Storify is a web 2.0 that can be used, as they say, to "create stories using social media". By using what people say and comment on the facts that happen every day in the world, we can compel stories and see different opinions and visions of our world. Each user may collect the best photos, videos, tweets to publish them then as simple stories that talk about every day facts around the world. People get connected to the world and are then able to know what is happening in different countries, and they get to see these situations from a new perspective.
We could use this tool in class so that students discover which the reality of the world is. They often live in their world, where they only know what is happening in their family, in their friends circle or in their school. Besides, they think that they are the person who has more problems and difficult than anyone else in the world, but they are completely wrong. With this tool they would realize that they world is full of difficulties. By reading the stories of real facts and news, they will get informed of the real world and the stories of different countries. They may also comment on the stories created by other users and write their opinion on them, so that they get engaged in a debate about new of the world. Plus, they will be able to create their own stories from the information they get from the news on TV or from pages of important newspapers in their country. So, they will get informed, but they will also inform other users about their own situation in their country.
This is a tool that should be oriented to high-level students of high school. Although the use of this tool is really easy (it may work as a facebook, or something like that) the problem is that students have to deal with news and information that may be difficult to understand because it may include names of important people in the world that they should know. And it may also include terms and situations in the world that may affect their sensitivity, so we had better to avoid showing kids situations and problems, or any images that may make them feel sad.
This tool makes students work on writing and reading skills. They have to practice on reading what people want to tell them, and they have to answer to all the information that they have received because they want to show their opinion, too. This way, the also develop their conception of the world and their critical thinking, because they have to make an opinion on what is happening around the world. It is unavoidable that they think something about a situation and they will always be in favour or against it. And finally, they will be able to communicate with the world and develop communicative skills. They will practice their practical use of English, the one they need to express their opinions and their emotions. So, I think it would be an interesting web 2.0 tool to use in our future classes.
Ariadna Salazar Roca
We could use this tool in class so that students discover which the reality of the world is. They often live in their world, where they only know what is happening in their family, in their friends circle or in their school. Besides, they think that they are the person who has more problems and difficult than anyone else in the world, but they are completely wrong. With this tool they would realize that they world is full of difficulties. By reading the stories of real facts and news, they will get informed of the real world and the stories of different countries. They may also comment on the stories created by other users and write their opinion on them, so that they get engaged in a debate about new of the world. Plus, they will be able to create their own stories from the information they get from the news on TV or from pages of important newspapers in their country. So, they will get informed, but they will also inform other users about their own situation in their country.
This is a tool that should be oriented to high-level students of high school. Although the use of this tool is really easy (it may work as a facebook, or something like that) the problem is that students have to deal with news and information that may be difficult to understand because it may include names of important people in the world that they should know. And it may also include terms and situations in the world that may affect their sensitivity, so we had better to avoid showing kids situations and problems, or any images that may make them feel sad.
This tool makes students work on writing and reading skills. They have to practice on reading what people want to tell them, and they have to answer to all the information that they have received because they want to show their opinion, too. This way, the also develop their conception of the world and their critical thinking, because they have to make an opinion on what is happening around the world. It is unavoidable that they think something about a situation and they will always be in favour or against it. And finally, they will be able to communicate with the world and develop communicative skills. They will practice their practical use of English, the one they need to express their opinions and their emotions. So, I think it would be an interesting web 2.0 tool to use in our future classes.
Ariadna Salazar Roca
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