11 – (AM) Book Creator (High School Focus): Design for All Learners with Shannon Hagen & Jane Rondow

Time:  10:30 – 12:00     Target: All – High School Focus 

Presenters: Shannon Hagen & Jane Rondow
Location: Mark Isfeld Library 
Limit:  30 in-person

NOTE: Please create a class library and invite students prior to the workshop. Please bring a laptop to work on.

In this hands-on workshop, educators will explore the creative and inclusive potential of Book Creator online—a dynamic digital publishing tool that empowers students to share their voices through multimedia-rich books. Participants will discover how to combine text, images, audio, and video to craft interactive stories, while leveraging Book Creator’s built-in accessibility tools such as speech-to-text, read-aloud features, and dyslexia-friendly fonts.

With a wide range of professionally designed templates and graphic organizers to spark creativity and save time, this session will inspire you to create spaces where students take ownership of their learning and share their voices with the world.

Tech guru by day, paddleboarder and pickleball champ by weekend! Shannon Hagen helps SD71 teachers create inclusive, accessible classrooms with her 30+ years of experience and ISTE Certified Educator and MIEE. Always ready to share tech tips—and maybe a game 🏓🌊.

Jane Rondow has 30 years in education, a B.Ed. in Inclusive Education, and an M.A. in Leadership, she’s all about breaking barriers and building accessibility from the ground up. As the District Inclusion Teacher for Accessibility & Assistive Tech in Comox Valley Schools, she champions assistive tech tools,  tech equity, and universal design. When not working,  she’s cultivating inclusion—and veggies—as an urban farmer.