StoryJumper.com L3 Technology List
This blog entry is about a tool of my own interest from the list of L3 Creation Technologies provided by Dr. Wang. I chose to explore the website: StoryJumper. This tool can be used to achieve the Creation aspect of Learning (L3) by allowing students and classes to publish stories and practice their writing skills!
I have actually been on the student side of this and LOVED it!! I still have my two published books that my classes made in elementary school, and look back on them to this day.
It is free to make an account AND to share your books digitally. However, if you want to order physical copies for your class here are the prices:
Overall, I think this website would be pretty easy to use. You can create a lesson and instruct your class to write a short story/poem/anything about any topic if your choosing. Afterwards, you compile them into a book! You can also have students draw illustrations to go along with their writing, or you can use StoryJumper's pictures to design them online.
I also think this tool has a lot of versatility, simply because you can apply ANY classroom lesson to it. It is simply a way to engage students and have them display their work! They will also get a boost because they are published authors. :)
And finally, I think the overall likelihood of using this tool in my classroom is somewhat high. It can be a little pricy, so the only way I would be able to provide books for my whole class is if we did a classroom fundraiser or parents were willing to buy them for their children. But if funding was there, I DEFINITELY would want to utilize this tool!!!
Hi Carly,
ReplyDeleteI have never heard of story jumpers before! I think this is such a cool tool! It could even be fun to purchase just one of these books your class created every year to have in your own classroom to share while you do this lesson again every year!
Hi Carly!
ReplyDeleteThis site is something that I have never used before, but it seems like a great tool! This could be a great way to make resources for your class that they can refer back to even after they have moved on to different classes. Nice job!