Story Teller 7-12
by Hopscotch Educational Publishing Ltd
For children who enjoy telling stories or who are reluctant writers
Story-telling is a great oral tradition that often gets overlooked, and Story Teller is a brilliant new software pack that can help bring it back and which is also great fun. It goes right to the heart of the creative process by encouraging children to make up stories ‘on the fly’ without having to worry about writing them down. There are no right or wrong answers, and no good or bad stories – just the great spoken ideas they come up with.
Features
- Excellent onscreen support
- Huge selection of pictures to stimulate the children’s imagination – or add your own
- No typing! Create a story by speaking into the computer’s microphone. The program records it so you can save it and play it back
- Includes a facility to type up the story if desired
- Can be used by the teacher to assess children’s speaking skills
- The teacher can tailor the program to suit individual needs
The process is simple: choose the kind of story you want to tell (27 themes with over 4,000 pictures including dinosaurs, Egyptians, fantasy, Vikings, etc.) and Story Teller provides a picture from that theme. Don’t think about it for too long – just talk until you want another picture from the set that Story Teller offers.
- What new ideas will it spark?
- How will the narrative have to change?
- Does the story go off in a different direction?
- And if you’re working with a friend, you’d better make a good case for what happens next.
Of course, because this is all being recorded, improvised sound effects and silly voices are almost essential! You can save your story, play it back with the pictures, even pause it and type it out later.
Ideal as a warm-up exercise for creative work or to help hesitant writers overcome blank-page phobia, Story Teller suits mainstream education children from about 7 to 12, whilst children learning English as a second language or those with learning difficulties e.g. affected by autistic traits or dyslexia will enjoy creating something of their very own.
Mouse, keyboard, switch and IntelliKeys support is included, and as usual Topologika have built in a range of useful customisable options such as the time allowed for each picture, and the picture sequence. Recordings can be saved for posterity or for use as evidence/assessment.
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Video Walkthroughs for Story Teller 7-12
- Walkthrough for Students - (10 MB)
- Walkthrough for Teachers - (10 MB)
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Minimum System Requirements
- Windows
- Operating System: Windows 98, NT4, ME, 2000, XP, Vista
- Processor: Pentium 300 MHz or equivalent
- Microphone required
- Operating System: Windows 98, NT4, ME, 2000, XP, Vista
Story Teller 7-12 is targeted at the following age ranges:
- Early Primary
- Mid Primary
- Upper Primary
Story Teller 7-12 is designed to foster development in the areas of:
- Early concepts
- Literacy
Users can access Story Teller 7-12 in the following ways:
- Mouse/ Trackball/ Joystick
- Keyboard
- IntelliKeys
- Touchscreen
- Single Switch
- Multiple Switches
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