International Literacy Association Newsletter Weekly Project: Effective Literacy Website #3

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Jerydine Guerrero

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Effective Literacy Website #3

 

Storybird


            Storybird (https://storybird.com) is a visual storytelling platform inspired by art that allows anyone to create visual stories in seconds. Storybird collects artwork from illustrators all over the world and uses it to inspire writers of all ages to create creative stories using those visuals. Storybird's target audience includes children ranging in age from preschoolers to young adults. Storybird allows users to sign up for free to try the service for seven days. During this time period, you have the ability to create and read stories, then after the seven days is up, you can either pay or simply use Storybird to only read and comment on stories. What stood out to me the most about Storybird is that it also offers a family plan where you can enjoy reading and writing with your family. To do so, users sign up for an individual account and upgrade to a family plan, which is available for 2 to 5 members. From there, you can invite family members to start the literacy journey together.

This excellent platform offers a writing curriculum that includes over 700 lessons, quizzes, and writing prompts written by top authors and educators. Users can choose from a variety of writing formats, such as comics, picture books, poetry, and long-form, and have the opportunity to publish their work by submitting their stories for expert feedback from teachers, professional editors, and authors. This website also has a large library of these created stories, which functions almost like a social media platform. It is available online, or through the Chrome extension as well as downloading the Storybird app on any device. In addition to the features of this platform, there’s so much to explore. The layout of the materials is useful, with sections like "Popular This Week" to discover new books, as well as the ability to filter by genre, language, and age range. Each story has a heart rating, the number of comments, and the number of views, which are all displayed below the title, author, and picture title. I particularly enjoyed writing this review for this resource because I find it as a one-of-a-kind platform that does it all! It's not only exciting to read unique stories from people all over the world, but Storybird elevates writing to a whole new level.

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