Web 2.0 Tools By: Susie Keppers My Story Maker

Possible Classroom Applications Learn and apply knowledge of story elements Create original stories Publish writing in the format of a book Use problem solving and critical thinking skills to manipulate the provided tools Develop new vocabulary Organize ideas Follow written directions

Tips and Tricks You need Adobe Flash Player and Adobe Reader Once you create your story if you agree to share it with others you are given a magic number to view your story again for up to one month You can save your story as a PDF and print it as well It’s totally free, all you need is access to the Internet

Pitfalls to Avoid Once you have ended your story, you cannot make changes. You can’t be totally free to do what you want because you have to choose from their possibilities, but the choices may help reluctant writers. You can only type about 3 lines per page. When you choose actions, emotions, and interactions it puts corresponding sentences into your story, but you don’t have to use them. There’s no spell checker Watch out for the clear button, it clears the whole page and it’s really close to the preview button. Use the first two pages as a cover and title page, otherwise there’s no title/cover. You have to create your story in one session because you can’t save and come back to it later

Click the link below to view The Girl Who Traveled to the Forest and enter my magic number:

Web 2.0 Tools and Sites that are Similar Story Maker: your-own/story-makerhttp://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/make- your-own/story-maker Squigly’s Writing Corner- Similar to Mad Libs: ndex.html ndex.html Wacky Web Tales- More Mad Libs: Write me a story- kids create unique stories given specific elements: Kids publish- With a membership kids can publish their writing online: Story Jumper: Scratch: Tikatok- Create and buy your own book: Pikikids- Create your own comics: A list of web 2.0 tools that allow kids to create: s&tag=true s&tag=true

Steps for Creating your Story 1. Go to: 2. Click on ‘Play Story Maker’ 3. Type your name, it will be listed as the author of your book 4. Choose a character 5. Choose your character’s goal 6. Choose a setting 7. Click ok and it creates a title for your book. If you don’t like the title you can change the elements. 8. Use the story helper, it will help you create your book 9. Choose character emotions, actions, interactions 10. Choose scenery objects, items, new characters 11. Write your story in the text box below the pictures 12. Complete the pages of your book 13. Preview and proofread your book 14. Click ‘End’ and ‘Yes’ to share your book with others 15. Record your magic number so you can view your book later