•Name of the resource: Storybird
•URL: http://storybird.com/
•Brief description: Teachers and students can make stories using the illustrations that are available in the page
•What it is useful for: Teachers can build stories and also use a free class account to manage students and give assignments to them. When students have submitted their task, teachers can send emails and/or comments to students.
•What you liked the most: it stimulates student creativity and imagination, moreover there are so many images that can inspire students to start writing, It’s a good tool to foster collaborative writing among students because students can invite other students to collaborate with them in the same task. Teachers/students can make their stories available to the general public or restrict the access.
•What you disliked the most: Students can get distracted easily with the illustrations.
Marta Nogué
I think this is a really good resource because it promotes imagination, literacy, and self-confidence. My mentor usually uses this resource and students enjoy it since they become more comfortable with the act of writing. Students are able to create a whole story putting into practice their imagination and they practice their writing without being aware of it.
ReplyDeleteI love visual and creative activities and I believe in the Secondary School Curriculum this are discriminated. There is a huge gap between the 100% creative lesson in Primary School and th e5% creative lesson in Secondary School.
ReplyDeleteWe must avoid automatic activities full of guidance abd we must promote CREATIVITY in the EFL classroom. This is a great resource in order to promote thinking skills, creativity, imagination...
Hey I love this resource!!! I am doing a writing project with my students, they'll have to do a magazine. I think this might be usefull so that we can use it to do the final version and they can learn to present things in a more interactive and original way. I would use it for sure!
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