Bookemon. Create an online book.

Bookemon is a free website where you can create an online book and share it with you friends, you can choose one of the templates they have available, or you can start using a blank template. II think a nice feature about it is that you don’t necessarily have to work online because you can upload Word, PDF, or Powerpoint files and they will be loaded to the book, so if students don’t feel comfortable working with their platform they can create their document and just upload it to the site. They also have some images you can use to illustrate your story, or you can also add any personal images, or images you find online. Another thing I like is the fact that you have all your books online, but you can also print a copy of your books and have the “real” version, something I think is really cool because you can tell your students that the most original book is the one that your going to print, or something like that.

I think this kind of activities would be beneficial for students because usually when they have a written assignment the teacher is the only one that reads it, but if you use this website they can share it with their classmates and as a teacher you can ask them to give their opinions about each other’s books. This is just one idea, but I bet there are many different ways in which you can use this in your lessons.

The only limitation I have found to this point is that you have to create an account in the site, but it is free, so I think that’s not a real problem. I’d like to try this site out to see if students like it and if they feel comfortable sharing their work online.