Teacher tips
http://storybird.com S
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oyid is an ebook platform which provides superb illustrations to allow you
to create online picture books. It is a free, well moderated site supporting the creation of high quality stories.
• Registration: So iy d requires registration, using an email address. trbr
There is an option for children to sign up initially via their parent’s email. Many teachers get students to sign up directly using their school emails because the site is so cyber safe. If the confirmation email takes a while, students can create a story without registering but it will not save.
• Cybersafety: Find out from school records which students in your classes are under a media ban, generally due to a custody dispute. In addition, check parental blanket media permissions lodged with the school to see if any student is not covered or if any parent has refused permission. Provide alternative tasks for these students.
Explain these steps to students: • Create: a) G
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appeals to you. See more art for more choice. Start a storybird. Drag art thumbnails onto the page. Drag off again to the side to choose another illustration. Start writing into the text box. Add or delete pages, drag pages to rearrange the order.
• Menu: invite a collaborator, publish, or save and close. Your collaborator will open their email to click on the invitation link and complete the story.
• Save and share: Email the URL of your completed story, so that it may be viewed as a slideshow presentation. Login to find your own story again, in You. Read and heart other people’s stories too and add them to your reading list.
• Sample student storybird:
http://storybird.com/books/why-2/
Other worlds: To infinity and beyond with digital tools in the middle years by Lizzie Chase with S Bowes, D Ivanek, Y Liu, J Riley, J Starink
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