This is Jennifer Gonzalez welcoming you to episode 41 of the Cult of Pedagogy podcast.

In this episode, I am going to teach you about student-created e-books.

So, you have reached the end of a unit or the end of a year

and you want students to demonstrate their learning in a way that requires them to

synthesize information, apply it in new ways, and reflect on how they've grown.

To achieve any of these goals, an end of unit exam doesn't quite cut it.

You could have students do presentations that is always an option, but here is one more.

Have students create their own PDF e-books, packaging up some aspect of their learning into a finished digital product they can enjoy and share for years.

In this episode, I'm going to explain to you exactly how to create an e-book with tools you already have,

and then I'll share a bunch of really excellent ideas for the kinds of e-books students can make.

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Thanks so much.

Okay, let's talk about e-books.

First of all, what kind of e-book are we talking about?

When you hear the term e-book, you might think about the kind of thing you read on a Kindle or a Nook.

And yes, those are definitely e-books.

But a broader definition includes PDF files, which don't require any kind of special device to read.

Anybody can open up a PDF file on their computer and read it.

And those are becoming pretty common in terms of how people publish stuff.

They don't require any high-tech software to create, and they're just really easy.

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