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1 FlexBook® Textbooks for the CCSS Classroom – Paper & Digital DR. GARY MARTINEZ HHMS

2  JUST A THOUGHT JUST A THOUGHT

3 What Is a FlexBook® Textbook  FlexBook® textbooks are CK-12's open source digital textbooks.  They are:  free and fully customizable  focused on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)  aligned with state and Common Core standards

4 What Is a FlexBook® TextBook  With FlexBook® textbooks, you can:  read, download, and customize  view online or print, in whole or in part  read and annotate on an iPad, Kindle, or other ePub-compatible device  author from scratch

5 What Is a FlexBook® TextBook  With FlexBook® textbooks, you can:  edit our books, build upon them, and share with students  add or remove images, videos, web links, and animations (either your own, or from the web)  share books through CK-12 Study Groups and Classes, Facebook, and Twitter

6 What Is a FlexBook® TextBook  With FlexBook® textbooks, you can:  share all books as PDFs and HTML links  carry your FlexBook® textbooks on a flash drive, hard drive, or DVD

7  FLEXBOOKS FLEXBOOKS

8 Overview of the Different FlexBooks® Available

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10 How to Download a FlexBook® Textbook or Read Modality  CK-12 FlexBook® textbooks and Read modalities can be downloaded to any computer, smartphone or tablet (iPad, NOOK, Kindle, Android).  Here's how:  Sign in to CK-12.  Click on Library or search.  Click Download on the left menu.  Click PDF, mobi, or ePub.  An email will be sent providing the download link.

11 How to Highlight and Take Notes in a FlexBook® Textbook

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13  All of your highlights and notes are only visible to you. To make your annotations more accessible, make a copy of the FlexBook® textbook so that you can always find your highlights and notes in Library.

14 Do FlexBook® Textbooks Adhere to State and National K-12 Standards?  CK-12 FlexBook® textbooks contain materials that have been developed in step with national, state, and Common Core standards when possible. All of our textbooks are reviewed by subject matter experts to ensure adherence to those standards.

15 Do FlexBook® Textbooks Adhere to State and National K-12 Standards?

16 How to View the Teacher's Edition of a FlexBook® Textbook  To view the teacher's edition of a FlexBook® textbook, you must have selected the "I'm a teacher" option when you signed up for your CK-12 account.

17 SO…. What else does CK-12 offer  Groups  Resources can be shared  Assignments can be created  Self- Study  BrainGenie  Practice Now  Online Assessments

18  CONCEPTS & ASSESSMENTS CONCEPTS & ASSESSMENTS

19 SO…. Let’s Get Started  Create your teacher account  www.ck12.org/teacher/ www.ck12.org/teacher/  Click on “JOIN”  Click on “SUBJECTS”  Click on content area  Click on “FlexBook Textbooks”  Click on “High School”  Let’s Explore

20 OBJECTIVES  Create your teacher account  Find a FlexBook you wan use for 2015- 2016  Create a FlexBook you can use for the Spring of 2015 (1/2 of the year).


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