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http://classroom.booksource.com/

Details

Book Source Classroom Organizer is a website and mobile app for both the Apple and Android markets that allows teachers to organize their classroom library.    

Educational Uses

Book Source Classroom Organizer is a great resource for teachers to use. Teachers can add the books that are in there library to the app in turn making them a spreadsheet of the books that they own. The teacher is then able to specify a classroom location for each book making them easier to find when they need them. The teacher is then able to have students check the books through use of the app. Overall, Book Source Classroom Organizer is an educational aid by easily organizing books in order for teachers to quickly find them later when they need them for a lesson.     

Content Standards/Assessment

There are no standards or assessment to be used with this tool because it is a site to support teachers. However, it is a teacher’s responsibility to provide meaningful reading instruction through the use of books that students are interested in. This site makes that task simpler for the teacher by helping him/her organize his/her books so they are more easily found. Also, the app can do a little assessing for the teacher by determining what types of books students are interested in based on the books that the students are checking out.

Value/Merit

Book Source Classroom Organizer is a FREE and very easy website and app to use. Teachers can simply scan the bar codes that are on their books to add them to their library. Then assign areas for the books to be placed in the classroom. The teacher can even use the website or app to have students check books out.