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My Story Maker

My Story Maker. By: Mai Lee Lor. http://www.carnegielibrary.org/kids/storymaker/. What is My Story Maker?. It is a website by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Can be used in class for students to be creative in writing their own stories.

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My Story Maker

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  1. My Story Maker By: Mai Lee Lor http://www.carnegielibrary.org/kids/storymaker/

  2. What is My Story Maker? • It is a website by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. • Can be used in class for students to be creative in writing their own stories. • It will reinforce their understanding & knowledge of telling or writing a story. • It will give students a better idea of the “elements” of a story sequence.

  3. What to do? • Click on “Play My StoryMaker” • Click on “Click to begin” • Type your name then press “OK” • Choose a character (pictures on the side) • Choose a goal (additional directions will depend on the goal chosen) then click “OK” • Click “Don’t like it” or “Start my story” • Start writing your story with characters, scenery objects , and settings.

  4. Features: • “Clear” to erase everthing to rewrite page • “Preview” to see how the page looks • Click on the “Blue guy” if you need additional help • “Arrow” pointing right for next page • Created pages are at the top- use to navigate through story writing process • “End” to stop writing to “Print” or “Share”

  5. Things to know: • Should be used with Internet Explorer • Some remote users, Storymaker is unable to publish the book. May help to limit pages. • If unable to retrieve .pdf file using magic number & Adobe Reader X to view- will not print out. • There is a bug in Adobe Flash Player release 10.3.183.5-causes text to be vertical • Some remote user, published book is not saved on their server (.pdf file) may be due to firewall setting on user’s computer.

  6. Reference Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. My StoryMaker : Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 2012. Web. 12 Nov. 2012. <http://www.carnegielibrary.org/kids/stor ymaker/embed.cfm>. http://www.carnegielibrary.org/kids/storymaker/

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