![]() “I have been using My Story with my students for almost two years now and we love it!!! It is so much fun and easy to use and parents love it as well!!!! ” – Aggie1976 from Plus, the fact that it is easy to use makes it perfect for students, even the young ones. The creative aspect of the application makes it fun for students and teachers. This application could easily have many uses in the second language classroom. I think that this application has a lot of potential as a teaching tool. It was easy to use and I enjoyed myself while creating my book, and exploring the various features. Nevertheless, even if there is some minor downsides to this app, this app is very well built. In fact, with the free version of the app, you get only a few illustrations for free and the others need to be bought. Moreover, one of the downside of this app is that not all the content is free. However, as stated on , a little tutorial or an help page that one can access at anytime in the making of his/her storybook is missing. It was easy to use, and very self-explanatory. ![]() To begin, I really enjoyed my experience with the tool. The purpose of this “Grown-up Check” is to make sure the decision that is about to be taken is under an adult’s supervision. A “Grown-up check” window appears every time you have the possibility to buy something or to share your story. Finally, one of the most interesting feature of the app is that I could share my storybook, on iBooks, by e-mail, etc.Īnother important feature of this app is the “Grown-up Check ”. If I wanted to change my story for some reason, I just add to click “Edit”. When I clicked on “View”, a short video started of my story, I heard my voice over and the pages turned automatically. By clicking on my storybook, I had access to three different options : “View”, “Edit”, and “Share”. When my storybook was done, I was redirected in my library. To exit the Page Manager, I just had to click on the green button “Done”. If you want to add a page between two existing pages you can, thanks to the Page Manager. This tool is there to help you order the pages of your storybook. This is also the place I needed to go when I wanted to add a page to my story. The brushes come in different styles and forms, and the color range offered is very large, therefore one can express his/her creativity in various ways. If I was not satisfied, I just took the eraser and corrected my drawing. With this tool, I could add color to the page, or draw something using my imagination. The third designing tool is the “Brushes and Erasers”. Moreover, I could add my own pictures from my gallery by clicking on the green icon, take a picture by clicking on the red icon or even type a text using the purple icon. I could chose from animals, accessories, transportation etc. To access the “Media”, I clicked on the green icon with a painting and immediately, an image gallery appeared. The second feature to design the story is called “Media”. If I was not satisfied with my recording, I only pressed the little red “x” on the recording icon and I could restart my recording. I just had to click on the red icon at the top right of the screen, and recorded my voice. The first feature offered is the recording of a voice over for your story. I explored the designing features while making my book. After I could directly start creating my story ! I clicked on “Add a Book”, and titled my book. My story is a very user friendly app, with a self-explanatory interface. ![]() Plus, the success of the app speaks for itself with over 850 000 downloads from people all over the world. Still according to, My story encourages creative expressions, artistic skills, language development and creative thinking skills. As stated on , the company aimed at creating an app that “ unleashes a child’s creativity”. This app was designed by Bright Bot, an app creating company that focuses on creating educational applications. My story Book Creator for Kids is an application designed for children, to make stories with their iphone, ipad or ipod touch.
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