A Story Before Bed is a U.S. service recently launched on the Internet in which, using a webcam and microphone, we read a story for any child that we are away for different reasons. The service is specifically targeted to grandparents, parents, children, soldiers and teachers to meet the distance mainly due to geographical distance caused by reasons of work or other variety. In the case of children and teachers, the creators of the site are invited to record their small own readings of the stories as a recreational activity and in the case of teachers, as a use for the students themselves can learn about themselves by analyzing a recorded reading. The process is free to browse any of the books, make a complete record, and only when we are convinced of the quality of the text and our recording, we pay for it to be saved and sent to the email address of the child who want to send. The child will receive a message and can view each page of the book while listening to the reading.
The books are part of the usual children's publishing market, and are actually digitized books which can happen virtually browse the pages and comfortable, with beautiful illustrations of high quality on a large screen.
The library is divided into classic shelves with a series of recommended books, and the option to sort by title, publisher, age-appropriate (1-3 years, 3-6 and 6-9) or length of the story (short, medium and extensive). There is a chance to see the different sections proposed by the creators of the site and undoubtedly somewhat sui generis in that mix in these generic criteria, thematic, and format (adventure stories, nonfiction, historical , machines and trains, large, other ...). The library has also has a simple form. The news are marked with the label "new" over navigation.
this proposal is interesting for several reasons: first, because it involves a family market in entering all those parents or grandparents who still want to tell their children stories at night, or give them that experience, in line pure oral tradition, and secondly, because it provides an integration of multimedia networks naturally in grass roots experience, to tell stories in the firelight as a socializing element. Third, because soon these stories, imitation of printed editions, will become greater interaction, which asked children themselves soon where browsing is the closest to navigate through various story elements. Fourth, it serves as an educational tool to improve speech or even serves as the family memory (at least mietras this company will last indefinitely and keep the recordings on which I have not seen any information.)
Without doubt, the worst aspect of the idea is that it implies a loss of direct communication (it is a recording, and this prevents asynchronous interaction with the child by the reciter of the story) with the child, which can not interrupt or ask questions, assuming a rather passive role of television viewers with a recorded message in the distance. As a technological breakthrough, achieved bridge the gap and virtually presented the reader and the book while , as a personal visual audiobook, but does not match the experience in some aspects where personal interaction is not possible. Probably, a parent with opportunities to read at night the child is connected to a video chat service and talk to the child directly. In contrast, with the service the child earns for himself the very reading of full-color book following the words read, the pages and pictures while listening to the voice of a loved reading it. Learn, have fun, listen and somewhat close relationships with, who can not see at that time. This can create your own collection of stories to fall back on different occasions, in an interesting example of nurture and build the child's digital childhood and memory. All this will encourage many families to use with some frequency. It is certainly a great personalized gift apart from other measurements in vivo non-virtual.
Indeed, they already have a English section , yes, only four books at the moment.
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