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36 Digital Storytelling Sites and Apps From edshelf

36 Digital Storytelling Sites and Apps From edshelf
by edshelf: Reviews & recommendations of tools for education Once upon a time, there was a teacher looking for ways to help her students tell a story. She wanted to give them a variety of tools from which to construct their stories. At their school were computer labs, iPad carts, and a BYOD policy. With all those options, she knew there had to be more than just Microsoft Word. Then she found K-12 technology specialist David Kapuler‘s collection of digital storytelling sites & apps. And they all lived happily ever after. What apps do you use for creating and telling digital stories? 36 Digital Storytelling Sites and Apps From edshelf Image attribution flickr users nmc-campus and mikegrenville Related:  Storytelling&Visualization

Create Digital Stories Toontastic now offers all of its features for free. Students can create cartoons using characters, backgrounds, and then built-in story arc and then narrate with their own voice recording. Students can choose from hundreds of characters and special effects or create their own. Price: FreeEase-of-use: MediumUsefulness: 4 out of 5 With ThingLink, students create "touchable" images. This app allows you to create short, 30 second stories that come complete with a talking avatar (cartoon person) and pre-designed backgrounds or backgrounds that students create. Price: Free or $4.99Ease-of-use: EasyUsefulness: 5 out of 5 Students can easily create their own unique digital puppet shows to tell a story. Price: FreeEase-of-use: EasyUsefulness: 4 out of 5 Though technically a screencasting app, Explain Everything is also a fantastic digital storytelling tool. Price: $3.99Ease-of-use: MediumUsefulness: 5 out of 5 Draw a mouth on any photo, and ChatterPix can make it speak with your recorded voice.

Pinwords O Caldeiro Máxico, versión Propp O vello caldeiro das historias chegou ata ao mesmo Espazo Abalar, o repositorio de recursos do proxecto TIC que está a funcionar en moitos centros educativos de Galicia. Este esquema de composición escrita, ou matriz de relatos, naceu a partir das observacións de Antonio R. Almodóvar sobre a estrutura do conto marabilloso de orixe hispánica. Uns anos antes, cando empezaba a imaxinar os materiais, este artefacto para inventar historias era máis semellante ás ideas de Vladimir Propp. Pero nas secuencias narrativas básicas case non hai diferencias entre os dous modelos. As historias que se crean con este caldeiro máxico, na versión de Propp, poden estar constituídas polos seguintes elementos: 1) Heroe ou heroína; 2) Os desexos; 3) A busca; 4) Os amigos e aliados; 5) Os obstáculos; 6) O lugar buscado; 7) O adversario; 8) A vitoria, por fin; 9) O regreso; 10) Alegría e felicidade.

13 Great Digital Storytelling Apps for iPad Stories have a wide range of advantages for students. They help them experience the world, introduce them to other cultures and modes of life, expand their imaginative powers, contextualize their learning, and also individualize it. Teaching stories has never been as easier as it is now. Technology provided us with a gamut of free tools to create our own stories . We have already posted a very popular article about the best storytelling web services for teachers , these are basically web based tools but there are also useful apps that work on iDevices and have the same features as the web based ones. Below is a list of some great digital storytelling apps for iPad. 1- StoryPatch " Story Patch, a beautiful new application for the iPad that children can use to create their own picture books. 2- Story Wheel " “Story Wheel” is an educational game that improves your child’s cognitive abilities. " This app is as fun as your own creativity. 4- Toonastic 5- Comic Creator 6- Photo Comic 8- Story Kit

Storytelling digitale, coding e riuso: quando la tecnologia unita alla didattica lascia il segno di Caterina Moscetti Maestra presso la Scuola Primaria “Mons. Bartoletti” – Istituto Comprensivo Sigillo, Perugia Le storie vissute si ricordano. La narrazione è partita dall’esperienza che hanno vissuto i bambini della classe quinta: hanno portato un calzino ciascuno, rigorosamente spaiato, e hanno pensato tante trasformazioni. Durante l’attività sono state scattate molte fotografie (qui la galleria completa), facendo attenzione ad ascoltare i suggerimenti degli alunni riguardo i soggetti da inquadrare. Lo storytelling digitale è stato completato con il racconto del riuso del calzino, fatto dai bambini utilizzando il linguaggio di programmazione visuale Scratch. Per fare tutto questo i bambini hanno usato le mani, la creatività, il pensiero divergente e la tecnologia. Qui lo storytelling della giornata in un video Foto di Caterina Moscetti Mi piace: Mi piace Caricamento...

Photovisi - Photo Collage Maker Apuntes de storytelling Hace mucho, en las montañas que hay entre China y Corea, no recuerdo si del norte o del sur, un hombre que dormía tuvo un sueño. Soñó con un dragón terrible, espantoso. En una actitud muy amenazante, abrió sus fauces en llamas y bramó con toda su imponente fuerza. Entonces, el hombre, casi enloquecido, le preguntó: -Pero ¿qué va a pasar? Si vemos o escuchamos una presentación, resulta evidente que una cierta parte de nuestro cerebro se activa. El arte de contar historias es muy antiguo, pero tal vez durante mucho tiempo le faltó entre nosotros una buena campaña de publicidad. Nadie puede prometer que los cuentos vayan a darnos más o verdades o certezas. Por eso, si la vida nos ha confiado muchos cuentos, algunos piensan que deberíamos contárselos, de nuevo, a todos los que no puedan leer la enciclopedia de la vida. Kids and Library! A través del escritor Antonio Muñoz Molina descubro la existencia de un libro todavía no traducido al castellano, On the Origin of Stories, de Brian Boyd.

8 Classic storytelling techniques for engaging presentations A good public speaker takes their audience on a journey, leaving them feeling inspired and motivated. But structuring your speech to get your ideas across and keep your audience engaged all the way through is tricky. Try these eight storytelling techniques for a presentation that wows. You’re doing a presentation, so you start with the facts you want to get across. Wrong! Humans are hardwired for stories. Deliver a presentation that captures the hearts and heads of your audience by stealing one of these classic storytelling techniques. 1. The monomyth (also called the hero’s journey), is a story structure that is found in many folk tales, myths and religious writings from around the world. In a monomyth, the hero is called to leave their home and sets out on a difficult journey. After overcoming a great trial, they return home with a reward or newfound wisdom – something which will help their community. Good for: See also: The Hero’s Journey by Joseph Campbell 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Digital Storytelling: Cos’è, come utilizzarlo nella didattica, con quali strumenti si realizza Il Digital Storytelling ovvero la Narrazione realizzata con strumenti digitali (web apps, webware) consiste nell’organizzare contenuti selezionati dal web in un sistema coerente, retto da una struttura narrativa, in modo da ottenere un racconto costituito da molteplici elementi di vario formato (video, audio, immagini, testi, mappe, ecc.). Caratteristiche di questa tipologia comunicativa sono: # il fascino: derivante dal carattere fabulatorio che possiedono le storie, dato che si tratta, fondamentalmente, di racconti; # la ricchezza e varietà di stimoli e significati: derivanti dall’alta densità informativa e dall’amalgama di codici, formati, eventi, personaggi, informazioni, che interagiscono tra loro attraverso molteplici percorsi e diverse relazioni analogiche. # Si tratta quindi di una forma di narrazione particolarmente indicata per forme comunicative come quelle proprie del giornalismo, della politica, del marketing, dell’autobiografia e anche della didattica. 1. 2. 3. 4.1. 4.2.

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