1. Greg Pitzer
Academic Technologist
Santa Clara County Office of Education
408-453-6523
greg_pitzer@sccoe.org
Digital Storytelling – Library Summer Camp 2012
Objective: Explore a variety of means to allow students to show mastery of a
subject. Learn how you can encourage students to create a product that
demonstrates what they have learned.
Resources
Word
Clouds
Wordle
-­‐
http://www.wordle.net
Tagxedo
–
http://www.tagxedo.com
Speeches
-­‐
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/
select
Top
100
Speeches,
then
select
By
Rank.
Videomaking:
Goanimate
–
http://www.goanimate.com
Animoto
–
http://www.animoto.com
Blabberize
–
http://www.blabberize.com
Story
Books
Story
Jumper
-­‐
http://www.storyjumper.com/school
(see
handout,
password:
sccoe)
Story
Bird
-­‐
http://storybird.com/
(username:
sccoe#
password:
password)
Zooburst
-­‐
http://www.zooburst.com/index.php
Interactive
Poster
Glogster
-­‐
http://edu.glogster.com
(username:
sccoe#
password:
sccoe)

2. Activities
Word
Cloud:
Make
a
word
cloud
from
the
text
of
a
famous
speech;
see
visually
some
of
the
common
themes.
1) Wordle
is
a
cleaner,
less
commercial
interface.
2) Tagxedo
has
more
options,
but
also
does
ads.
Videos:
Make
a
video
about
a
particular
topic
you
teach.
1) GoAnimate
-­‐
Create
an
animated
story
with
audio.
2) Animoto
–
use
your
own
photos/
videos
or
stock
videos
in
combination
with
audio
loops
and
text
to
tell
a
story.
Educators
get
a
free
“Plus”
account.
3) Blabberize
–
animate
a
photo
to
tell
a
story.
Free
Storytelling:
Create
a
story
about
a
particular
topic,
try
to
create
3-­‐4
pages
in
a
book.
1) StoryJumper
–
create
online
books
that
can
be
printed
out.
Classroom
features
to
allow
parents
to
view
books,
secure
settings,
Free.
2) StoryBird
–
online
books,
with
full
resolution
graphics
based
on
themes.
Basic
account
free,
create
classes,
commenting.
Pro
account
-­‐
$69/year
3) Zooburst
–
3D
pop-­‐up
books
online,
viewed
only
online
($10/month
for
extra
features)
Interactive
Posters:
Create
an
informative
poster
about
a
particular
subject
you
are
covering
in
class,
use
a
variety
of
resources:
audio,
video,
photos,
text.
1) Glogster
–
free
interactive
posters,
the
classroom
version
is
$30/year
and
allows
privacy
features.