A language teacher asked whether Storytale is suitable for class. We tested a version in the next lesson. Here's the instruction as we'd pass it on to other teachers.
What you need
- An interactive whiteboard (to show the reveal)
- Tablets or phones for the students (or laptops in a computer lab)
- 30 to 45 minutes of lesson time
- No accounts, no installation beforehand. Just storytale.net.
Step by step
- Create a game as the teacher. Choose mode "Quick" — 1 round per player, 45 seconds.
- Share the PIN code with the class (on the board). Everyone joins via storytale.net and types the code.
- With 24 students: create multiple games of 6–8 players to keep screens manageable.
- Lesson assignment: "Write one sentence continuing what the previous player wrote. Make it as unexpected as possible."
- The game takes ~10 minutes. Then comes the reveal.
- Read on the whiteboard the stories aloud — page by page, with the AI bridges in between.
- Discuss afterwards: which sentence was the most surprising? Which AI bridge worked well? Which didn't? Why?
Learning objectives
- Writing concisely (1 sentence, max 20 words)
- Recognising tone and style (whose sentence is whose?)
- Discussion about AI output: where does it succeed, where does it fail?
- Enjoyment of writing together — for students who normally have the blank-page freeze
Privacy
No accounts, no email addresses, no tracking. Just a player cookie with a random ID — attached to the browser, not to a person. For a school setting, use anonymously.
Coming soon
A dedicated "classroom mode" for larger groups, and a PDF export of the story at the end. Ask us if you need that sooner.