Web+based+Tech+&+Classroom+Prac

Eric Graf
 * Build a Book ([|http://pro.eschooltools.com])**

A web-based publishing application created for reading and writing

Student Account: Teacher Accounts:
 * PeteandCstudent, password student
 * username peteandc1, password teacher
 * username peteandc2, password teacher

Can create a digital portfolio of a child's literacy For teachers, you can manage all of the content students create Students can enter text and any images (there's also a paint tool) Students can record their own voice reading their book (the audio quality of the example we heard was very poor, but it may have been the speakers) Teachers can add comments to students' books Can export the book as a PDF where you can print it out on an 81/2" by 11" paper (landscape) that can be folded in half and stapled (but it's very rich in color, so printing is expensive) Teachers can turn on or off spell checker (coming soon) Nothing is published until the teacher approves it Use Collaborative Books
 * Recording is for every two pages of the book
 * Can use the computer's microphone or plug one in externally
 * Reinforces the value of reading your own work out loud to serve as a natural editing mechanism
 * Also supports fluency
 * includes Message Board
 * can take students to the lab to work on their own pages of a book or assign a group to work on a particular page of a class book or to create their own book

Uses of Build-a-Book:
 * Teachers can create books that students can access for reviewing classroom lessons
 * Make class books - poetry
 * Class book - each page is about a different student in the class
 * BOY and EOY fluency measure - great for student self-reflection


 * Approximately $6.25 per student**