Little Bird Tales is a really easy Web 2.0 application to use within your class for digital story telling. It is easy to create an account, even easier to add teachers and their students to your account. Little Bird Tales offers you true digital storytelling, with the ability to upload images, scan pictures, photos and even to add audio.

1. Little Bird Tales – Digital Storytelling Nicole Barnes – EDF 6447 / Rangeview Primary

2. Fill out the required information

3. Creating the account is quick and easyTo add classes, go to Manage Classes To start creating, click on Create a Tale

4. You can easily and quickly add Teachers and their classes

5. Once you have created a class, you can then add the students

6. Add students, click on save

7. Tales can be created using Kid Pix, Graphics from Paint, scanned artwork, even photos

9. Begin with your Tale Cover (frontpage), you can upload images or draw a picture in the Art Pad. Add a Tale Title, you can even record your voice – click on Allow for the camera and recorder to work

12. You can either add text for each page, read and record your voice, or both

13. You can upload photos into the Art Pad and add text or artwork to them

14. If you happen to move on and forget to save your changes, Little Bird Tales will give you a reminder to save

15. At any time, you can view how your tale is going by clicking on the Preview button.

16. When finished, you can share your tale with others by adding their email address and a message

17. When you are previewing the tale, you can also copy the Embed Code Copy this code

18. Paste (Ctrl V) the Embed Code into the source section of the blog, publication or wiki Don’t forget to publish your work!

19. Ta-da! You now have a Little Bird Tale in your Ultranet space!