Toontastic Animated Story App
classic stories, and science reports. I would use Toontastic within my
classroom in all academic subjects. Literary Elements are a state
mandated standard for Kindergarten. The students would use Toontastic
to apply what they know regarding the role of the author, illustrator, and
plot of a story. Toontastic app reminds the student what each part of the
story consists of right before they create the before, during , and after of
the story. There is also a feature that allows the student to draw their own
character and narrate their own story. The last portion of the story making
process is to Title and Name the author of the story. They are then able to
publish and share with the teacher and classmates. The teacher would you
a rubric to grade students on the story they created with Toontastics as it
corresponds with the College Career and Readiness standards.
Classroom Friendly Animation Apps
The web link above will direct you to a website with five animation apps
that are safe for students to use within the classroom and at home. One of the
featured apps is Toontastic which is what I used to create the animated short
story above. The 4 remaining apps are Tellagami, Animoto Video Maker, FlipaClip, and Puppet Pals. All apps are free and compatible with either
Android or Apple devices. All five can be used during the English Language Arts block in the classroom. Currently the subjects of Science and Social Studies are integrated into the ELA block that all five apps are beneficial to all subjects.
The following are benefits identified by the website
- students take responsibility for their own learning
- appeals to a diverse population of learners
- take sstudents through the story writing process
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