Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Digital Blog #J
For this weeks topic I chose to try out the ZooBurst pop-up book. This format is very interesting to me. I like the way it offers content for the over all page and for each picture on the page. It feels more direct to me, more focused. My only issue with it is similar to many of the others that I have tried and that is the limited capabilities of the free version. I really think that they would get more people purchasing licenses if they would offer a full version test drive for maybe two days or even one or two projects. If someone can really put it through its paces then they are more likely to bite. Just my two cents.
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Well done! I think these types of online tools struggle to 'sell' themselves in general. They usually get start up funding and put everything into their product but often don't see the big picture of staying in business...especially with educators who prefer 'free'! But, honestly, I find my favorites that I pay for myself, but think schools should do more to add to their budgets for school-wide use. Most schools, however, are still in the paper textbook mode. I like your ZooBurst - and think the elementary students would get a kick out of creating their own stories (and/or showing what they know) via this tool.
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