We also share more formally when we invite K-2 students to read our Electronic Books. Readers can choose to read the book themselves, have the book read to them, or share the reading. Readers always drive, which means they animate the objects and advance the pages at their own speed. When finished, readers move to another Electronic Book and repeat the process. The Electronic Book project benefits writers in many ways because they exercise an extraordinary variety of skills when creating these books.
Students learn the fundamentals of the presentation application.
They also expand general computer literacy skills, especially concerning the operating system and peripherals such as digital cameras, microphones, CD-ROMs, and scanners. They learn to collaborate and tutor. They learn to tell a story from beginning to middle to end, and they learn how to assess the flow and logic in a story. Students also learn how to present their work and how to help others increase literacy skills. Perhaps best of all, as electronic writers, the students discover the satisfaction and joy of using computers to create books of their own.