Another Pluto Moment

Remember when some brilliant scientists discovered that Pluto wasn't really a planet?  That we had all been deceived - that we now had to come up with some new acronym to remember the planets' order - because suddenly our "mom" was no longer giving us "pizza"?

I had a similar moment the other day.

When I was in kindergarten, we each had to write our own original stories.  In those days, I still believed I could earn big bucks writing books.
I know better now.
But after I had written my kindergarten story of Nancy, the pink bear, I (and the rest of the class) were given the opportunity to "publish" our own stories.  I chose the cover and the pages and our stories were printed - in a real life hardbound book!
I also illustrated my story myself.  What an adventure for a kindergartener!

http://www.storyjumper.com/
This website is the twenty-first century version of "your very own" storybook.
Any and every child in your class can make a book - more than one.  Cost is not a factor here - only computer time!
In this creativity focused website, children can create their own books, inserting pictures, icons, and text to make it their very own. 
What a reminiscent tool of my own childhood - yet unlike Pluto, this advances education and adds to it.  Storyjumper does not eliminate books or even drawing or writing on paper. 
Rather it gives students and teachers alike a new and different creative outlet for arts and language.