Written by Kelly Skillingberg
Señor Mares joined the Cowboy community as recently as this Spring semester to teach Spanish II and Spanish IV. He is an amazing example of an educator who loves to integrate technology into his classroom for the purpose of providing his learners with opportunities to express themselves while learning a foreign language.
Recently, Señor Mares collaborated with us, his digital learning coaches, to find a way for his learners to share their knowledge of speaking in past tense about their summer. Together we discussed the benefits of using Book Creator. The beauty of this tool is in its simplicity. It allows users to spend their time creating instead of learning how to use the tool. His learners were able to create beautiful customized books, using the voiceover feature to describe their summer experiences in past tense.
Señor Mares has already established a classroom culture where all learners are educators and all educators are learners. He had no prior experience with Book Creator, but was transparent with his learners in asking for their help to set up an account to ensure everyone had access. Due to his problem-solving mentality, his learners were kind and considerate in helping him use a new tool and truly collaborated with him as a team.
Señor Mares collected feedback from his learners by encouraging them to tweet about their Book Creator experience, capturing their voice and ensuring the project met their needs.
Welcome to Coppell, Señor Mares! Keep Rocking!
If you are interested in using Book Creator in your classroom, remember your DLCs are here to support you in the design and execution of your lessons. As always, feel free to leave a comment below or contact your campus DLC for support on any tools highlighted on this blog.
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