Teacher tips
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oBrt allows users to create 10 free 3D pop up books. Primary teachers will
use this user friendly tool in joint construction sessions. • Registration: Z
o us oBrt requires registration, using an email address.
Students must be 13 years old to register. Alternatively, teachers will sign up for a low cost premium registration, entitling them to register their students. Registration may not be “same day”.
• Cybersafety: Find out from school records which students in your classes are under a media ban, generally due to a custody dispute. In addition, check parental blanket media permissions lodged with the school to see if any student is not covered or if any parent has refused permission. Provide alternative tasks for these students.
• Copyright: Remind students to find images by entering words into the search box within Z
oBrt, or to use their own photos or Creative o us
Commons images. They should not include photos of themselves or other students.
• Begin by reading Ltl e i i g Ho 0 at oBr
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www.zooburst.com/zb_books-viewer.php?book=4c7b261baa0d2 • In a joint construction, create a class Zo u t presentation, using
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images you have already gathered. Brainstorm ideas and plan together using a storyboard.
• Login and choose + New book. Write a title and description for the book. Decide on privacy settings and commenting rights of viewers. Walk students through searching for and/or uploading images, writing text in the page narration boxes and adding pages. Show them how to move characters around on a page by dragging and dropping them. Students will enjoy the Rotate function, in the Appearance section. Demonstrate how to add characters and objects to the background. Show them how to add speech bubbles and hyperlink to websites. Remind them to click the large Save button before they exit. It is not called Save book, as the reminder claims. Students can find their book in Books, and edit it even after publication, by clicking on Build. They can share the URL of their book or embed it in a blog.
Toby goes post-modern:
www.zooburst.com/book/zb0_4d3990db237e1 Other worlds: To infinity and beyond with digital tools in the middle years by Lizzie Chase with S Bowes, D Ivanek, Y Liu, J Riley, J Starink
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