After using Story Jumper for a little while now, I’m beginning to really enjoy its features more and more. At first, I felt as if it were too simple and it didn’t have enough depth to keep my students’ attention and interest, but as I’ve had more time to work with it I have realized that this can be a great addition to my curriculum and yearlong teaching routine.
When I first began using Story Jumper I was so exited and had so many ideas running through my head. Then, I began to doubt if my students would stay interested in the program or engaged in it long enough to complete a project. I mean, I know that kids love to use the internet and they love to use clip art to create pictures, but I didn’t really know how interested they would be in the long run using it long term. But, when I began exploring the features myself… it was like a never-ending treasure chest. I can upload images of my own from a camera, use images from a pre-stocked file folder that you select yourself from various locations, or search for images on the Internet and have instant access after downloading them to your desktop.
Below is a screen shot of the images that I took with my camera and uploaded to the Story Jumper image upload page. It’s very simple to do and I think my kids would have a great time taking their own images and using them in their projects.
So far I’m very impressed with this Web 2.0 tool… The sky’s the limit!
Here's the Tutorial video that I made for my class to watch before using the program. Enjoy!
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