Use My Story Book Maker to introduce digital story creation to your students for the very first time. Consider demonstrating creating a short story for them as a whole-class presentation, or writing a story together as a collaborative exercise, page by page. After that, the possibilities are endless. Use this app for students' fiction stories, non-fiction reports, field trip photo journals, and more. Stories remain stored on the iPad (unless the app is deleted) so kids can return to work on the same story for numerous writing sessions. At the time of this review, stories cannot be printed, which limits the ability for teachers to use this app for kids to make books to take home or include in a portfolio of work, but books can be emailed or published to iBooks (check your school rules on sharing students' work digitally).
Continue readingMy Story Book Maker is an extraordinarily easy-to-use book creator and book-sharing app. It empowers kids or adults to create books using photos, typed content, voice recordings, and drawings created on the app. The drawing option, in particular, offers many creation choices including 20 colors, multiple tools, and different sizes for each tool. Choose to create a new book, and written directions will instruct you to tap the top of the screen to title the book. Tap "Cover" and move to the page-creating screen with all icon options scrolled across the bottom. Import photos, begin to draw, add text, and add a voice recording. Tap bottom left and the "+" icon to add Page One. Add content, as on the cover. Tap bottom left to save. Repeat for all pages. That's it! On the main page, choose Read, Edit, Share, or Delete for all of your books. There's no limit to the number of books users can create on this app, and books can be shared via email or iBooks. My Story Book Maker makes the process simple for anyone new to digital book creation.
Can anyone learn to create and share a digital book? With My Story Book Maker the answer is definitely! This app walks users through the book creation process from title page to saving and sharing with simplicity and ease. Through the process of book making, kids also practice writing, drawing, photography, and/or speaking skills. By sharing their book creations with classmates or working on a book collaboratively as a class, kids can also get feedback on how to convey messages most effectively. This app is a stress-free way to empower kids to make their first digital book.