Presentation of creative storytelling tool Storybird, and various uses in the classroom

1. CSTORYBIRD
Shuishan Hu
ISC 541

2. What is it?
• Storybird is a website designed to help students build writing and reading skills by creating their
own stories
• Three formats: picture books (multi-page), long-form books (multi-chapters), poetry (single
image)
• Students can choose from thousands of themed artwork
• Storybird for educators: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ9ycfrCR44&t=181s

3. Advantages
• Creative and engaging
• Appeals to wide variety of learning styles (Visual, tactile)
• Free platform for teachers (Storybird studio)
• Storybird’s mobile poetry app, Lark
• Fundraising option for classrooms and schools
• Variety of sharing options

4. Drawbacks
• Once students choose artwork by an artist, they have to stick to an artist’s portfolio, no mixing
and matching
• Students easily sidetracked with choosing the perfect image, spend less time on actual activity

5. Lesson Ideas
• Can be used for variety of classrooms
• Bring concepts into action
• Math – Syllogism
Students create their own stories using “If…then” statements
• English – Shakespeare
Have students interpret sonnets into modern day language to show comprehension of iambic
pentameter and rhyme scheme
Creative writing – Different forms of poetry (Haiku, sonnet, etc.)
Students write poems based on requirements of forms
• Science – Have students illustrate the process of the water cycle, from condensation to
evaporation, etc.

6. Now it’s your turn…
• Create a student account on Storybird.com
• Write a 2-3 page storybook on how you would use Storybird in your classroom