Storyline Online (https://www.storylineonline.net)
is a literacy website that streams videos of popular actors or actresses
reading books to children. It has won many awards just from providing a
reliable source of read alouds that educators and students can explore on their
own. Storyline Online’s most recent awards include the 2020 Notable Children’s
Media Recognition and 2019 American Association of School Librarians Best
Website Recognition.
The website was created by a non-profit organization
called the SAG-AFTRA Foundation. This organization continues to devote their
time to create content on Storyline Online every year. Their main goals are to
share the love of reading and to strengthen comprehension and verbal and written
skills for English-language learners.
Storyline Online includes a large selection of books
that are easy to navigate on the homepage. The books are organized into many
genres and features many topics that are relatable to issues in current events.
There is a separate page that leads to the website’s library that presents all
the books in alphabetical order.
When a person selects a book to read, the user is
brought to another page where he or she can find the video of the read aloud
and several links to sources on where to purchase the book. Beneath the video,
there is also an in-depth description of the book and a short biography of the person
who reads the story. The video will have the featured guest introduce the book.
Short animations would play while the special guest reads the book. This is the
unique feature that the website is most notable for.
Storyline Online is a great literacy website for teachers
to share with their students. It provides the interaction of what a classroom
read aloud would be like. This website would be most useful during this time of
remote learning. It would also be a great resource for students who just love read
aloud time.
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