{"id":1308632,"date":"2021-07-28T15:00:23","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T22:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=1308632"},"modified":"2023-08-14T08:58:43","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T15:58:43","slug":"how-to-support-emergent-readers-with-arcgis-storymaps","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/story-maps\/education\/how-to-support-emergent-readers-with-arcgis-storymaps","title":{"rendered":"How to support emergent readers with ArcGIS StoryMaps"},"author":94522,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[37131,430042],"tags":[398132,761492,761482,761502],"industry":[],"product":[36611,380802],"class_list":["post-1308632","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-constituent-engagement","category-education","tag-arcgis-storymaps","tag-k-12-education","tag-k12-education","tag-storymaps-in-education","product-story-maps","product-arcgis-storymaps"],"acf":{"short_description":"Learn how to create a story using ArcGIS StoryMaps that features viewer-controlled media to help emergent readers develop literacy skills. ","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1308662,"id":1308662,"title":"Student using video conference e-learning with teacher","filename":"Zoom_Schoo_AdobeStock_358422061-scaled.jpg","filesize":349588,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Zoom_Schoo_AdobeStock_358422061-scaled.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/story-maps\/education\/how-to-support-emergent-readers-with-arcgis-storymaps\/asian-boy-student-video-conference-e-learning-with-teacher-and-c","alt":"Elementary aged student attending school from home using a computer","author":"94522","description":"","caption":"","name":"asian-boy-student-video-conference-e-learning-with-teacher-and-c","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1308632,"date":"2021-07-26 15:10:51","modified":"2021-07-26 15:33:32","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2560,"height":1707,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Zoom_Schoo_AdobeStock_358422061-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Zoom_Schoo_AdobeStock_358422061-scaled.jpg","medium-width":391,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Zoom_Schoo_AdobeStock_358422061-scaled.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":512,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Zoom_Schoo_AdobeStock_358422061-scaled.jpg","large-width":1620,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Zoom_Schoo_AdobeStock_358422061-1536x1024.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1024,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Zoom_Schoo_AdobeStock_358422061-2048x1366.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1366,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Zoom_Schoo_AdobeStock_358422061-697x465.jpg","card_image-width":697,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Zoom_Schoo_AdobeStock_358422061-1619x1080.jpg","wide_image-width":1619,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Keeping students engaged with their learning materials has never been easy. Then, along came the pandemic in 2020 and, boom!<\/em>, another roadblock showed up to challenge educators on how they engage with learners.<\/p>\n

While many adults have adapted fairly well to working remotely and interacting primarily with computers, many students have not adjusted as well to Zoom school. Parents and educators alike have expressed concerns about the challenges of keeping students engaged while trying to support their learner\u2019s educational needs.<\/p>\n

We can\u2019t promise that ArcGIS StoryMaps<\/a> is a magic bullet to fix all the challenges learners face. However, we can help by teaching you a process to create your own custom educational stories. All ages and abilities of learners can interact with an appropriately written story to help support their educational goals, including language and literacy needs. A couple of examples of stories created for K\u201312 learners include this pair of leveled stories that are derived from the same original story but are tailored to different reading levels:<\/p>\n

Storytelling Safari<\/a> with a reading level score in the 4th<\/sup> grade range<\/p>\n

Morning Safari<\/a> with a reading level score in the 6th<\/sup> grade range<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

So, how can StoryMaps help support your learner, you ask? Great question! For those who are not familiar, StoryMaps is a web-based app that runs on Esri\u2019s ArcGIS Online platform and allows you to create interactive stories by including multimedia content within your story. Multimedia support includes images, video, audio, and interactive 2D and 3D maps. This means you can contain or embed media, including your own video or audio files, within one story. You can also create a series of stories on different topics much like chapters in a book, and then organize those stories in a StoryMaps collection so that those chapters are all in one place.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2051112,"id":2051112,"title":"K8 collection","filename":"K8-collection-e1692028666870.png","filesize":3171569,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/07\/K8-collection-e1692028666870.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/story-maps\/education\/how-to-support-emergent-readers-with-arcgis-storymaps\/k8-collection","alt":"Screen grab of the ArcGIS StoryMaps K-8 Resource Collection","author":"94522","description":"","caption":"","name":"k8-collection","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1308632,"date":"2023-08-14 15:50:46","modified":"2023-08-14 15:52:00","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":800,"height":633,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/07\/K8-collection-e1692028666870-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/07\/K8-collection-e1692028666870-330x261.png","medium-width":330,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/07\/K8-collection-e1692028666870-768x608.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":608,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/07\/K8-collection-e1692028666870.png","large-width":800,"large-height":633,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/07\/K8-collection-1536x1215.png","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1215,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/07\/K8-collection-2048x1619.png","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1619,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/07\/K8-collection-e1692028666870-588x465.png","card_image-width":588,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/07\/K8-collection-1366x1080.png","wide_image-width":1366,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/collections\/d9b8d7b41bcc43b691b8db7b4499e441"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

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While the StoryMaps team will always encourage the use of maps in a story because maps are a great tool to create a setting and add context to your learning objective, we won\u2019t be offended if you don\u2019t use them. StoryMaps also supports alternative text and has many features designed to meet accessibility<\/a> needs to be inclusive for most learners. Additionally, StoryMaps can be viewed on computers, tablets, Chromebooks, and phones.<\/p>\n

Though the StoryMaps team has worked hard to make the app intuitive to use, we also have many free resources<\/a> to help new storytellers become comfortable with creating stories.<\/p>\n

Now, let me walk you through the process I used to create the Meet the Grizzly Bear<\/a> story, which includes viewer-controlled media and is geared toward readers who are developing their English literacy skills and supplements K\u20132 science standards.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1308812,"id":1308812,"title":"Bears cover blog post 072621","filename":"Bears-cover-blog-post-072621-e1627337190311.jpg","filesize":37687,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bears-cover-blog-post-072621-e1627337190311.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/story-maps\/education\/how-to-support-emergent-readers-with-arcgis-storymaps\/bears-cover-blog-post-072621","alt":"A brown bear walking in a forest get caught on camera","author":"94522","description":"","caption":"","name":"bears-cover-blog-post-072621","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1308632,"date":"2021-07-26 15:38:43","modified":"2021-07-26 15:39:56","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":600,"height":360,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bears-cover-blog-post-072621-e1627337190311.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":128,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bears-cover-blog-post-072621-e1627337190311.jpg","medium-width":435,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bears-cover-blog-post-072621-e1627337190311.jpg","medium_large-width":600,"medium_large-height":360,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bears-cover-blog-post-072621-e1627337190311.jpg","large-width":600,"large-height":360,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bears-cover-blog-post-072621-e1627337190311.jpg","1536x1536-width":600,"1536x1536-height":360,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bears-cover-blog-post-072621-e1627337190311.jpg","2048x2048-width":600,"2048x2048-height":360,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bears-cover-blog-post-072621-e1627337190311.jpg","card_image-width":600,"card_image-height":360,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bears-cover-blog-post-072621-e1627337190311.jpg","wide_image-width":600,"wide_image-height":360}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

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What you need to put together an educational story
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