StoryKit. 10 Digital Storytelling Tools with Teacher Support. Everyone has a story to tell, and gone are they days where you need an agent, a publisher and a bank balance to share your stories. Digital storytelling gives students a chance to share their thoughts and creativity with others, and is a great technique for helping them to unlock their artistic side and delve into their imagination. It complements many subjects, such as English, Civics and History where students must use research, writing and organizational skills to create a digital story.
It also helps students communicate their thoughts using visual images and learn new multimedia technologies such as video and audio. Here are 10 digital storytelling tools that provide additional support and resources for teachers. Check out the latest issue of Teaching the AvatarGeneration iPad Magazine for ‘The Ultimate Guide to Digital Storytelling Tools.’ 1. Bitstrips lets users choose the number of frames, images and text to include in their own digital comic strips. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Story Wheel. Kerpoof Studio.
Creaza. FoldingStory | The Group Storytelling Game. BoomWriter. BoomWriter is a wonderful free site for project based learning that is a great way to integrate technology into any 3rd-8th grade curriculum. This is a site that allows students to collaborative create digital stories by voting on which chapter gets included into the finished story. Once this process is done the story get then get published and actual book can be ordered. Best of all BoomWriter has an educational portal which allows teachers to create a class and student accounts (no student email required).
Also, BW is offering 1 free copy of a classes finished book (shipping included). I highly recommend checking out BoomWriter by clicking here!!! Below is a brief demo of BoomWriter in action... For my Pinterest board on Web 2.0 click here. *BoomWriter is a advertiser of Technology Tidbits. Introducing BoomWriter. Voicethread Examples in Education. 100 Ways to Use VoiceThread in Education.
Books. - 50 Sites and Apps for Digital Storytelling. Digital Storytelling is the process of telling a story through the use of digital means. It also happens to be one the easiest ways to integrate technology into the classroom. Educators can use digital storytelling with almost any subject and can even "flip" their classroom by using mobile apps.
Below is my comprehensive list of sites/apps that can be used for digital storytelling, presented in alphabetical order. 30hands - A fantastic user-friendly iOS app for creating a story by adding a narrations to photos. For my Pinterest board on Digital Storytelling click here. For my Edshelf collection on Digital Storytelling click here. David Kapuler is an educational consultant with more than 10 years of experience working in the K-12 environment.