Creative Writing and Storybird
February 10, 2011
We tried out something new with Transition Year students today. Rather than the traditional approach to Creative Writing we used the Storybird site which offers an new way to encourage writing.
They begin with a visual image and then the writer creates the story. There is a vast array of different images to choose from and for those still needing inspiration, there are themes in the form of tags. Once an image is chosen a variety of other images appear and students can begin to create their story books. It’s easy to add or remove pages and once you’re happy with your creation it can be saved.
As the different story books started to come together there was a real sense of pride in the creations. We used the lesson today to find our way around the site but next time the serious writing begins.
The story books looked so good that students suggested that we print off the stories and include them in their their Transition Year portfolios.
