Storyrobe review

Storyrobe is an user-friendly application that enables you to create a digital story in 3 steps. The first step is the selection of images, and it gives the option to choose a picture from your album, use your iPad to take new ones or record a video, or even use a story that Storyrobe users share. After you put in order the images that will be used, it is time to press record and start the narration. There is also one control to select the next image, therefore they will go along with your narration perfectly. After recording, there is the option to edit your story or publish on YouTube or for others users to see. This is a very intuitive app and makes digital storytelling an easier task. The drawbacks however are that (1) each story needs to be limited to 3 minutes, (2) if you use another user's story, your narration will be over when that story is over, (3) if published, your story will be available for other to see even if you delete it in your iPad, and (4) the app closes unexpectedly a couple of times. But, overall, it is a nice application that can be used to create simple and fast stories.

Storyrobe can potentially be included in classrooms as a tool to facilitate learning and engage students. Students have the chance to create entertaining and/or content-based digital stories to explore certain subjects, and they even have the opportunity to include original pictures or videos to illustrate their narration. A very positive aspect of this app is won't require additional time to teach students technical skills.