Blog Post #12 My Blog Assignment for EDM310

A few weeks ago I was blogging with my C4T.  The teacher I was  blogging with was Doug Peterson and I stumbled upon one of his post that really interested me.  He mentioned a web application called Flipsnack.  I have decided to make Flipsnack my EDM310 Blog Post #12 Assignment.

So, here goes:

Thoroughly review the following blog post by Doug Peterson on the application Flipsnack:

Doug off the record

Make sure that you view Doug's October Blog that he made into a Flipsnack book.  You can access it below:





View this teacher website for pros and cons of using Flipsnack in the classroom.

Comments on FlipSnack

Download the Flipsnack application and add it to your PLN by clicking below at:

Flipsnack

Thoroughly investigate the site, so you have a clear understanding of this application.

Create a Flipsnack version of your blog or any other documents that you would like to turn into book form. To create a book of your blog, I offer these suggestions from Doug:

               I could export my blog (say the month of October) from WordPress as an XML
                    file;      (This may be different for blogger).


                    I could upload that file to Blogbooker to create a PDF file of my blog;
         
                    I could then upload that to Flipsnack and create a flippable version of my blog.


 Post your new Flipsnack book in this weeks blog.

Create a book for children with Flipsnack and share it with the classroom you are blogging with this month.  Share the Flipsnack application site with your C4K.  Also, post your children's book in this weeks blog.

Think of the many different ways you could use this application in your future classroom with your students.  Write two or more paragraphs of how you plan to use Flipsnack in your classroom by following the requirements of   Writing a Quality Blog Post .

Now I get to do this assignment, so here we go again:

First, I would like to discuss how I would use Flipsnack in the classroom.  I think it is a wonderful tool and I believe that children love seeing their work in book form.  I think it is also very easy to share.

I can see using this application to share students art work and their stories.  You can also make a book about the different projects you collaborate on throughout the year.  A book can be made about each unit of study whether it be Fall, Thanksgiving, Mardi Gras, Farm Animals, Dinosaurs, an Alphabet Book, a Number Book, etc.  You could make a book from your class blog for each month or each season.

I think the parents would also enjoy viewing all of the books throughout the year and the books would also be very easy to share with other Internet classrooms.  I think Flipsnack is a very good way to showcase and finalize any project or unit of study!

One of the negatives about this application is that it could wind up costing a lot of money if you make a ton of books.  You would have to see if you could get some type of classroom or teacher discount to make it worth it!

My Flipsnack Blog Book:

My Blog Book

Another possibility would be to try using  http://www.scribd.com/
It is a social network that also lets you create books.  The books aren't as fancy as Flipsnack, but its free!


Here's my Scribd Book:


Katherine Zoghby's EDM310 Class Blog