Storybird is a tool for which you could create your own stories through it. It has all the animation you need and all you have to do is think of a story, select the type of illustration you want, and add in the words and finally publish it. A very simple way of making the stories in your head comes to life through books.
What is amazing about it:
1. There are many types of illustrations provided, ranging from different artists.
2. Very motivating- the idea of being able to create your own story is incredible.
3. Ownership- one would be able to produce something according to their own interest and ideas.
4. Challenges and explores one's creativity.
5. Saves time if one is thinking of creating a story for professional reasons, they could create their stories quick and have them published.
6. Great for long term working skills. It would help them to get used to the pressure of having a dateline and improve on their other skills that may be needed in the future.
3. Ownership- one would be able to produce something according to their own interest and ideas.
4. Challenges and explores one's creativity.
5. Saves time if one is thinking of creating a story for professional reasons, they could create their stories quick and have them published.
6. Great for long term working skills. It would help them to get used to the pressure of having a dateline and improve on their other skills that may be needed in the future.
Limitations :
1. Initially, it needs one to explore a bit before they could really use it. It is not that quick and easy to understand how it works in the beginning.
2. If one does it collaboratively with another person, it would be need really good planning of the storyboard and when to do it as if not, if two people are working on it in separate places, they would not see what the other person did and they may have their ideas all jumbled up.
How it can be used in language classrooms (suggestion) :
Teachers could introduce this site to their students as a tool for them to get creative and have a go at making stories of their own. It could be very useful for group or a paired project.
Students can be paired up and or in a group and start a story together. They may discuss the storyboard together in class. This website would be a great motivation for them to brainstorm their ideas. Once they have drafted their story, each would be given their part to do and they can do it at home. Later, they could collaborate their stories and produce a story of their own and perhaps present it to their friends.
Teachers could make this as a fun group project in which one could take students' work to be used in a competition for which the students could benefit.
Or teachers could use this site to encourage the art of storytelling among students and narrating them while focusing on their grammar use, past tense. Teachers could assess students' use of past tense in their stories.
Have fun trying, thank you!
Click on the link to give it a go: http://storybird.com/
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