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I would say Ebooks do improve children's writing. I say this, mainly, because children can create their own Ebooks and have them published on things like ITunes or Kindle. This is a great way for kids to express themsves. It helps kids get their creative juices flowing! I really liked what was said in the article on Mr. Smith, "We truly believe that students will learn more when they realize that people from the global community value their work". This really stood out to me because I think children really benefit from positive feedback. Not just from their families or teachers but from an outside source! It helps build their confidence to say, "I can do this!". I believe creativity and writing go hand and hand with one another and Ebooks go right along with that! When it comes to the writing proccess I believe this will help to really drill that into the children's heads. They will be able to use the writing proccess without even realizing they are doing so! This, fun and interactive, way of learning with help your students use their imagination and improve their ability to write. I think it's so cool that we can call our 2nd graders authors now! Obviously, as a teacher I would need to be fully up to date on these types of apps. It goes right along with TPACK. This would be my "tool" and if I'm not able to use my tool I dont know how my students would! This is like what they talked about in the article about Ebooks and TPACK. They talked about how teachers will have to stay more up to date and teach these new ways of doing things! 


One of the main reasons I think using my own students Ebooks in the classroom is because it makes it so much more personal for the children and it's show the students whose books you're showing that their work is valuable and worth something. It's something they built! Just as well, it helps show the students how much progress they've made. The students are a me to see how their first book looks and how they can improve

What I found the most interesting about Jon's presentation was how he went about telling the kids that they were going to write a book. He told the kids how bad their writing was and then told them that they were going to write a book. This caused a reaction in the kids that they wanted their writing to be better in order to write their book because they wanted to be able to sell it. I really liked this because I feel like, as a teacher, that's something you could really use. I would love to do something with my future class to show them 1. how great they can be! and 2. make them want to do better because they know how many people will be seeing it.