drawing(s)
to your book.
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29. Modeling The Process & Product

30. Capture Student Attention!
Display The
iPad Signal
Reflector 2 To The Rescue

31. Use Reflector 2 To Mirror iPad
! Install on laptop
! Wirelessly mirrors iPad
screen
! Connect laptop to LCD
projector
! Model/Demo for
students
! Show student work live
! Allows teacher to move
around room

32. Sharing Superhero Story

33. Export & Sharing Options
• Export books as PDF, ePub, or video.
• Read on the web as PDF.
• Read in iBooks as ePub with
interactive features.
• Watch in QuickTime or video player.
• Upload video to YouTube.

34. Student Examples
St. Anthony Park Elementary 5th Grade Book Buddy Books

35. Share What You Created
Mirror your
device to
share your
screen.

36. Book Creator Basics
Book Creator Basics
Book Creator for iPad Support
Book Creator Support for
Android

37. Reflector 2 Support
● Mirroring iPad and Using
Airplay
● Recording and Narrating
Screencast

38. Questions
@TurnbullChris
Thank
You!
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