Toontastic

     Toontastic is a great little tool for 6 to 8 year olds that teaches them the parts of story as well as allows for the teacher to teach different aspects of literature. To begin with, the app gives the user an initial walk through on what story is what the different parts are. Then the app walks the user through what sets, characters, and moods/background are.
     After completing the initial introduction to the app, the user is able to do whatever they would like. The app would be useful for teaching more than simply the parts of an overall story. I think it could be used to teach kids figures of speech by having them construct a context where a figure of speech would be used. The app could even be used to teach the kids creative writing. The kids could of go home, write a story, then come back to class and create the story. If everyone in the class has access to app then they whole assignment could be homework. There is lots that you could do with this app to help bring literature and the art of story to life.
     The only negative is that it can be difficult to use the characters while making a video. I had difficulty isolating body parts on characters to make that part move alone and not the others. However, kids have smaller fingers so it might be easier and kids are far more adaptable than we are.
     I feel this is a great app. It is free so kids would all be able to use and there is feedback so that the teacher can see the work of each individual student.