I love using #booksnaps! I started using it for myself awhile ago while I read, and I think it's a great way to process what I read. I encourage teachers to do #booksnap as they read and share them with students. I also think it helped me to think outside the box on this one. While I don't use a lot of reading in my class, I do have things we do that could incorporate the same idea. While thinking about introducing our big end of the year project, I was stuck on how to introduce it. I wanted to go over all the expectations, but I know kids usually zone out and start thinking about what they'll create for their project. Then later when we actually start the project they're confused and don't know what to do. I thought a solution could be using "booksnaps" for our instructions. The kids would have to focus on the most important parts of the instructions and pay closer attention as they read them. It was also many kids first opportunity to do booksnaps, so they got to try out the concept. You could also do it for online articles like NewsELA. Another tip would be to allow kids to do the booksnap in whatever app they want. I showed them what I wanted as an end result and told them to pick an app that would work best. Especially when introducing something new, it helps the kids feel more comfortable if they can pick an app they know how to use really well. This site has how-to videos for lots of different apps: http://www.tarammartin.com/resources/booksnaps-how-to-videos/
