Online Social Platform Lets Students be Authors
Storybird is an online social platform (and Chrome app) for storytelling. Students act as authors, pairing their words with site-curated, licensed art.
Storybird
[A Home for Young Writers Seeking Real Audience]
Social storytelling fun; artwork inspires, but limits creative freedom
Pros: A huge collection of curated art provides kid-authors with distinct and inspiring illustrations.
Cons: Students can't add their own art to stories, which limits creativity a bit.
Bottom Line: For anyone interested in kid-authored storybooks, this is a great resource.
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