Tag Archives: writing

Building Collaborative eBooks on an iPad via DropBox and Book Creator App

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Benjamin J Sheridan

Right now I’m lucky enough to be collaborating with the amazing educators, Michelle Hiebert and Jason Graham. They’ve invited my class to work on creating a collaborative book. The idea is for one class to write a bit and then pass it … Continue reading →

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Creating a Stop Motion Remix

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Benjamin J Sheridan

One of my goals this year was to work with my students to make a stop motion movie out of one of the stories they created. We had a story last fall that I though would be good but it … Continue reading →

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Publishing Young Authors

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Benjamin J Sheridan

Lately I have been more and more impressed with my student’s writing. I decided that it was time for us to think about publishing their work. I shared this with my students and it led to a discussion about what … Continue reading →

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Using Instagram to Encourage Writing in Kindergarten

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Benjamin J Sheridan

I have recently created a class Instagram account. Since every student has their own iPad with the Instagram app installed I signed them all into the same account. I have made it a private account and accepted follow requests from … Continue reading →

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Kindergarten Class Publishes eBook in the iTunes Bookstore

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Benjamin J Sheridan

If you read this post then you know that my kindergarten class wrote a book in collaboration with another kindergarten class in Yokohama, Japan. We created an eBook using Book Creator for the iPad. While I’m not a super fan … Continue reading →

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