No Textbooks?

No Problem!
Njemele Bush

Georgia Educational Technology Conference
November 7, 2013
Do we have money to spend on
textbooks?

Purpose of Textbooks in
Classroom
Pros
O Textbooks are intended to be a resource for
teachers and students
O Provided guidance and are thought to align with
curriculum standards.
Cons
O Many school districts are only able to supply us
with books (typically every 5 to 7 years for
adoption)
O Technology is advancing so much (at a rate of
change of 6 months)
Should there be an argument
or a fight for textbooks?

GBU (Good, Bad and Ugly)
of Textbook Books
OGreat Resources for Teachers
OBad-Can Be Limited
OUgly-Dated and Obsolete


How Do We Fix
This?
Change your mindset and get creative!!!
Part 1
Innovation for Non Writers
Edmodo

O Easy to Use
O Upload your project documents and rubrics
O Upload links that are related directed to your
lessons
O Also use for parent communication
O Grade student work online and also leave
comments and feelings about student
performance in a professional way.
O Theres an app for that!!!!
Edmodo

www.edmodo.com
Live Binders
O Electronic Binder
O Easy to use and edit!
O Great shared materials
O Similar to Google Drive (private and public
settings)
O Upload Word Documents and PDF

O Theres an app for that!!!

Live Binders

http://www.livebinders.com
Dropbox
O Safe an secure home for photos,
documents, videos and various files of type
O Sharing platform
O Accessible anywhere
O Great use of backup for files and
information
O Store and download to and from desktop
O Free 2GB of space
Pinterest
O Create your own pinboards
O Share and gather ideas from other teachers
across the country
O Subject specific ideas and information
O Great groups to pin from:
O Edutopia
O Edudemic


O www.pinterest.com
Pinterest

Twitter (for Education)
O Teachers can connect to their students on a
wider level as well as on a personal level.
O Interactions can be taken beyond the classroom
as Twitter is omnipresent in our smartphones
and laptops.
O Twitter allows for customization of learning
depending on the student i.e. differentiating
learning for different students.
O Twitter can be used to quickly connect to
multimedia resources (e.g. YouTube or Vine) and
turn education into edutainment


Part 2
Innovation for Writers
One Note

iBooks Authors
O Apples newest textbook creation software.
O You can create any type of textbooks
O You can use Apple-designed templates that
feature a wide variety of page layouts.
O Add your own text and images with drag-and-
drop ease.
O Contains Multi-Touch widgets to include
interactive photo galleries, movies, videos and
access to other files.
http://www.apple.com/ibooks-author/

ITunes U

iTunes U Course Manager
O Download Itunes first (PC or Mac)

Other Textbook Creation
Online Software Resources
O YouTube Downloader
O www.schooltube.com
O www.teachertube.com
O www.zamzar.com
O http://www.self-pub.net/tools/wizards.html

How Creative Will You
Become?
O Use The Non-Writer tools
O Also use QRCodes for student learning
O Intergrate online quizzes and tests

Its Time To Get Creative
and Get Innovative