Ebooks Impact the Writing Process!

Many times that students are assigned writing prompts, they are not motivated to write because they are not contributing to anything. They just receive a grade. They may not feel that what they are writing is important as after the grades are received, the writing assignment is no longer needed. There is a way to motivate students and that is with the use of ebooks. Ebooks give students opportunities to write about their experience on a specific topic and put their work out into the world for others to see. Students can provide advise and their perspective on things and that makes them excited. Ebooks allow students to leave a legacy which makes an impact on upcoming students, according to Jon Smith. As teachers, we are constantly pressured to incorporate technology in the classroom and using ebooks is a major part of that.

The benefits I see from students creating ebooks in the classroom are that they are learning how to use technology, they are more engaged in the writing process, and they feel that they are contributing or helping others with the information they provided. I am excited to try out ebooks. Although I may not use it as much because it is so time consuming, I will use this idea occasionally to give the students a different way to express themselves through writing. My biggest concern is as I just mentioned, ebooks are so time consuming that we may lose track and get behind on other subjects. Also, students may become so interested in ebooks that they may lose interest in other subjects. It would be hard to gain students' interest back to other subjects, hence why making class ebooks would be an occasional thing.

The most striking thing I took away from Jon's presentation was that he was able to help all teachers of any grade level and even children with autism. It just goes to show that ebooks make such an impact on students of all ages. No matter what age ebooks are introduced, they dram in student interest for the writing process. I have never been big on technology but ebooks are a must to have in regular lesson planning. The article about Ebooks and TPACK explains how children already know so much about technology that we need to fuel the thirst with more technology and how students love to create their own stories.