Children+Examples

At St Ita's Dutton Park our Year Two class has been using the Storyrobe App to practise their oral telling of a narrative within the Australian animal unit. Our stages were as follows. step 1 We jointly selected photos of Australian animals and saved them to photos on the IPad Step 2 We used the Bump App to transfer these photos from the original iPad to the other mobile devices including iPod touches Step 3 I demonstrated how to create a Storyrobe to the class using a very simple text I made up as we went along. Step 4 The kids went onto the verandah where it was quiet (quieter) to create their narratives step 5 I uploaded them to YouTube for the children Step 6 We critically evaluated each story as a group offering suggestions for improvement next time The kids have loved the process and children have begun to have a second go at making a better narrative. we upload all of them even if they have errors and are using them as a teaching tool to perfect them. It is still early days and not all of them have a complication and resolution yet but we are getting there.

Please feel free to take a look. Our user name is Terrific2T2011 and you can find them by searching for Australian animal narrative in You Tube. Please leave an encouraging comment if you have time.

I am happy to answer queries if you email sataylor@bne.catholic.edu.au