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Storybird

Webinar Agenda• Introduction to Storybird

• Signing up for Storybird

• Creating a Classroom Account

• Creating an Assignment & a Storybird

• Using Storybird for Learning

• Resources

Storybird

What is Storybird?

How will students use Storybird?

Signing up for Storybird

Click here

Your Free Educator Account

Choose your Account Type Fill in your username, e-mail address, and

password.

Creating a account is easy.

You will use an e-mail address to create a teacher account, and then will be able to create student accounts that do not require e-mail addresses.

Signing In Now you are ready to sign

in with your username and password!

Now, let’s explore a few of the things we can do with an Educator Account.

Add a Class

Click on the dropdown menu to add a class, view classes you’ve already set up, change your class settings, or for FAQs and help.

Fill in the blanks with your class name, school name, country, zip code, grade level, and class subject.

Then simply click “add class.”

Type in usernames for up to 75 students using your free Educator account.

When you are finished, click “Add Students.”

Now that you’ve added your class, you can add students to that class.

You will not need to provide student e-mail addresses, or any personally identifying information, to create student accounts--which is great for protecting student privacy.

Add Students to a Class

Create an Assignment

Click on “Create an Assignment” and then fill out the information prompts.

You can choose Storybird artwork or another picture or video file to inspire your students.

You can also specify the artwork you want students to choose from for the assignment.

Create a StorybirdIn the create screen, you can explore, search, and choose an artwork set for your Storybird.

Click on a picture you like to see the rest of the artwork in that set.

Then, choose, “Use this Art” and “For a Story” to get started.

Students can invite classmates to collaborate,can publish to the classroom library, or can save and close the project to return to later.

Using Storybird for Learning

Students could work with a

template provided by the

teacher to create a

progressive story, or they could create

stories of their own.

Using Storybird for Learning

Students can solve problems from a book created by the teacher, or can create and pose questions of their own to encourage inquiry.

Using Storybird for Learning

Students can write books that express their learning, ideas, creativity, feelings, and world view.

Using Storybird for LearningTeachers and students can create books that describe and illustrate

concepts they are exploring across subject areas.

Storybird, Bloom’s Taxonomy & Common Core Learning Standards

Production &Distribution of Writing

Share the Main Idea& Supporting Facts

Craft & Structure

Text Types &Purposes

Integration of Knowledge & Ideas

Key Ideas & Details

With guidance and support from adults, use technology to

produce and publish writing (using keyboarding skills) as well

as to interact and collaborate with others.

Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or

those of the characters.

Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and

explain how they support the main idea.

Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic.

Develop the topic with facts, definitions, and details.

Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

Creating

Evaluating

Analyzing

Applying

Understanding

Remembering

Sharing the LearningStudent work is automatically private, but can be seen within the classroom environment online once a story is published to the class library.

Teachers and classmates can comment on stories within the closed classroom environment online, encouraging collaboration and giving students a safe and supervised opportunity to practice online citizenship and interaction.

To share student work with parents and friends, educators can embed the story to a class blog or purchase a downloadable or print copy of the story.

Storybirds can also be copied to a personal account for sharing.

ResourcesStorybird for Learning on WikispacesThis wiki includes additional information about Storybird, ideas for using Storybird to support learning across the curriculum, printable handouts, and a Symbaloo with even more resources and examples of Storybirds to explore.

http://storybirdforlearning.wikispaces.com/Storybird%2C+a+Web+2.0+Learning+Tool

Storybird Tutorial for Students on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eUYpigHWho

Storybird Resources Symbaloo

http://www.symbaloo.com/mix/storybird1

Using Storybird in the Classroom

Dabbs, L. (2011). New Teacher Boot Camp Week 3 – Using Storybird. Edutopia. Retrieved from http://www.edutopia.org/blog/storybird-new-teacher-boot-camp-lisa-dabbs