Storify (http://vimeo.com/13950163) is a great tool for collaborative learning. It creates stories that are nonfiction (people generated news) into wonderful interactive stories using movies, pictures, tweets, blogs and more that you could publish anywhere.
What's interesting about the tool is that it is simple and easy. I have found through trial and error in the adoption of web 2.0 tools in learning is that in order for learners to feel comfortable and at ease to use a program, it shouldn't be complicated or hard. Imagine trying to show that you have learned an idea but are told to use a tool that is very hard to figure out. Sometimes it works out, while others could do worst trying to learn how to work the tool.
Storify would be a great help in my language art classroom from basic storytelling of a character in a book to writing a story about their research process. It would be a wonderful helper for allowing learners to learn from another through sharing ideas in a variety of ways. It would provide an enriching experience to a usually mundane task.
But it is not only a great tool for learners but for educators as well. Having students use conversations to spark interest in what they learned and share it with others, will hopefully ignite a discussion and create a story worth sharing that could not be imitated in the classroom. This tool is not limited to the classroom but could be used in a variety of settings including administration and businesses, too.
Storify logo from http://storify.com/
