Using E-Books to Motivate Pupils Writing

This presentation was made by Colin Hill, a primary teacher in the UK town of Southport. The video showed how his class contributed to an E-Book with entries on different subjects, like the Trojan Horse and recipes from Greece.

I found it interesting that this is another way to integrate technology in the classroom and get students interested in writing. Having an audience for one's work can get the creative juices flowing and instill a sense of pride in what a student is posting. And by seeing work done by other classmates they know have access to a level of comparing, contrasting and just plain appreciating what other's do. Furhermore, classrooms from one side of the globe can see what another culture is like by going online and reading different class projects.

To me, E-Books offer an opportunity not just to have technology in a classroom, but to combine it into a lesson plan and provide another way for students to be inspired.