Community reviews for FlipSnack Edu

THIS PROGRAM IS EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING TO USE, DOESN'T MAKE INTUITIVE SENSE, REQUIRES EXTRA CLICKS FOR EACH & EVERY LITTLE THING YOU TRY TO DO. IF I CAN'T USE IT WITH A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE, THERE'S NO WAY ON EARTH I'LL EVER USE IT WITH STUDENTS!

Terrible-- autosave doesn't work and my high school students are so frustrated that they keep losing their work-- despite having Flipsnack go through our Firewall, the autosave still doesn't work-- scam to make you purchase their educator platform- my school doesn't have the funds to pay over $1000 for a less than mediocre platform, I'll find better resources elsewhere. The live chat was incredibly unhelpful as well, they lost over 200 users.

I see this as a great way to provide instructional content for teachers who are flipping their classroom, project instructions, and unit study guides. Students will appreciate the "feel" of flipping through this online book and interacting with multimedia in a structured, organized way. Using a tool like this and sharing or publishing it on your website would make it easily accessible for students who need to review the content, or for parents to assist their child with homework or projects. Overall, it's a great resources for a teacher tool- but the pricing could be more affordable for teachers.

As with all original, creative, Web 2.0 tools, I caution you upfront to plan and be aware of copyright considerations! Planning out a Flipbook is crucial to creating a final product you and your students can be proud of. For example, if you are creating a book, do you need to add a table of contents, glossary, bibliography, etc? If you are creating a class material that contains poems from various poets, are you aware of the fair use guidelines based on the percentage of materials you are copying and the date the poems were created? Not only should teachers be aware of the copyright for their materials, but this should always be modeled for students and "embedded" if you will in your student projects using tools you want to display. Also, with all web 2.0 tools, I always urge teachers and students to storyboard their work before they begin so they have a game plan. And, after you create your first Flipbook, you will want to show it off! What make this tool stand out to me are its flexibility and adaptability. First, you can always edit a book after you publish it! This is not always possible with other tools. Second, there are so many easy ways to share your final project! You can email a link if you want to keep the work from general public access, you can upload it, and you can play it on a computer or mobile device. While this tool may not be geared toward younger ages in the publishing side, you can scan materials created by younger students and upload them into a class book. With older students, they can create individual or group projects easily. And for teachers, you can create supporting materials to share with other teachers when you present at conferences and workshops. The only drawback aside from no music/video options, is the price for a premium account. $144 a year is very pricey unless you are going to use this tool quite a bit. I have been able to do enough with it using the free version so far. Overall, a winning tool for the digital classroom.!