Storybird is a website and can also be downloaded as an app. Students create their own books by drawing, typing some text, and possibly recording their voice. Here is one example. To learn more about the tool, check this blog post by a kindergarten teacher, Mr. Gomez: Little Bird Tales--Digital Storytelling. After reading through his post, and possibly exploring the tool yourself, would you recommend this tool to teachers K-2? Why or why not? Make sure you have the volume turned up while viewing the story.
I really like this idea! My students are in the process of writing a book all about an animal; an "expert project." How fun would it be if their book was published differently than just rewriting it with "neater" handwriting. I think that students would have more ownership over their pieces, and have fun while creating a quality piece.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Bryan. I also think that my students would have fun with this. So many times when they publish their writing, it is looked at as a boring task of copying over their work. When we publish in "fun" ways like video recording or powerpoint presentations, they are very excited. I think this would be a huge hit as well. We are working on opinion writing, and I am thinking that they could use this to create an opinion piece or even write their own commercial about something.
ReplyDeleteThis is great and something I can see implementing in the classroom right away! I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that this has an audio voice recording option for those Kindergartners that have so much to say, but some difficulty in writing it all down. We are in the midst of creating a classroom book about Signs of Winter and it would be meaningful to bring it to life with this technology!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love this! This is another great, realistic way to implement technology in a primary grade classroom. This would be a great tool to use when celebrating the end of a writing/reading unit of study, completing independent student projects or creating a class shared writing piece. I hope to try this out soon in my classroom, as this will definitely motivate my students and get them excited about their own writing!
ReplyDeleteThis seems to be an amazing tool to use in the classroom for students in this age group. Not only do the children have the chance to create their own stories, but they can actually have a chance to see it come to life! And it seems user friendly enough for teachers who aren't yet using technology in their classrooms to use as a first time tool to get their students to fall in love with using technology in the classroom.
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