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Story Teller Software 7-12 Home

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 from Topologika 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.

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 children from about 7 to 12, whilst children learning English as a second language or those with learning difficulties will enjoy creating something of their very own. Mouse, keyboard and switch/Intellikeys support is included, and as usual we’ve built in a range of useful options, e.g. the time allowed for each picture, and the picture sequence. Recordings can be saved for posterity or for use as evidence/assessment.

Supplied with

• Handbook,
• QuickStart Guide,
• Classroom Guide

System requirements

• Windows 98, ME, NT4, 2000 or XP
• Pentium II 300Mhz or greater
• Works with switches and IntelliKeys
• Needs a microphone
• Home Editions are specifically licensed for home use. Other licenses are available for schools Please contact us on 0845 643 0585 for further information..

The man behind this magical program is Marshal Anderson, who continues to produce excellent ideas for teachers and children to use in the classroom - and at home... It is wonderfully refreshing to discover software which provides an environment in which children's oral language is the focus. And like all really good programs the main idea of the software is very simple: to get pupils to tell a story using pictures as a source of ideas. The main focus of Story Teller is the creative process, not the outcome. This is very refreshing in an era cluttered with targets and levels at the expense of education. Simon Midgeley

Product code TL-TS Home