SimpleBooklet

Sample Design in SimpleBooklet What is SimpleBooklet? SimpleBooklet is a 2.0 web tool to design brochures, flyers, business cards, postcards, or online books. SimpleBooklet allows the designer to publish their final project to the web, Facebook, blog, iPad or iPhone for anyone to see. There are many things you can add to your presentation on SimpleBooklet to make it visually appealing such as animations, maps, hyperlinks, videos and music. Strengths * Free program to use. *Can customize your design the way you want it. *Easy to add and delete pages and designs. * User friendly * Lots of free features. *You can make your booklet private or public for anyone to see. *The booklet you create can be seen on mobile devices. *Is saved in iCloud. Weaknesses * Students have to set up with their email information. *Some of the editing features do not work. A message will come up and say currently under work. *Difficult to input videos and media devices. *Some of the editing features are difficult to manipulate. *Lower Elementary students might struggle with the formating features. Inquiry:  Inquiry lessons are so important for students learning. I know for my students when I taught science we did a lot of inquiry lessons and experiments. For example, a lesson taught was based on plant growth and the living environment of the plant. With SimpleBooklet, student's can record their findings and results by creating a brochure, poster or book to visually show their findings on this specific unit. Construction: Construction takes place when students take the information learned from the lesson and apply that knowledge by constructing a visually meaningful design that shows what students have learned. Some different ways students can construct a visually appealing design using SimpleBooklet is create a Book, Flyer, Business Card, Brochure or Postcard. After constructing a project based on what students learn they can share their design on the internet by posting it to a website, facebook, a blog, iPhone, iPad for others to see. Communication:  Students can communicate what they have learned by writing a story, phrase, or key ideas in what they chose to design in SimpleBooklet. If students want to create a movie and upload the movie to make it be part of their presentation SimpleBooklet allows students to do this. This is another way students can communicate and share with others what they understand from a unit taught in class. Students can work individually on an assignment in or work in groups using this web 2.0 tool. Expression:  Students can express their understanding of a topic by what they design in SimpleBooklet. The expressions they show in the final presentation should show pictures, graphics, words, and possibly music or videos.