Create a picture book & learn a new piece of software
Storybird is an online book creation software that is very
easy to use, even though there is the annoying step of having to register.
Storybird provides thousands of pictures that children can place on “pages” and
then write sentences next to them to create a story. The illustrations provided
can be very beautiful and make the end products something any child could be
proud of. In terms of use in a library, it would work best as an activity in
computer literacy for children in grades 1-3 to do, most likely with their
parents in attendance because of the necessity of having an email address.
I created a very simple, very short story as a method of
learning to use the software and was pleased with the result, though I am
perfectly aware I am not the best storyteller. The process was quite quick and I
found the software to be quite intuitive, though I was annoyed there was only
one layout for the front cover if not paying for the “Premium” service. The premium
service did not seem to add much functionality and the software could be used
quite well without paying a cent for it.
As it is online, it means that the software could be used at
the library, then when at home, the child would be able to go online and see
their work published. From an educational perspective, it could also be used in
English lessons on story writing with the end product being something they
could proudly show off to family and friends all over the world.
From a professional standpoint, I could see using this as a
vacation program activity for young children.
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