between the classroom and home, maintain strict privacy controls over student information and enable educator discounts when ordering books.
When a teacher creates his/her account they are able to create a class password as well as user names and passwords for each student. Te program provides the teacher with a printed handout for each student that will supply the directions and information for accessing the soſtware at home and at school. Additionally, there is a setting to control the duration of time that the students may login. Finally, the classroom edition provides a teacher with a way to create a class ID. Tis makes it easier to manage with a large group of students.
Upon completion of the storybook the student may share and view online. He or she may also order the book in printed form. Discounts are available for class purchases. Tere is also an option to print a paper copy of the book for free.
Note: A step-by-step tutorial can be found at
www.storyjumper. com/main/classroom. Story jumper provides a clipart library to get students excited about writing. Teachers and students can also upload photos and drawings as background scenes.
Web Resources •
www.detools.ca/?p=3844 •
www.macmoviemakers.com/screenflow/story-jumper-tutorial/
compose using your own words. Finished work can be emailed or the provided code can be copied and pasted into a blog or other website.
NOTE: Safety Concerns Students do not need to have an account to use the site; however, to save your work you must register for an account. An email account is required to set up an account. Remind students not to identify themselves with their full first and last names or with any other personal information when posting their work online. Te site’s gallery and comment features are not moderated. Be aware that all work created on the site is public. Users can comment on others’ work and rate work using the star-rating feature.
Web Resources: •
www.warrensburgr6.org/education/components/scrapbook/default. php?sectiondetailid=21727& •
blog.discoveryeducation.com/talkowski/2009/03/07/piclit-eases-the-way-into- writing/
Piclits Whether writing phrases, sentences or paragraphs, this Web 2.0 tool called PicLits,
www.piclist.com, helps students think creatively and critically about their writing. It is a collaborative writing site that provides attention-grabbing images and word banks to use for writing a picture caption or to write a short paragraph. Word lists are categorized into nouns, adjectives, adverbs, verbs, and a universal list. PicLits can be used to introduce poetry and creative writing units. Science classes can use the nature photos to write about curriculum topics. Teachers can choose an image to use for a collaborative class writing assignment utilizing an interactive whiteboard. Te PicLit images can be used as prompts for journal or blog writing. Students can discuss word choice, vocabulary, or figures of speech. Tere are two ways to add text to the images. One is to simply click and drag words from the list that comes with each PicLit onto the image. Words can be moved around on the image. Te drop-down menu beside each word lets you capitalize the word or use a different form of the word. A different word list comes with each image. Te second way is to click on the “Freestyle” link and
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Reference: Alexander, B., & Levine, A. (n.d.). Web 2.0 Storytelling: Emergence of a New Genre (EDUCAUSE Review) | EDUCAUSE. What is EDUCAUSE? | EDUCAUSE. Retrieved April 11, 2011, from
http://www.educause. edu/EDUCAUSE+Review/EDUCAUSEReviewMagazineVolume43/ Web20StorytellingEmergenceofaN/163262
Nicholson, D. (2011, February 21). Collaborative Digital Storytelling with Storybird | Te Whiteboard Blog. Te Whiteboard Blog. Retrieved April 18, 2011, from
http://www.whiteboardblog.co.uk/2009/12/collaborative-digital- storytelling-with-storybird/
Dr. Julia VanderMolen is the Assistant Professor and Department Coordinator for Science with Davenport University. She has been a member of MACUL for over 14 years and has presented for MACUL for the past eight years on a number of technology integration topics. She can be reached at
julia.vandermolen@
davenport.edu.
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