This is a GREAT strategy to engage reluctant writers!
Story BuilderStory Builder is a tool Google developed years ago to teach people about the collaborative
nature of Google Docs and encourage people to create a Google account. However, the tool is quite open ended, so it can easily be used for a school writing activity. Basically it is used to make an animated video of a typed discussion between multiple people.
This can be used by students to:
- Retell an event from history.
- Retell a portion of a story.
- Explain how to solve a problem.
- Debate a controversial issue.
- Write their own creative story or poem.
- And much more!
To use this tool, do the following:
- Go to https://docsstorybuilder.appspot.com/
- Click the "Get Started" button.
- Create your characters by naming them.
- Then take turns typing for each character. You can type in new text or can even delete or edit the existing text typed by other characters.
- When done, you can choose music to go along with your story if you want.
- Story Builder then makes an animated video showing the entire story writing process.
- You are even given a link to share your story with others so they can view it.
To see the completed story I created, click the link here:
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