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Video Tutorial: Storybird

Natasha Hook

Professor Odalis Tavares

EDU352 Foundations of Educational Technology

June 20, 2017

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Video Tutorial: Storybird

As educators, creativity is universal in all subjects and classrooms and often times, there

is not enough opportunity to foster and develop this in students. Storybird provides teachers

and students with a global community full of creative readers, writers, and artist (Storybird).

This site can transform into an outlet for students to express themselves, practice their skills,

gain inspiration, and release their creativity in the form of writing in various styles. Teachers

are able to create online classrooms with ease and students can browse different fields of

encouragement. A great perk is that Storybird aligns with common core standards, making it

an obvious choice for teachers to use that is safe, secure, and easy to follow. Here is an

outline of what I will discuss in the tutorial:

I. Introduction and welcome

II. Go to the website: www.storybird.com

III. Creating an account

a. Locate the two buttons sign up for a free account on the homepage

b. Determine and select the user type: regular, educator/teacher, student

c. Create a username, password, class name, and select the grade level

IV. Navigate through the teacher homepage

a. Add students and assignments

b. Review student submissions, grade, award, share, or delete

c. Invite parents to get involved

d. Start a fundraiser

V. Create a story

a. Explore artists portfolios, themes, stories, poems, or load images into the

editor

b. Select an image and start creating a story or poem

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c. Add a cover, pages, artwork, and words

d. Save and publish your work - work is only shared with the classroom

e. Explore where your work can be located, viewed, and edited.

I chose this tool because it really satisfying to use as a teacher and a student. It is a

form of expression that is beneficial and fun by providing inspiration through art. Storybirds

foundation and structure is so easy to understand and it can be implemented in various ways

for various topics serving a multitude of purposes. It is effective at allowing students to jump

right in and make connections with words and images. Additionally, it facilitates social,

collaborative efforts among students to brainstorm, problem solve, and follow writers and

artist. Not only does it allow students to work on assignments intended to teach specific

content and concepts in language arts and grammar, but it allows students to freely and

openly write for pleasure. I cannot think of a better tool to engage students and demonstrate

opportunities to kick start and develop their creativeness. I chose to use Screencast-O-Matic

for my tutorial because it allows the listener to actively walk through the process with you to

learn about how to use the website as you discuss the features and steps for using Storybird

(Screencast-O-Matic). This accommodates both audio and visual learners, eliminates

confusion, and allows the listener to build connections with the content of the website.
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Resources

Screencast-O-Matic. (http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/)

Storybird. (https://storybird.com/)

Video tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADJv7So9srs&feature=youtu.be&hd=1