http://storybird.com/
Web 2.0 is full of great tools that can be used in the classroom. Storybird.com hosts one of these tools. On storybird.com, you can create short, visual stories that you can make with family and friends. Storybirds target narrative artists, family and friends, and writers and educators. Artists can see their art for use with the stories and connect with fans of their artwork. Family and friends can share traditions and unite generations by building stories together. Writers can tell their stories without worrying about a middleman. Teachers can create teaching tools for students.
This site would be a great site for use within my classroom. By creating Storybirds, students would enhance their writing and organizational skills. If I were to use this site in my classroom, I would begin with having 2 students create a Storybird together in order to practice interpersonal and collaboration skills. I would then have the students create a Storybird independently.
Students would participate in a Writer’s Workshop throughout the process and the finished piece would have to follow the writing process. Through the writing process students would first begin in the pre-writing stage. During this stage, they would brainstorm and determine what they would write about. After the prewriting stage, they would begin by drafting their initial story. They would proceed to revising and editing, proofreading, and then publishing. After the initial story is completed and it has undergone the writing process, students would then proceed to finding the illustrations on Storybird that relate to their story. Students with difficulties coming up with a story idea would be allowed to find images first and create a story that corresponds with the images.
Some of the education benefits of this tool are that it would help with writing and with reading and organizing thoughts on paper. This tool would also be great for students who are visual and kinesthetic learners.
References:
Storybird, Inc Staff. (2009). Storyboard: collaborative storytelling for families and friends. Retrieved October 11, 2009 at http://storybird.com/
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