Storybird

Daiimah Coleman Web Tool 2.0

Story Bird Name: Story bird

Website: [] __General Information__

Storybird is a website service where people use collaborative storytelling for kids, friends, and family members. The stories are created in a round robin fashion. One or two people can start a story and others can add on to the story by writing their own version or adding to the details that were already started. These stories can be shared publicly or privately it is up to the author to choose. The final stories can then be printed out, made in to play or put into a library of storybird stories. The site also can help writers and artist to help showcase and publish their works. Storybird also has a blog feature so you can view and make comments to the stories and topics that are stored, copied and published on the website.

__Help Sources, Tutorials, Videos__

__[|http://storybird.com/faq/] [|http://storybird.com/tour/]__ [|http://storybird.com/parents/] __[]__

__Challenges__

I don’t believe there are minimum if any challenges that may be faced when using this website.

__Educational Objectives and Curriculum Area__

Curriculum Area: Literacy, Language Arts, and Literacy

Educational Objectives:

Students will become successful readers and writers Students will be successful aptitude test takers Students will understand concepts and ideas Turn nothing into something Students will have the ability to cognitively process things Promotes imagination, literacy, and self-confidence Promotes Teamwork and collaboration Provide a framework for creating learning experiences for the more technology savvy learners Be able to incorporate learning and fun all into one Student participation and collaboration

__Lesson Plan__

Retelling The Story Using Storybird

As a whole they students will get a modeled lesson on how to create stories using storybird.

Students will be put into groups to rewrite the ending of the story Three Little Pigs. The students will follow the prompt: The Three Little Pigs Got Feed Up With the Wolfs Treatment and want to leave it all behind…..

Each group will be rewrite the story on storybird and create a illustration for the front cover of the story.

Each group will also be required to comment and score two other groups story by giving them feedback and a score out of 100 points.

__Student Reaction__

I tried this will a group of students in my Saturday School Class. The reaction were positive. They were able to use the story started and run with it. They were able to write without any hesitation and when they actually created their stories on the website seemed amazing to them. They wanted me to give them another assignment using the storybird but I suggested that they wait until next Saturday to do it again. This website intrigued one of my students that dreads writing when he is in the regular classroom setting. He was more involved in this than I have imagined.