Day 10: Book Creator and Accessibility to Devices!

Over the weekend I watched many videos on accessibility options on various devices. I was very impressed with the iPad's accessibility options! I can't believe it even had a switch option. I was also impressed with the number of accessibility options for the android. I have been an Apple girl for many years and watching these videos made me proud to be so :)

I was quite a bit disappointed with the PC's and Chrome Books accessibility options. I had hoped for a little bit more. I did enjoy that there were many add-ons that a person could go through to see what best suited them or the intended user.


Today we got the hang of Book Creator. It was a lot easier and a lot more fun than I would have anticipated after Friday. I think we were over thinking a lot of the work that we were doing on Friday and we just needed to take it back and just create the pages that we had envisioned.

We also discovered how to Air Drop pictures from our Macbooks to the iPad, so that sped up the process quite a bit. While one person was working on their page, the other person was finding images and getting ready to create their next page.

I really enjoyed how we stuck to our actual curriculum to tie in things we do in our classes every year. We both worked very hard in order to make sure that it was accessible for the students and that it met their level especially since we both teach older students (high school and post secondary).

Book Creator was one of those apps that I often saw on the iPads at school but I had never really explored them. I am very happy that I had a chance to here because it is definitely something that I am going to incorporate at all levels in all curricula that I teach.

Another thing I was pleasantly surprised about was the fact that it was very easy to develop ideas for math and science. Often as a math/science teacher I struggle to find ways for students to show other ways of representing or demonstrating their understanding. Book Creator offers me this alternative.

Book Creator is one of the most useful tools that I have discovered for me, my classroom, and my students. :O)