Lesson Outcomes:

• Explore existing web-based publishing tools;

• Create student sample projects as digital authors;
• Analyze some articles on the use of digital story
telling;
• Create a digital story telling output using story
telling software; and
• Publish digital stories using some storytelling apps
explored in the class guided by the publication on
requirements or laws.
Open-ended tools or
productivity software
applications are ICT tools
which help the teachers
and the learners make their
learning together concrete.
The use of these tools play
a vital role as it helps meet
the demands of the learners
in the 21st Century
classrooms.
Students as Digital Authors

A. Language Learning Via Web Publishing

Language skills can be fully developed by allowing students
to communicate through internet. This may take place when
the students or the class will be required to post a story or
other products on a bulletin board or web page.

Two ways to contribute authored documents to the World

Wide Web.

 The advent of ready-made websites that are meant to

invite and encourage contributors to share their authored
stories, research, commentaries, and the like, students may
publish their works by submitting their products to these
websites,
 The students may create their own web pages because there
are lot of free apps for web page development or they place
them on their institution’s official website.
a. The Diary Project
http://www.diaryproject.com

This authoring website encourages

students to contribute their narrations or
daily diaries with different themes
required by the web site. Some of the
themes or topics can be on school
activities, relationships, family, managing
stress and others.
b. CyberKids
http://www.cyberkids.com

This mission of Cyberkids is to

provide a voice for young people on
the internet. It accomplishes this
publishing original creative work by
kids ages 7-12.
c. Global Show-N-Tell
http://www.telenaut.com/gst

Wabisabi Learning (n.d.) was able present

some list of online publishing tools for avid
writer students who are looking for an online
publishing tool to publish their works.
d. Atavist
http://atavist.com

Atavist is a beautiful tool. It was

founded in 2011 on the heels of
what we once called the “death
of longform.” As you can
imagine, its highly visual. It’s a
drug-and-drop editor for creating
beautiful online publications.