BookformLessonPlan–8-10weeksWeek1–Introductionvideo:https://youtu.be/m71-jaSnPnISignupprocess:UsingChromeorFirefoxbrowser,clickontheSchool’suniquebrandedlinkandfollowthepromptstoenter:Name,emailaddress(twice),createyourownpassword,Signup.

Everytimethereaftergotothewww.bookform.com.auwebsiteto‘Signin’.BookDashboard:Thisisthedashboardwhereyouwilladdallcontent&photostobuildyourprintabledigitalbook.Leftsidenavigationbuttons:

• BookCover–followthepromptstonameyourbook,author&uploadaphoto.Youcancomebacktothisorchangeatanytime.

• Introduction–clickonintroductiontoopenthepagetowrite,pasteorspeakyourintroduction.

• Person1–clickon‘Person1’tabtodropdownthe4chapters.Clicktherightsidepencilicontorenamethissectionheading.

• The4Chaptersare:General,EarlyYears,Adolescence,&Adulthood.Youcanaddmorechapterswith‘+Addachapter’button.

• Clickonthe‘General’tablookatthequestionprompts.Questionsdonotappearinyourbook,onlythecontentintheanswerboxappearsinyourbook.Scrolldowntoseethe‘Phototemplate’options:1Portrait,2landscape,4portrait&4landscape.Makesuretouploadthecorrectphotoshapeforthetemplatepageyouchoose.Aportraitshapedphotowillcutofftheedgesofalandscapephoto&notlookgoodinyourbook.

• Clickonthe‘EarlyYears’tab,thiswilldropdownmany‘Topic’options.ThefirstTopicis‘Birth’,youcanrenameeverytopic.Thetopicheading&contentwillappearinyourbookonceyouhaveaddedcontenttotheanswerbox.

• Clickon‘Adolescence’tab,clickonvariousTopictabstoviewtheassociatedquestions.

• Clickon‘Adulthood’tab,clickonvariousTopictabstoviewtheassociatedquestions.

TopNavigationButtons:

• Contributors–ClickonAdd/Viewcontributors.• Clickon‘InviteContributors’.Followthepromptstoinvitepeopletocontribute

contentdirectlyintoyourbook.Thiswillsendeachpersonanemailwithauniquelinkforthemtocontribute2500wordsand12photos.Includeageneralmessagetoeveryoneorapersonalizedmessagetoeachindividualandbespecificaboutwhatyouwouldlikethemtocontribute,eg;“tellmeaboutyourchildhood”or“sendmeyourfavouriterecipeandwhyitisspecialtoyou,pleaseincludephotos”.Click‘sendinvite’.

• Onceyouhaveinvitedcontributors,alistwillappear,youcanseethestatusoftheirsubmissionandsendtheinviteagainiftheydonotrespond.Makesureyouhaveenteredtheiremailcorrectly.

• Youcanopentheirsubmissionandeditcontentordelete.Youcannoteditor

deletetheircontributionuntiltheyhaveclicked‘Submit’attheirend.• Onceyouhavemanycontributionsyoucanrearrangetheordertheyappearin

yourbook:clickontop‘Contributors’taband‘Arrangecontributors’.• MyBooktab–Accesswritinghintsandtrymemoryexerciseswheninterviewing

olderpeople.• Wewilllookatmoreoptionsinthistabinfuturelessons.Watchtheexplanation

videos.• MyAccounttab–Logoutattheendofeachsession.Ifyoudonot‘Logout’ofa

session,thenexttimeyouwanttoaccessyourbookyouwillsee‘Dashboard’insteadof‘Signin’,clickdashboard&gostraightintoyourbook’sdashboardtokeepbuildingyourbook.

EXERCISEorHOMEWORK:

1. Completethestartofprojectsurvey.Linktobeattached.2. Nameyourbookandaddaphototothefrontcover.3. Goto‘AddContributors’andinviteatleast5(atteacher’sdiscretion)peopleto

contributecontenttoyourbook.Bespecificinyourmessagetothemaboutwhatyouwantthemtocontribute.Arecipe,orancestryinformation,orchildhoodstories?

4. Student’sgoto‘MyBook’tab,‘Viewdigitalbook’&sharetheirbookbyemail(topleftofpage)enterteacher’semail&send.Theteacherwillbeabletoseethisstudent’supdateddigitalbookatanytimeandmonitorthestudent’sprogress.Studentscantogglebetweentheirbook’sdashboardpageandthedigitalbookpage(atthetop,abovetheurlbar).Allimputingofcontentandeditingneedstobedoneinthedashboardandthedigitalbookisupdatedinstantly.

NOTE:

Ifstudentswanttocopy&pastecontentintotheirbook,itisalwaysagoodhabitto‘cleanthetext’beforepastingitintothebook’sdashboard.IndividualscanGooglehowtodothisfortheirdevice.Teacherscanmonitoreachstudent’sprogressthroughthelinkthestudentemailstothem.Teacherscanseethestudent’supdateddigitalbookonlineatanytime,butcannotedit.Bookscanonlybeeditedinthebook’sdashboard.

Week2–Voice-to-textfunction:https://youtu.be/K-p8mXdctiwInterviewingskills:Discussinterviewtechniqueswithyourstudents.

• Discussstudent’sinterviewingexperience.• Discussclosed&openquestions.• Discusswherethemicrophoneisontheirdevice&howtopositionthemselves&

theinterviewee.• Thebookhas2hoursofrecording,sobecarefulwiththattime.Ifinterviewees

startramblingorrepeatingthemselves,politelyinterjecttogetbackonpointorstoptherecording.Therecordingtimecountdownisatthetopleftofthebook’sdashboard.

• ItisOKiftheintervieweegoesofftopicorstartstalkingaboutsomethingelseentirely,youcancut&pastethetextintotherightplacelater.

• Studentscanusesmartphonestoaccesstheirbook’sdashboard&recordstories.Importthetranscriptionslaterwhenatacomputer.

• Optional–discussmemoryexerciseexamplesinthedashboard.

Voice-to-textfunctionpractice:Inclassorathome–teacher’sdiscretion.

• Studentstaketurnstogotothe‘Introduction’tabintheirdashboard,clickon‘Record’,choosealanguageoraccent,pressrecordandspeaka1minuteintroductiontotheirbook.Maybetheirname,whatthebookisaboutandwhy.Click‘Stoprecord’,click‘endrecordingsession&returntobook’.

• Nextstudenttakestheirturn.• Aftereverystudenthashadtheirturn,askstudentsto‘Importtranscription’.

Taketurnstodiscusshowaccuratetheirtranscriptionisandcheckifrecordingconditionsareoptimised:mouthclosetomicrophone,speakingclearly,noambientnoise,rightlanguageoraccentselected,tryusingadifferentdevice,maybeasmartphone.

• Clickon‘MyBook’tab,audiofiles,clickon3buttonicon(nexttothespeakericon),downloadandsavetherecordingintoanewfolderontheircomputer.Makesuretosaveeachaudiofilewithanamethatwillidentifyitaccurately,thereshouldbealotofrecordingsbytheendofthisproject.

Discussifthestudentshavehadanycontributionstotheirbooks:Maybesendtheinvitationagainorinvitesomenewpeople.

EXERCISEorHOMEWORK:

1. Startinterviewingpeopletocollectcontentintotheirbook.2. Teacherscanassignacertainnumberofquestionsortopictheyshouldachieve.3. Ifthetranscriptionisnotaccurate,experimentwithdifferentdevices,positions

ofthemicrophone,usingaheadsetmicrophoneoraquietersetting.Ifitdoesnotgetanybettertheywillneedtodothetranscribingthemselvesbylisteningtotherecording&typingdirectlyintotheirbook’sdashboard.

Week3–ShareexperiencessofarStudentsshareexperiencesandstories:

• Howmanypeoplehaveyouinterviewed?• Howmanywords,pages,recordingtimehaveyouachieved?Toplefton

dashboard.• Discussafavourite,surprising,interestingstory.Studentscansummarisethe

story,readthestoryorplaytheaudiofile.• Discussthedifferencebetweenspokenstories&writtenstoriesandhowtokeep

aperson’svoiceintheirstory.• Discusscontributionsfromothers.• Startindividuallyorcollaborativelyeditingthecollectedcontent.

Discussanytechnicaldifficultiesandhowtheywereovercome.Discussanynewskillsortechniquesstudentsdiscovered.

EXERCISEorHOMEWORK:

1. Assignmorequestionsand/ortopicstoaddress.2. Givestudentsindividualfeedbackoneditingorpartsoftheirbookthatneedto

beaddedto/workedon.3. Assignawritingskill,memoryexerciseorinterviewtechniquetopractice.

Week4–ShareexperiencesandstoriesStudentsshareexperiencesandstories:

• Howmanypeoplehaveyouinterviewed?• Howmanywords,pages,recordingtimehaveyouachieved?Toplefton

dashboard.• Discusscollectedstories.Studentscansummarisethestory,readthestoryor

playtheaudiofile.• Discussrequirededits.Maybestudentstaketurnssharingtheirscreenona

smartboardandstudentscollaborativelysuggesteditsforeachother’scontent.• Discussstudent’sfeedbackontheassignedskill,memoryexerciseorinterview

techniquetheypracticed.

EXERCISEorHOMEWORK:

1. Assignmorequestionsand/ortopicstoaddress.2. Givestudentsindividualfeedbackoneditingorpartsoftheirbookthatneedto

beaddedto/workedon.3. Assignanewwritingskill,memoryexerciseorinterviewtechniquetopractice.

Week5–ShareexperiencesandstoriesStudentsshareexperiencesandstories:

• Howmanypeoplehaveyouinterviewed?• Howmanywords,pages,recordingtimehaveyouachieved?Toplefton

dashboard.• Discusscollectedstories.Studentscansummarisethestory,readthestoryor

playtheaudiofile.• Discusssomeofthedifferences/similaritiesinthestudent’slifecomparedto

theirgrandparent/parent/elder’slifeatthesameage?• Discussresilienceandexamplesofwhenoneoftheirintervieweeshadan

obstacle/disappointmentintheirlife.• Discussstudent’sfeedbackontheassignedskill,memoryexerciseorinterview

techniquetheypracticed.

EXERCISEorHOMEWORK:

1. Assignmorequestionsand/ortopicstoaddress.2. Givestudentsindividualfeedbackoneditingorpartsoftheirbookthatneedto

beaddedto/workedon.3. Assignanewwritingskill,memoryexerciseorinterviewtechniquetopractice.

Week6–ShareexperiencesandstoriesStudentsshareexperiencesandstories:

• Howmanypeoplehaveyouinterviewed?• Howmanywords,pages,recordingtimehaveyouachieved?Toplefton

dashboard.• Discusscollectedstories.Studentscansummarisethestory,readthestoryor

playtheaudiofile.• Discussdifferenterasandplacestogrowupinandtheeffects.• Discussconfidence,arestudentsgettingmoreconfidentintalkingwith

elders/otherpeople?• Discussstudent’sfeedbackontheassignedskill,memoryexerciseorinterview

techniquetheypracticed.• Collaborativeediting.

EXERCISEorHOMEWORK:

1. Assignmorequestionsand/ortopicstoaddress.2. Givestudentsindividualfeedbackoneditingorpartsoftheirbookthatneedto

beaddedto/workedon.3. Assignanewwritingskill,memoryexerciseorinterviewtechniquetopractice.

Week7–ShareexperiencesandstoriesStudentsshareexperiencesandstories:

• Howmanypeoplehaveyouinterviewed?• Howmanywords,pages,recordingtimehaveyouachieved?Toplefton

dashboard.• Howmanypeopledidyouinvite&howmanycontributedtoyourbook?• Howmanyphotopagesinthebook?• Discusscollectedstories.Studentscansummarisethestory,readthestoryor

playtheaudiofile.• Discussstudent’swritingimprovementsandareastokeepworkingon.• Collaborativeediting.

EXERCISEorHOMEWORK:

1. Assignmorequestionsand/ortopicstoaddress.2. Givestudentsindividualfeedbackoneditingorpartsoftheirbookthatneedto

beaddedto/workedon.3. Asksomeoneinyourfamily(maybeapersonincludedinthebook)toreadyour

bookandgivetheirfeedback.4. Dofamilieswantaprintedcopyofthebook?

Week8–ShareexperiencesandstoriesStudentsshareexperiencesandstories:

• Reflectonhowmanyinterviewsthestudentshavedone.• Reflectonhowmanypeoplewereinvitedtocontribute&howmanydid.• Howmanywords,pages,recordingtimehaveyouachieved?Toplefton

dashboard.• Discusscollectedstories.Studentscansummarisethestory,readthestoryor

playtheaudiofile.• Discussfeedbackfromthepersonwhoreadtheirbook.Anyeditsrequiredor

surprisefeedback?• Dofamilieswantaprintedcopyofthebook?• Dostudentswanttokeepaddingtothisbookprojectoverthenextyear?• Dostudentswanttoincludethisbookintheirportfolioforhighereducation/job

application?

Week9-10–BookPresentationCeremonyattheschool.

EXERCISEorHOMEWORK:1. Completeendofprojectsurvey.Linktobeattached