Tech Tool Review: Book Creator

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Hello! This week we will dive into the tech tool of Book Creator, a program that lets students of all ages and abilities create digital books. Students can use text, images, audio, video, drawings, and even embedded content like maps or quizzes to bring their stories to life. This allows students to not just be consumers of information, but as authors and designers of their own work.

One of the things I appreciate most about Book Creator is how inclusive it is. The platform supports features like voice recording and read aloud tools that makes it accessible for emerging readers, English learners, and students with diverse learning needs. The program is browser based, so it works on Chromebooks, iPads, and most devices without requiring downloads. Students create books with a drag-and-drop style means even very young students can quickly learn how to build pages, insert photos, and narrate their own stories. Book Creator offers both free and paid options. With the free plan, teachers get one library and can create up to 40 books with their students; more than enough to get started on small class projects or to try it out over a semester. The paid plans, starting at around $13 per month for individual teachers, unlock unlimited libraries, and advanced features like real time collaboration where multiple students can work on the same book at once.

In the school library, I can see using Book Creator for projects like digital book reviews, genre studies, or collaborative storytelling. Students can team up to write fairy tales, each illustrating and narrating a part of the story, then publishing it as a shared digital book. These books can easily be shared with classmates, parents, or even posted on the school website, which makes students feel like real authors with an audience beyond their teacher. In the classroom, younger students could create alphabet books while older students could design persuasive brochures or historical diaries to display what they know. The platform is flexible enough to support language arts, social studies, science, and even math explanations; really anything where students can demonstrate learning through words and visuals.

I think that Book Creator is one of those tools that meets students right where they are. It blends creativity, literacy, and technology in a way that feels joyful and authentic. Whether you’re helping kindergarteners record their first sentences or challenging high schoolers to publish a book centered around what they are learning in their history class, it’s a fantastic way to give students voice and choice in how they show what they know. 

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