Tikatok

This week I decided to learn more about the online application Tikatok. With Tikatok you can publish your own book online in three easy steps. 1:Write your story, 2:Add pictures, 3:Order your book. Because the website is easy to navigate and use this application could be used for almost any grade. Another aspect that makes this appropriate for younger students is that the website has a section called "Story Sparks", this section has subjects for stories and a little bit of a theme to help the child write their own story. This application could be used in almost any writing assignment, students could make poetry books, cartoon books or even just stories of their own.

There are some major advantages and disadvantages to using this website in a classroom. One advantage is that when a child has finished a book they will have a quality product they are proud of and can take home to keep. This is also a new and interesting way to incorporate technology in a writing assignment. I think the biggest disadvantage is the price of the books. The least expensive book is 18$, and that is too much to ask for from parents. I also don't think there would be room in any classroom budget to afford these books. Another disadvantage is that with the "Story Sparks" students may not be giving all of their effort if the project is already started for them. Overall I think this program would be great to use for a writing assignment if we could find the means to pay for it, otherwise it would be disappointing to work on it and not get to see the final project. I'm going to look for a site that has a similar function, but costs less.