We will be looking at popular creative, free applications especially appealing to students for creating and publishing stories online. We will also look at other ways of publishing digital writing online especially when the writing has been created using a PowerPoint presentation.

2. My Scoop.it ‘Reading and
Writing in Primary School’

3. Reading and Writing in Primary School

5. 1. Little Bird Tales
http://littlebirdtales.com/

7. You can upgrade for more space

8. The opening page gives you
your summary

9. It takes you through step by step

10. When you choose to add art

11. You can buy this as a book

12. 2. Storybird
http://storybird.com/

14. You can add as many classes as you wish

15. You can set up your class with usernames

16. You start with a seemingly endless amount of
picture prompts

17. After you have made your choice
more pictures appear

18. All that person’s art appears

19. And so you start writing…

24. 3. Story Jumper
http://www.storyjumper.com/

26. You can set up classes and students

27. A number of templates to choose from

28. A great choice of backgrounds and clipart

30. Resources from Story Jumper
Workbook

31. Example
http://www.storyjumper.com/book/index/18532/The-Lonely-Acorn

33. Digital media for publishing
PowerPoint applications online

34. 1. SlideShare
http://www.slideshare.net

35. Join, upload and follow the prompts

36. http://www.slideshare.net/ben_nesbit/pig-in-the-box
Pig in the box

37. 2. AuthorStream
http://www.authorstream.com/

38. Join, upload and follow the prompts

39. Example in AuthorStream
The Three Little Pigs

40. 3. Scribd

41. Lions
http://www.scribd.com/doc/135592757/Lions

42. 4. Slideboom
http://www.slideboom.com/

43. The Storm
http://www.slideboom.com/presentations/95756/The-Storm

44. 5. Create videos from PowerPoint
- upload them to YouTube or
SchoolTube
http://www.schooltube.com/
To create a movie, convert the PowerPoint to a .wmv file using
the free Windows Movie Maker application

45. Lions using SchoolTube

46. 6. Youblisher
http://www.youblisher.com

47. http://www.youblisher.com/p/550920-Our-Love-Book-by-Grade-1-Roberts/

48. Opens up and turns like an e-book

49. http://elk-grade6-stories.wikispaces.com/Eagles

50. Why the African Storybook
Project can’t use these sites