Creating Children's Book with Little Birds Tale

Over the course of the last couple of weeks, I have been working with Mr. Pepper's World Religions class in helping them create a digital children's book. The students accomplished this task by using Little Birds Tale. (This was the first time the high school has used this web 2.0 tool.)

Students were tasked to work in groups to create a children's book on Ramayana so that 4th grade students would be able to understand. Each group decided on who was responsible for each chapter of their book, came up with a script, as well as created their own drawings. These drawings were scanned to the computer so that they could be uploaded to the website. Then, the fun began with recording the stories. Students were reminded that they needed to have a 'story voice' when recording to keep their audience engaged. Once the three books were made, the class decided as a whole which one they liked the best. The chosen book was presented to a 4th grade class at Riddle Brook.  (Click HERE to view and listen to this book). 

Last Friday, the class took a bus to Riddle Brook to share with the students what World Religions class was all about, share the children's book, as well as talk about the high school. Not only this, but a blog was created so that both classes can stay in communication over the course of the next couple of months.

This was a great experience for all. Not only did the 4th graders learn something new, the high school students did as well. They learned about a new web 2.0 tool, how to create a children's book, and how to talk with the youngsters. The high school students most certainly were 'stepping outside of their comfortable limits'!

In regards to using the web 2.0 tool, here are a couple of item worth noting:
1. Free web 2.0 tool
2. Can create a classroom of student accounts with no require student email address
3. Can create an image online or upload an image
4. Have 25MB worth of space
5. Can download the book for only 99 cents
6. Completely 'green' website

As always, if you would like to learn how you can implement this in your classroom, just ask! Until later...