Yes, I have dabbled with creation tools and having students curate their own content. I love the idea of having students create a culminating work that they can be proud of. The logistics around it however are a bit daunting–and I’m not going to lie, anyone who says, “have a student create their own ebook!”,…Read more
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Project Updates: Vocab Lists Done!
I am happy to say that over the weekend, I was able to complete all seven of my units vocabulary lists. These are my master lists that are a culmination of the various textbooks and study guides out there for my subject. The next step is to “outline” each unit and put them in a…Read more
How to Calculate a Reading Score for your Textbook
If you are sitting over there wondering if you have it cut out to write a textbook for your kids, one that they will comprehend, yet be able to push their abilities, there are some tools that might help. I am not a reading expert and I know there are teachers out there who have…Read more
How to Organize Your Content in Your Textbook
So far in my process, I would say that the most important step is organizing the curriculum’s content where I want it to go. Although this process might be a bit different for other subject areas, for my human geography text, I am organizing the material thematically. There are a few other ways that I…Read more
Finished My First Chapter
Though this process began in the school year, yesterday I just finished laying down the text for one of my seven chapters. The weather has been so nice out that I have been sitting on my patio and typing away on my iPad, today will be no different. I am trying to stay in a…Read more
Dear PhD’s: I Know Something You Don’t Know…
What originally started out as a plan to create a text just for my students, evolved into a concept for a work that can hopefully also help others. After reading message board after message board and having discussions with many other teachers that teach the same course that I do, I found that they all…Read more
