Week 14: New Adventures with Novel Effect
Demo of Using Novel Effect in your Classroom Intro: Have you ever wanted to jump into the pages of your favorite book and bring the story to life? You can with Novel Effect! Novel Effect is an interactive library that adds sound effects and music when you read stories aloud. The app responds to your voice, and can help you be a great storyteller. Novel Effect is an AASL-award winning tool that's proven to increase student engagement and get kids excited about reading! Cost: Novel Effect does not come cheap. Individual teacher plans are around $50 and school plans range from $500-$1,000 depending on how long you want to have it for. There is also a $1,200 community plan that gives unlimited access to all staff, students, and families so parents can use it with their children at home. Audience: Novel Effect is ideal for all ages, grades k-12. It is probably most applicable/relevant to the library curriculum for the younger grades, as that lends itself to more read-alouds...
