3rd Emergent Technology

The third emergent technology I wanted to explore is a program called Story Jumper (www.storyjumper.com). When I was scrolling through all the different options, this is the one I was most interested in and could see myself using, -now as a mom, and also in the future as a teacher. The program is an online book creator, where you (or your children!) can connect your creative minds to book making resources to make your own creation.

StoryJumper was very easy to use! I created a free account and could begin my book right away. You can scroll through ideas the website gives, look at other books that have been made to get ideas, start from scratch, or use a pre-made template to make your book. I used a blank template for my story, and it was simple! It started with the cover, and then moved page by page where I chose the colors, font, and pictures I wanted to add. I liked this site over another online book creator I found because this site already had pictures ready to use in your story, and you can even upload personal pictures and add costumes! All of the pictures and scenes are sorted by theme too (alien, magical, character, cars/planes etc.), so it makes searching easy.

Once I ran out of the original number of pages, all I had to do was click to add a new page. I also could duplicate pages, which came in handy for my story. Once I was finished, I saved, and then used the 'Share' feature to email the story to myself, then copy that link and post it here.

One thing I would improve is that more pictures and backgrounds were added. Also, the privacy policy was a little confusing. Obviously, I know not to use other people's works, but I need to go back and re-read to make sure my work is protected too. I would also improve the share feature to where you could get the html link directly from the site.

Finally, my favorite thing is that the books can be either printed at home, or ordered as a hardback so you can keep your creation, or give it as a gift.

I will definitely use this again! It's a great way for teachers to introduce to children a fun new way to use their imagination and writing skills. I also thought a class-collaborative project would be fun, where each child is responsible for creating one page to create a class-book. they would have to use their written communication to make sure their part of the story fit with the rest.

I'm looking forward to using this again! Here is my story, enjoy!

Dana's StoryJumper
All you have to do is click the corner of the pages to turn each page. =)