Storia App

I downloaded the Storia app on my own ipad last night to check it out.  I immediately found it much,much better than Nook for Kids or anything Kindle offers for young readers.  The selection of ebooks is wonderful compared to what Nook or Kindle has to offer.  As a parent, I found so many books for my own child.  If you are an educator, as I am, and have 'Bonus Points' through Scholastic Book Clubs, you'll probably want to use those 'Bonus Points' on ebooks.  I scrolled through and already loaded my wish list of titles.

What really got me excited for Storia and Scholastic ebooks was when I placed my ipad under my document camera and read aloud the first chapter of the free download of "Ready Freddy". It was silent as I read every word in the chapter.  I have never had a class be so captivated as I read them aloud a chapter book.  It was amazing. 

You can also access the app through your pc and hook it through your projector.  Accessing Scholastic ebooks should be pretty easy for us teachers.  Got to love technology in the classroom.  

I like the turning page effect the ipad displays.  So my new ambition is to find a grant, that I haven't used yet, to get some ipads in my classroom to access these Scholastic ebooks to read to my students.  I'm pretty sure an ipad1 would work just as well as the ipad3.

Click here to go to the Storia home page.