Mixbook is a free tool that can be used to create completely customizable photo books, calendars, and cards on the Internet. Users can use it individually or collaboratively which means users can invite their friends and family to join in and create projects together. Everyone can upload their photos to the same project, and then design their pages. People can upload photos not only from their computers, but also from many popular photo sharing website such as Facebook, Picasa and Flickr.
How to integrate into classroom teaching?
Mixbook is like an ebook and the difference is that students can be the designer and creator of the book. It is similar to Smilebox, but Mixbook has more functions than Smilebox. I have thought one way to integrate Mixbook into classroom teaching, but this is only my assumption because I have no class for me to implement my idea. In my opinion, Mixbook can be used in every content area and it can make students collaborate with each other which is also a good way for students learn how to cooperate with their peers.
If students just come back from their field trip with lots of wonderful photos, I would ask them to separate into groups and finish a photo book, which describes what happened during their trip. In this case, students can discuss and work with each other in order to finish the photo book.
Teachers can also integrate the tool into geography class. America is a big country, which has fifty states, and it is not possible for students to know every state thoroughly. Teachers can ask students to choose one state which they are really interested in, and make a briefly introduction about the state. Before students create their own ebook, they have to read some information about the state that they are going to introduce, and they can practice reading at the same time. When they are creating, they can practice writing as well.
Where to find the interesting tool?
Mixbook:http://www.mixbook.com/
Video tutorial
An example to use Mixbook
This is a cool site. I feel it can be an engaging way to digitally share a class project, instead of printing or creating a physical page which is disappears once it is finished or turned in. That's one great thing about technology: It not only lets us share projects in the classroom, it also lets us go back to what we've made. Unless, of course, the website goes down.
回覆刪除We will be doing a digital storytelling activity next week in which this tool could be used. I'll have to think about it --- maybe we'll use it!!
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