Sharing Stories
Powerful Lessons in Digital Storytelling
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Cave
Pain)ng
by
Ryan
Somma,
Flickr

“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

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

Characters
Materials
Plot
Story Title
Type
Theme
Setting

Storyboarding
©Kevin
Hodgson, Dogtrax.edublogs.org

©
Bernajean Porter, www.digitales.us

Generator.acmi.net.au/storyboard

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

Incorporate authentic
materials

Hardware

Software

Use web tools & apps!

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/voicethread.com/share/558117/

Show and Tell with a Cell

Bit.ly/GC3stories

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

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

Makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/

GoAnimate.com

Recreate Mayflower Experience Goanimate.com

Kerpoof.com
Choose from different storylines

Choose from various backgrounds

Choose characters & record your movie

StoryKit

StoryKit

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

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/

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

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

Assessment?
Digitales.us
Kathy Schrock Rubrics

Get them to sign
an Acceptable
Use Policy (AUP)

Find resources at Pear.ly/bx2tb

Digitalstorytelling4kids.pbworks.com

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…

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