Late last year I put together an Edmodo app called Fold That Story. If your not familiar with the concept of a folding story, it works like this. Students write a story one paragraph at a time, the catch is that students can only read the last paragraph that has been written. So the context of the story can twist and turn. It’s a really engaging concept for students and promotes creative writing in a positive way.
The app follows the same principles as Backchannel Chat where the teacher of the group has complete control of the environment. Students also join with minimal personal information via a join code system.
All of the interaction is done in real-time, so when a student or teacher creates a new story it will appear on the screen instantly.
The UI has all of the participants on the left, clicking on each name will show the stories that were initiated by the selected user. Clicking on the group name will show all of the stories and depending on the selected tab will filter by open and finished.
Clicking on the view button will open the story and will allow you to read the last paragraph and if you didn’t write the last paragraph you will have the option to continue the story. The teacher can set the number of ‘folds’ (paragraphs) and characters per entry.
Teachers and students can stay up to date with what’s happening within the class group by watching the activity feed.
Teachers have a number of options to control any story content and to block students from participating should they need to take a break.
Fold That Story is free for up to 5 students and is $15 USD for as many students as you need, plus it unlocks some extra features. Fold that Story doesn’t have any advertising and uses the $15 to help provide great tools for classroom use.
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