StoryBird, 21st Century Storytelling

BY: Stephanie Reid

Administration of Technology Resources

Spring 2013

Storybird: A world of endless literacy opportunities…

Meets National Educational, Technology, Standards:

2. Design and Develop Digital Age Learning Experiences and Assessments Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessment incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the NETS·S.

c. Customize and personalize learning activities to address students’ diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources.

Storybird’s Educational Benefits:

1. Interactive and visual storytelling

2. Tool to differentiate reading, writing, & language arts

3. Improves vocabulary and language development

4. Helps learners to identify theme: author’s

purpose, plot, etc.

5. Helps learners identify Literary Genre

6. Helps leaners recall events & make predictions

Cont’d Storybird’s Educational Benefits

• Practice Fluency

• Collaborate storytelling

• Multicultural and individualized instructional resource tool

• Students may create and publish their stories

• User friendly 21st century technology tool

Storybird’s Sign-Up:

URL: www.storybird.com

Storybird’s Terms Agreement:

Student/Parent Account:

Teacher Class Account:

Storybird’s Creative Uses:

Storybird makes telling stories very easy.

Storybird offers a catalog of artwork.

Storybird has educational uses.

Creating a story is fun.

Storybird References:

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/40054/?theme=print

Storybird References: (journal articles)

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S8755461512000394

http://www.dialmformoms.com/best-creative-writing-websites-storybird

Additional References:

National Association of

Elementary School Principals

(pdf article)

http://www.naesp.org/

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