Great potential, but not always the best choice.
Submitted 10 years ago
Community Review for Storyline Online
My Take
This site has great potential, however, even though these are SAG actors, some of them are not the best at reading aloud, and many of them are not people that the students even know, therefore it just turns into some adult they don't know reading a book on a screen. The use of animations when showing illustrations is useful, but overall, I think unless the students know an actor they would get more out of the teacher reading the book than via this website.
How I Use It
I have used this to introduce literature in a different way than reading it to the class myself. I chose a few shorter books to discuss positive and negative behaviors and what they look like.
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Charlie S.
September 28, 2021
Student Op. 2
I think this is a nice site, but mainly for a leisure activity. I think if there were questions with the stories to increase engagement it would be a plus.
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Shannon G.
Teacher
Terrace Park, OH
April 27, 2018
Good for children who need more exposure to quality literature, and for teachers who have little time or assistance.
This resource gives children more chances to be read to, and interact with quality literature. It is beneficial in that it works well when teachers have limited time to read to individual children, and when particular children need more time listening to quality literature.
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Kelsey J.
Teacher
Englewood, CO
August 21, 2016
Amazing Read Alouds
My overall opinion about Storyline Online as a teaching tool is that it's a great read aloud tool. It can be used in whole group, small group, or individual settings to support ELL students and low literacy students. I like that each video has a different actor or actress reading books to students. It would be great if there were additional resources to go along with each of the readings like basic comprehension questions for students who struggle with reading fluency.
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