Enhancing Pre-Service Teachers' Experience with Book Creator
Location
Boston 2&3
Session Format
Presentation
Abstract
This work shares qualitative results of a study on educators learning Book Creator, a free mobile and web app for ages 5+. Participants were 68 pre-service teachers in a semester-long in-person instructional technology course, spread across four semester cohorts from Fall 2023 to Spring 2025. Analysis of submitted progress reports shows a strong positive intention to integrate Book Creator into their future classrooms. In addition, the project allowed pre-service teachers to navigate the features of the application in a structured environment, fostering transferable skills in digital literacy and fluency in educational technology use.
In this session, I will showcase a range of creative ways to prepare pre-service teachers to design their own books appropriate to their area of concentration, while exploring mobile applications to create a variety of engaging e-materials. The hands-on Book Creator activity will provide attendees with best practices for K–12 teachers, technology coordinators, instructional coaches, and offers ideas for curriculum coordinators and library media specialists.
Keywords
digital literacy, book creator, EdTech, technology, reading
Professional Bio
Dr. Bekir Mugayitoglu earned his doctorate in Instructional Technology and Leadership from Duquesne University in 2016, focusing on pre-service teachers' attitudes toward computational thinking. He worked at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Academy, where he developed content for robotics games to teach computational thinking and STEM concepts, and then served as a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Wyoming. He currently works as an Assistant Professor of Instructional Technology at Georgia College & State University.
Creative Commons License
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Recommended Citation
Mugayitoglu, Bekir, "Enhancing Pre-Service Teachers' Experience with Book Creator" (2026). Georgia Educational Research Association Conference. 85.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gera/2026/2026/85
Enhancing Pre-Service Teachers' Experience with Book Creator
Boston 2&3
This work shares qualitative results of a study on educators learning Book Creator, a free mobile and web app for ages 5+. Participants were 68 pre-service teachers in a semester-long in-person instructional technology course, spread across four semester cohorts from Fall 2023 to Spring 2025. Analysis of submitted progress reports shows a strong positive intention to integrate Book Creator into their future classrooms. In addition, the project allowed pre-service teachers to navigate the features of the application in a structured environment, fostering transferable skills in digital literacy and fluency in educational technology use.
In this session, I will showcase a range of creative ways to prepare pre-service teachers to design their own books appropriate to their area of concentration, while exploring mobile applications to create a variety of engaging e-materials. The hands-on Book Creator activity will provide attendees with best practices for K–12 teachers, technology coordinators, instructional coaches, and offers ideas for curriculum coordinators and library media specialists.
