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  #1 Lauren Braucher on 03 Nov 09

   

  Storybird is a website where children, teachers, parents, and other adults can sign in and create a story. This is a free service, but in the future of Storybird they hope to be able to print stories in a professional way which will have a cost associated. You have the choice to create a story by yourself, but you also can collaborate with other people to create a story with multiple authors. Storybird encourages imagination, bringing people closer together, and literacy. Storybird allows you to read books others have written along with share yours to the Storybird community. To begin creating a book, Storybird allows you to get inspiration from artwork submitted by artists or from themes provided by Storybird. You cannot use your own artwork or create your own artwork in Storybird which can be seen as a disadvantage, but in a way having preloaded pictures makes the creation of the story easier and quicker. Once you choose an artist or a theme you begin with the cover page. Storybird has all of the templates already chosen for you so all you have to do is type in the text you would like and drag the illustration you would like to use. On the bottom of the page you can add more pages, delete existing pages, and reorder your story. Storybird is a quick and very easy way to create a story. Once you create a story you can make it public or keep it private, assign an age group for which your story is appropriate and when others read your story they have a place to comment. This site was created with children in mind and they make their privacy policy very well known that they are here to protect children while allowing them to express their creativity online and share that creativity with others. No personal information is ever given about the author of the story and this website has no profiles for users. This is a great storybook creation site for children, parents, teachers, and other people. It has multiple ways to be used both in and out of the classroom.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Storybird is a website where children, teachers, parents, and other adults can sign in and create a story. This is a free service, but in the future of Storybird they hope to be able to print stories in a professional way which will have a cost associated. You have the choice to create a story by yourself, but you also can collaborate with other people to create a story with multiple authors. Storybird encourages imagination, bringing people closer together, and literacy. Storybird allows you to read books others have written along with share yours to the Storybird community. To begin creating a book, Storybird allows you to get inspiration from artwork submitted by artists or from themes provided by Storybird. You cannot use your own artwork or create your own artwork in Storybird which can be seen as a disadvantage, but in a way having preloaded pictures makes the creation of the story easier and quicker. Once you choose an artist or a theme you begin with the cover page. Storybird has all of the templates already chosen for you so all you have to do is type in the text you would like and drag the illustration you would like to use. On the bottom of the page you can add more pages, delete existing pages, and reorder your story. Storybird is a quick and very easy way to create a story. Once you create a story you can make it public or keep it private, assign an age group for which your story is appropriate and when others read your story they have a place to comment. This site was created with children in mind and they make their privacy policy very well known that they are here to protect children while allowing them to express their creativity online and share that creativity with others. No personal information is ever given about the author of the story and this website has no profiles for users. This is a great storybook creation site for children, parents, teachers, and other people. It has multiple ways to be used both in and out of the classroom.</div>

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  #2 Ellie Brissette on 03 Nov 09

   

  Storybird is a really fun, interactive, and collaborative site. I know that I'm not the most creative person and have a hard time getting started with things coming up with a story line, so I love how you can browse pictures or words to get some inspiration. If you see a picture you like, you can start a Storybird with it right away. The pictures also have tags underneath them, so you can search for similar ones to start a story with. Once you begin with a certain picture, other pictures are shown, and it's very easy to drag them onto the pages. I had a difficult time at first with writing on the pages because it didn't seem like you can put a text box wherever you want. It gets easier, though, once you add art and can arrange there to be a picture on one page and text on the other. Storybird is also fun to use because you can look at other peoples' stories and make comments on them. It's great for providing children with an opportunity to work on their literacy and creativity and have fun while doing it.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Storybird is a really fun, interactive, and collaborative site. I know that I'm not the most creative person and have a hard time getting started with things coming up with a story line, so I love how you can browse pictures or words to get some inspiration. If you see a picture you like, you can start a Storybird with it right away. The pictures also have tags underneath them, so you can search for similar ones to start a story with. Once you begin with a certain picture, other pictures are shown, and it's very easy to drag them onto the pages. I had a difficult time at first with writing on the pages because it didn't seem like you can put a text box wherever you want. It gets easier, though, once you add art and can arrange there to be a picture on one page and text on the other. Storybird is also fun to use because you can look at other peoples' stories and make comments on them. It's great for providing children with an opportunity to work on their literacy and creativity and have fun while doing it.</div>

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