Commercial Hypermedia Product
Interactive Storybook
http://www.storyplace.org/
https://www.apple.com/education/special-education/ios/#learning
StoryPlace is a children's digital interactive library designed by the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library of Charlotte, North Carolina. This interactive storybook database allows the child to choose between Spanish and English as the fluent language for their storybooks. Once you select your language preference, you then are given the option to select the Elementary Library or the Pre-school Library. After selecting your grade level, you are given the option to select various different themes to choose from when reading the interactive stories. These storybooks are partnered with supplemental worksheets, documents and games in order to reinforce the fluency of the material that the child has read.
Interactive storybooks are highly effective in the classroom because they "offer such varied options that most [students] seem to enjoy using them" (Doering & Roblyer, 2013, p. 176). These kind of visual learning modes allow for the reinforcement of emerging literary skills, especially for those students who are English Language Learners, ESL students and collaborative education students who have the "visual aptitude [to] document learning with videos and pictures [in place of written expression]" (Doering & Roblyer, 2013, p. 176).
Multimedia Authoring Tool
iMovie
https://www.apple.com/mac/imovie/
https://www.apple.com/education/mac/
iMovie is a mutimedia authoring tool that allows for video editing and visual production in the classroom. When utilized to it's fullest potential, iMovie allows teachers and students to create visual "demonstrations of procedures, student-created presentations, video lectures, video portfolios, video decision-making and problem-solving simulations" (Doering & Roblyer, 2013, p. 189). iMovie provides a unique opportunity for students to create and edit videos "that illustrate real-life examples of concepts they have learned" (Doering & Roblyer, 2013, p. 190). Video editing and video production both reinforce the second standard of the AQTS, teaching and learning, by engaging students in hands on instruction, problem-based instruction, project-based instruction and inquiry-based instruction. Audio and visual aids are vital to the 21st century classroom where teachers can use "audio or video examples as a way to spark discussion or to help students analyze their own behaviors" (Doering & Roblyer, 2013, p. 190).In Support of Hypermedia Products in the 21st Century Classroom
REFERENCES:
Doering, A. H., & Roblyer, M. D. (2013). Hypermedia Tools for 21st Century Teaching. In Pearson
Education, Inc., Integrating Educational Technology Into Teaching (pp. 176-190). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.
Lauren,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your blog. Although I bought interactive storybooks for my children, they never enjoyed them. I would think these products are more useful for struggling readers. I would agree with Roblyer &Doering (2013) that these would be especially useful for English language learners.
I too enjoy iMovie. My first experience with this was a bit frustrating but I was able to put together a nice DVD of interviews I made with a holocaust survivor. I have seen kids as young as fifth grade use the software to create very nice presentations. They do seem much more engaged when using multimedia than just paper and pencil. They do need a lot of guidance in the use but typically one enjoys filming and editing while others enjoy being in front of the camera.
My son loves his interactive storybook. He has a leap pad that he reads almost everyday. I also agree that interactive storybooks are a good tool for ESL students because it allows them to hear the word as they read. According to Roblyer&Doering (2013), various studies have reported a positive impact of interactive storybooks on children's enjoyment as well as reading skills.
ReplyDeleteLauren,
ReplyDeleteStorybooks seem like a great way for children to learn a new language. It seems to me storybooks would be a lot more interesting if, after reading a page, there was a bit of animation in the picture before going to the next page.
Even though the book calls storybooks hypermedia, I wonder if it is correct to do so if hypermedia is defined as connecting media via the internet (Roblyer & Doering, 2013). It seems to me the storybooks are their own interactive program and don't seem to link to other parts of the net. What do you think? I could be misinterpreting the definition of hypermedia.