Embedding interactive widgets in Kotobee books
BookWidgets widgets are mostly shared within an LMS. However, we sometimes get the question whether widgets can also be embedded in e-books. That is...
BookWidgets Teacher Blog
Interview with Cathy Hunt: Power of the camera
Extract from the BookWidgets interview series This is an interview with Cathy Hunt on how to use a camera in your lessons. It comes from a series of...
Flipping the Classroom: Using BookWidgets to Set Up a Flipped Classroom
Unless you're living under a rock, you are probably au fait with flipped classrooms and using iPad for flipped classroom. The internet is rife...
The Exit Slip Widget
Exit slips are a quick and easy way for teachers to see if students have a good understanding of the lesson. At the end of the lesson, the teacher...
The Piano Widget: Teach simple tunes with the iPad
As we wrote about in a previous post, we recently developed a custom widget for teaching kids reading notes and playing the piano. This widget was...
The Jigsaw Puzzle Widget: Make your own puzzles in 1 simple step
Because of the high demand, we created a widget for one of the most classic games out there: the jigsaw puzzle. Jigsaw puzzles are not only exciting...
Valentine Math(ness)
With Valentine's Day coming up, our BookWidgets team is in a romantic mood. Combined with us being engineers this can give surprising results: ...
Fun Classroom Activities: Randomness
Bringing fun to the classroom is a key element of being a teacher. You need your kids looking forward everyday to come back to school. It’s not...
7 mistakes to avoid when introducing iPads into the classroom
Introducing iPads into the classroom is a significant undertaking and requires a mental shift across the school. Most teachers have not been trained...
