STUDENT SAMPLE
PROJECT USING
OPEN-ENDED TOOLS
Students as Digital Authors
As the quality of authoring software increases
and as you are exposed to online learning, it is but
proper for you as would-be facilitators of learning
to explore and understand some principles and
guidelines to help your future students author or
write digitally. Moreover, you may also facilitate
some online language courses for any distance
learning or blended learning that require digital
authoring.
A. LANGUAGE LEARNING
VIA WEB PUBLISHING
Language skills can be fully developed by
allowing students to communicate through
the internet. This may take place when the
students or the class will be required to post a
story or other products on a bulletin board or
web page.
THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO CONTRIBUTE
ANY AUTHORED DOCUMENTS TO THE
WORLD WIDE WEB.
1 First, with the advent of ready-made websites
that are meant to invite and encourage
contributors to share their authored stories,
research, commentaries, and the like, students
may publish their work by submitting their
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products to these websites.
THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO CONTRIBUTE
ANY AUTHORED DOCUMENTS TO THE
WORLD WIDE WEB.
2 Second, the students may create their own
web pages because there are a lot of free
apps for web page development or they
may place them on their institution's
3 official website.
THE FOLLOWING ARE EXAMPLES OF EXISTING
WEBSITES THAT INSPIRE STUDENTS TO SUBMIT
THEIR AUTHORED PRODUCTS.
a. The Diary Project
[Link]
This digital website encourages students
to contribute their narrations or daily
diaries with different themes required by
the web site.
b. CyberKids
[Link]
The mission of Cyberkids is to provide a
voice for young people on the internet. It
accomplishes this by publishing original
creative work by kids ages 7-12.
c. Global Show-N-Tell
[Link]
Wabisabi Learning (n.d.) was able to
present some lists of online publishing
tools for avid writer students who are
looking for an online publishing tool to
publish their works.
d. Atavist
[Link]
Atavist is a beautiful tool. It was founded in
2011 on the heels of what we once called the
"death of longform." As you can imagine, it's
highly visual. It's a drag-and-drop editor for
creating beautiful online publications.
e. Calameo
[Link]
If students are looking to do magazines, Calameo is the
tool to use. It's an online e-magazine publishing tool
that lets you add multimedia and personal branding to
anything you create. With one- click publishing, you
can share it instantly. Websites, social media, and
more all integrate with Calameo.
f. Tikatok
[Link]
This is a creative publishing studio for young
children. K-6 kids will love Tikatok. They can use it
to publish digital and printed books of all kinds.
Tikatok was designed specifically for the K-6
classroom It's media literacy-oriented and aligned
with Common Core. Take a look at their
subscriptions page for plans.
g. Storybird
[Link]
This online publishing tool brings your words and
global artists work together in amazing storybooks.
Be sure to check out the section for educators.
Storybird is at work in hundreds of thousands of
classrooms all over the world.
h. LuLu
[Link]
LuLu was one of the first players that offered serious
online publishing features. They established
themselves in 2002 and they're still going strong.
They've greatly expanded their interface over the last
few years. Everything you need to know about doing
online publishing is right here. They offer tutorials,
resources, guides, and more to learn with.
i. Flipsnack
[Link]
Flipsnack is a flip book creator. It's as simple as
uploading a PDF file. It also supports PNG and JPG
files. It renders shareable interactive creations that
can also include multimedia. Flipsnack looks great
across all online platforms and social media.
j. Penzu
[Link]
Online journalling is the focus of Penzu and it works well.
Journalling is a great writing and self-reflective exercise.
With a free online tool like it more appealing. The interface
replicates an old leather-bound journal with lined paper. The
basic formatting features are everything you need to get
started. Upload photos to your journals, too. You can also Go
Pro for even more features.
A. COPYRIGHT LAWS
Copyright Law protects works of authorship.
Hence, it is very important for teachers and
students to learn more about copyrights laws
and copyright acts to ensure that there will be
no copyright infringements that will happen
in the process of authoring of publishing
materials offline or online.
ACCORDING TO FINDLAW (2020), THE COPYRIGHT ACT
STATES THAT WORKS OF AUTHORSHIP INCLUDE THE
FOLLOWING TYPES OF WORKS:
• Literary works
• Musical works
• Dramatic works
• Pantomines and choreographic works
• Pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works
• Motion pictures and other audiovisual works
• Sound recordings
• Architectural works
FINDLAW (2020) FURTHER STATES THAT COPYRIGHT LAW IS
IMPORTANT FOR MULTIMEDIA DEVELOPERS AND
PUBLISHERS FOR TWO REASONS:
a. Original multimedia works are protected by
copyright. The Copyright Act's exclusive rights
provision gives developers and publishers shers the
right to control unauthorized exploitation of their
works.
FINDLAW (2020) FURTHER STATES THAT COPYRIGHT LAW IS
IMPORTANT FOR MULTIMEDIA DEVELOPERS AND
PUBLISHERS FOR TWO REASONS:
b. Multimedia works are created by combining
"content" music, text, graphics, illustrations,
photographs, software that is protected under
copyright law. Developers and publishers must avoid
infringing copyrights owned by others.
B. ANTI-BULLYING ACT OF 2013
Republic Act No. 10627 otherwise known as
the Anti-Bullying Act of 2013 of the Philippines
directs all elementary and secondary schools to
adopt policies to address the existence of
bullying in their respective institutions.
One of the most common problems encountered
today by internet users is bullying online which we
call cyberbullying. Consequently, it is important for
teachers to be very judicious and alert in advising
students as they publish their requirements online
or as they communicate or collaborate through the
World Wide Web.
C. REPUBLIC ACT 101751
This is known as Cybercrime Prevention Act of
2012 declaring a policy that states that the State
recognizes the vital role of information and
communications industries such as content
production, telecommunications, broadcasting
electronic commerce, and data processing, in the
nation's overall social and economic development.
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