We are taking this app all around the track to find out what’s under the hood! We’ll tell you if it’s worth your time, if what we find is any good. If it happens to be free, doesn’t mean download you should. As we tie up our shoelaces, we'll put it through our paces. Then, what follows is a verdict on StoryBuilder, so stay tuned you should!
Overview: StoryBuilder helps children accomplish the following education goals:
1) Improve paragraph formation skills in your students
2) Improve integration of the creative ideas that kids have
3) Improve higher level abstractions by focusing on inference
Extensive use of audio clips promotes improved auditory processing for children with learning differences, Autism, or sensory processing disorders. StoryBuilder offers a rich and fun environment for improving their ability to create a narrative.
Pros:
· Record feature allows students to record a narrative in their own voice
· There are also three levels of play right within StoryBuilder
· 50 distinct storylines for kids to create narratives from
· 500 audio clips of questions to guide the narratives
Cons:
· A slight lack of noticeable diversity in the characters
· Low record volume when students play sounds from the app
Conclusion: The StoryBuilder app for iPad has been found to be an incredibly useful tool for teachers in the classroom, especially those who might be teaching younger children with specialized needs. Various teachers agree that their students have enjoyed using StoryBuilder, and give this app the thumbs up. It’s not fully perfect however, as some users have complained about a lack of diversity in the characters and performance issues regarding the recording feature as we mentioned. With any luck, those issues will be addressed in future updates which will surely take this app from good to great.