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Collect & Share Student’s Experiences

Would sharing personal experiences and the local effects of devastating fires help prevent the disconnected young people in our communities from committing arson?

Sharing stories is how humans make sense of the world and their place in it. This is an opportunity for teachers to collect their students experiences, feelings and concerns about this summer’s terrible fire season into a …

Ambassador Program launched

Ambassador Program

Explainer video & Teacher Professional Learning Workshop Slides: https://youtu.be/SSog5IuFCD4

Register Free: Ambassador Program

Advocate FamilyBookform projects and earn a passive income:

1. Apply online to receive a FREE Ambassador code, no training needed, online resources. 

2. Tell teachers about FamilyBookform projects, they use your code when signing-up free.

3. Receive points for all projects created under your code, redeem for cash …

Year 7 English - Literacy Enrichment

The Champagnat College Year 7 students presented their personal printed books to their families today, generating tears, cheers and accolades.

The ceremony was held in the newly opened school library and attended by students, their families, teachers and local media.

Students presented their books and spoke about their experiences using the new  ‘FamilyBookform.com’ technology to interview their families and collect …

FamilyBookform Teacher Professional Learning workshop

The Teachers’ Guild NSW hosted the first FamilyBookform teacher professional learning workshop last Tuesday 19 Nov at the spectacular Concord Golf Club. The presentation slides are here: http://bit.ly/32VNPsm, more videos and testimonials here: https://familybookform.com

Carey Furze, Founder of the FamilyBookform technology, demonstrated how the Family Communication projects are a valuable online resource for teachers to save time, achieve academic …

USA, here I come...

FamilyBookform was accepted into the San Francisco Austrade Landing Pad 3 month program from Jan-April 2020, to help us scale further into the US marketplace.

I will work with the Google for Education team based in Sunnyvale and start more projects with schools in Silicon Valley and Athena’s Advanced Academy in San Jose. This will generate more US school case …

New website & Google Integration launched

I launched our new site https://familybookform.com at EduTech Singapore today and accepted 2 awards for ‘Best New EdTech Startup’ and the project at GIIS Singapore.

FamilyBookform projects scaffold students to collaborate with their family and community to collect oral histories & personal family stories & photos into printable digital books for education, communication and bonding.

Teachers create a FamilyBookform …

Minister of Education awards Bookform's Literacy Project

The Teachers’ Guild NSW hosted a World Teacher’s Day Awards Gala Dinner last night to acknowledge some exceptional NSW teachers, presented by the Minister of Education, Hon. Sarah Mitchell and Shadow Minister, Prue Car MP and Guest of Honour, Dr Dan White M.Ed (R.E.), Ed. D, Former Executive Director of Sydney Catholic Schools for the Archdiocese of Sydney.

Melissa Carson, …

Teacher's Experience with Bookform

Jenifer Dove - Leader of Learning: Literacy 7-12 at Sydney Catholic Schools, Eastern Region Secondary Team. After seeing the Bookform 'Family Book' Project at Champagnat Catholic College, Jennifer tried Bookform's online program for her own Mother's memoir project. See her feedback below.

Jennifer has invited me to present Bookform's projects to other Catholic School heads next week.

Memoirs & Musings by Jennifer Dove

This …

Featured in Griffith Uni news

From Griffith to Google partner

Griffith communications graduate, Carey Furze, has partnered with Google For Education to develop storycollecting and communication skills among students and their families, through her digital platform Bookform.

Carey founded the online platform Bookform when she was still studying, specifically because of one particular journalism unit that required her to interview someone in her community, and …