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 * EDLD 5364 UDL Book Builder Reflection**

This third week I designed a book related to the New Food Pyramid. It was created using the //BookBuilder//, that is supported by the Center for Applied Special Technology.

Some of the main features of the //BookBuilder// is that it helps users to create an electronic book in an easy way. Teachers do not need to know too much about technology because the tool already has the appropriate templates just to add the elements such as pictures, text, and audio. Once the digital book is finished, the author can publish it to the public or shared it with people.

In order to elaborate this product, I got the information from the United State Department of Agriculture. The approach is the new food pyramid released in 2005 by the USDA. Basically, it is the traditional food pyramid, but includes exercise as a complement to be healthy and a smaller portion of meat. It is not adopted in some bibliography yet. Some illustrations were obtained from the USDA website and the cover were designed by my daughter Andrea. She is a third grader student.

Other programs utilized were: //MS Office, MS Paint// and //doPDF//. Educators could use this tool help during instruction and to disseminate the information within the community or with colleagues.

You can see the book at: @http://bookbuilder.cast.org/view.php?op=share&book=8695dd87fa041d99aa13a22beb2db7e0&sid=4222

The printing of the book is here: