Zooburst

I just have to give a shout out to Zooburst.com.  It is an awesome site where you can create digital 3D pop-up books.  We were working on our fable project and created books in Zooburst and two students who do not actively participate in class both perked up for this assignment.  They got so excited about Zooburst and they want to view eachother's books as well.  I have seen a rise in student engagement and they are learning about folktales at the same time.  Some students have even started to create books that are not assignments in class.  One reluctant reader told me that he showed his mom his project and the technology. 

It also has a feature were they can read and comment on each other's books.  Today I heard a few of them comparing how many views they've gotten.  :)

How did they do on their multiple choice standardized post test? Amazing!

Check out Zooburst.com



Here is a link to a blog that has some examples of the fables my students wrote.

http://www.carloscougarfables.blogspot.com/