This document provides an overview of digital storytelling tools and resources for teaching students how to create stories. It discusses how stories shape personal identity and lists types of story elements. It then showcases various free web apps and mobile apps that allow students to generate storyboards, record audio, add images and text, and publish their digital stories. Assessment rubrics and acceptable use policies are also mentioned. The document encourages sharing stories to help students develop as storytellers.

1. Sharing Stories
Powerful Lessons in Digital Storytelling
ShellyTerrell.com
Pear.ly/bx2tb

2. Cave
Pain)ng
by
Ryan
Somma,
Flickr

3. “It's like everyone
tells a story about
themselves inside
their own head.
That story makes
you what you are.
We build ourselves
out of that story.”
~ Patrick Rothfuss,
The Name of the
Wind

4. Brainstorming,
Birth
of
an
Idea
by
Superla)ve00,
Flickr

5. Characters
Materials
Plot
Story Title
Type
Theme
Setting

7. Storyboarding
©Kevin
Hodgson, Dogtrax.edublogs.org

8. ©
Bernajean Porter, www.digitales.us

9. Generator.acmi.net.au/storyboard

10. Comics Head IOS/Android
• hoose
from
many
C
frames,
templates,
cap)ons,
characters,
backgrounds,
etc.
• rite
text
W
• rawing
tools
D
• pload
images
U
• reate
a
comic
C
book

13. Incorporate authentic
materials

14. Hardware

15. Software

16. Use web tools & apps!

18. https:/
/voicethread.com/share/558117/

19. https:/
/voicethread.com/share/558117/

20. https:/
/voicethread.com/share/558117/

22. Show and Tell with a Cell

23. Bit.ly/GC3stories

25. Character Texts
Storybird.com
• tudents choose
S
from art collections
by artists
• reate the text
C
• mbeddable
E

26. Character Texts
ZooBurst.com
• tudents can upload their pics or choose from a variety of
S
characters & backgrounds
• an narrate with text
C
• mbeddable
E
• nteract with a book using Augmented Reality
I
• ree iPad app with QR Code Scans
F

27. Makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/

28. GoAnimate.com

29. Recreate Mayflower Experience Goanimate.com

30. Kerpoof.com
Choose from different storylines

31. Choose from various backgrounds

32. Choose characters & record your movie

33. StoryKit

34. StoryKit

36. BookCreator Lite App
• asiest way to
E
create multimedia
books & publish to
iBook store
• nclude audio,
I
music, videos,
images
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/book-creator-free/id661166101?mt=8

37. Bookabi IOS App
Features:
-­‐
2D/3D
characters
that
move
&
rotate
-­‐
Add
text,
speech
bubbles
-­‐ re-­‐loaded
backgrounds,
P
objects
and
s)ckers
-­‐ se
your
own
photos
U
-­‐ ecord
&
listen
to
audio
R
-­‐ ave
to
iTunes,
email,
print
S
http://tamajii.com/bookabi/

38. Story Creator IOS App
https://itunes.apple.com/ie/app/story-creator/id545369477?mt=8

39. Fairy Tale IOS App
Features:
• ouch
characters
&
objects
T
to
make
noise
&
move
• llustra)ons
can
be
moved,
I
expanded,
reduced
or
rotated
• ecord
your
voice
R
• dd
text
A
• hared
via
internet
&
iTunes
S
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fairy-tale-fun-childrens-story/id432391841?mt=8

42. Assessment?
Digitales.us
Kathy Schrock Rubrics

43. Get them to sign
an Acceptable
Use Policy (AUP)

44. Find resources at Pear.ly/bx2tb

45. Digitalstorytelling4kids.pbworks.com

46. Image
by
John
Corvera,
Flickr
Our students
can be the
heroes of their
life stories, we
just need to
show them how
to begin their
stories…

47. ShellyTerrell.com
Bit.ly/ShellTerrell
Pear.ly/bx2tb

48. We
hope
you
enjoyed
this
GaETC
session.
Please
give
your
feedback
at
www.gaetc.org/evaluate