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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: [Link]
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. ([Link]
Storybird. ([Link]
Video tutorial: [Link]