Yesterday, I introduced the Storybird website and students created books. Storybird is an amazing website. Professional artists upload their work and allow Storybird and its members to use them in the books viewed on Storybird. The art work is beautiful. Members use them to illustrate stories that they compose on the website. Then members can invite specific people, or the general public, to collaborate on the story. I imagine a grandparent living far enough away that visits are rare, beginning a story and then inviting a grandchild to compose with him. Through emails they write together and discuss their story development. When they are finished, they can publish it on the web so that everyone may enjoy and comment on their work. Just now, Storybird has released its beta version, but soon, they promise, books may be ordered to be printed for a small fee. This is where Storybird will generate funds so that the website can remain free. The website organizes the artwork by artist and by topic, and conveniently offers a link to the artists’ web pages or commercial printers, so the artists have an outlet for their work. This is a win-win-win scenario. The website makes money on the book printing orders. The artists make money on the sale of their artwork. My students write stories that are illustrated by professional quality pictures and develop their literary skills.
This is the link to storybird: http://storybird.com/ All technology club members logged in as “saukview,” so search for books by that author/user name, to see our work. We hope you enjoy our stories!
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