Tikatok

The new technology that I chose to explore this week is called Tikatok. This is a website that allows you to create your own book, completely online, and when you are finished, you can view online, email, embed, or even get a hard copy of your book printed. When I was exploring with this resource, I found that it is very easy to use and could be very kid friendly. The creation process is very outlined and you can just click to add text or a picture. It is also very easy to customize the look of the book and gives you color, font, alignment and style customization options. 

Here is a screenshot of the main screen on the webpage. 

One thing that I really liked about this application is that it could be used in many elementary level grades. I think that this would be a great alternative resource to use when students are creating books because it is all online and the customization and editing process would be a lot easier, compared to creating a book on paper. If I were to use this in my classroom, I would have my students compose drafts of their story, and we would edit them until they would come up with a final draft of their story and a final outline of what they want their book to look like. That way, when we begin using the program, students will just have to copy what they have on their draft and put it right on the website, to create their final product.


When you create a book on this website, there are three book options that you can choose from. You can choose from a Memory Book (students write about a memory or are creating the book to give as a gift), StorySpark (students choose from a topic and writing prompts to help them create their story) or you can start from scratch. I think this is a great way for teachers to decide which option is right for their lesson, or their students' age levels. 

The book choices that the user can make.

Different categories that students can choose from in a StorySparks book. 

Screenshot of the editing and customization process.