Web 2.0 Tool for Education
This web2.0 tool is used around the world in different classrooms.
Many children are being creative creating books and using their own imagination
and creativity. This innovative tool makes their story more vivid and easy to
share with others. Many times is difficult for children to write stories in
paper and draw pictures. Some of them complain that their pictures are not the
best and they stop writing altogether. However, now, they can be exposed to do
the typing and select the pictures that they like for their story and share it
with their teacher. According to their website Storybird, it has six different
things why children will really love to use this website. First, there is a
great art that they could choose for their stories. In addition, the children
can unlock stories by solving puzzles. There is also the social reinforcement
by hearing feedback about their work. On the other hand, it is free, safe and
it can help students to get better grades.
For teachers, there are a lot of affordances by using
storybird in their classroom. Children can use their imagination and their
creativity. They can demonstrate their understanding about the process of how a
story is being developed. They also can enhance and reinforce their literacy
skills. As Tech Tutorials names it as a “Collaborative Storytelling Tool”. Also Lisa Dabbs an Ed consultant shared some of the
successes of using storybird in the classrooms.
On the other hand, as we know already
the benefits of using this innovative tool in the classroom, there are also
some constraints about the use of this tool. If teachers, don’t have the
proficiency to use this website or have an idea how this tool can enhance their
teaching, this will not benefit the students. In the following tutorial by sliceshare , it shares some of the requirements
that students and teachers need to have in order to be beneficial for the
student’s learning skills. Having internet is one of the requirement and some
of the students still do not have access to internet at home.