Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Storybird Fun
We had a blast today in class! I tried Storybird with some of my students. What a great tools to have students think about story elements. I also liked how we had to go back and edit our work whenever we found mistakes. My students were super motivated and couldn't wait to go home and try the stie our for themselves! I noticed students already has skills that made the project easy to discuss. They truely do have a wide background on using technology. Once their books were published, the students had some of their friends come over to view their book :) Here are two of the books we made.
Goldie's 5 Crazy Wishes by littlem613 on Storybird Kloe's Night of Magical Dreams by littlem613 on Storybird
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You and your students should be very proud! They did a great job. I love how robust their vocabulary was!!!
ReplyDeleteI remember you telling us one time about your students often complaining about their hands hurting. Did you find that they wrote more for their digital stories than ones in written form? Was integrating the technology more motivating so the complaints were less? It seems that both examples that you have showcased include a good amount of descriptive writing.
Honestly there was no complaining. We work on descriptive writing a lot so I'm glad it shows in their work. It did take some time, but the end result was well worth it. The smiles on their faces were priceless!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great job your students did! I love the descriptions they used! I would love for my students to be that descriptive! If it is okay with you, maybe I can share these stories with my students, this way they can see what other second graders write as well. I started working on the stories with my students but still haven't finish, but like you said the kids are so motivated. They were all working so nicely on the computers.
ReplyDeleteDef! They will be excited to know other second graders are viewing their work :)
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