I learned about Story Bird via the blog, World Language Classroom. This tool can be used to publish a story in the target language, including pictures. The final product
resembles an online book and the book can be embedded in a class website or
LMS.
In German 3 I have my students write their own fairy tales
after reading many authentic texts from the Brothers Grimm. In German 4, they also write their
own “moral stories” after reading Struwwelpeter. Utilizing this tool, I believe
my students would really enjoy having a finished project to represent their
stories as opposed to just a story on paper with pictures. I think that any
creative open-ended writing piece would tie in well with this tool. It would
also be fun for students to write their own children’s books using Story Bird.
I believe that this tool is worthwhile in my
classroom because it gives students a final product of which they can be proud.
They can also add it to a digital portfolio that follows them through and after high school.
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