Digital Storytelling
Storybird
Grades: 3-12 Kids who love to write or tell stories with pictures will love the opportunity to easily publish good-looking digital books. Google Sign-In Available. Little Bird Tales
Grades: 1-6th Little Bird Tales is a wonderful site/app that allows users to create stories filled with images, artwork, text, and their own audio. It is simple enough to use for early education students with enough features to appeal to older students as well. Video Tutorial My StoryMaker
Grades: 1-5th Named one of the "Best Websites for Teaching and Learning" by the ALA. Students have the power to choose characters, taking them on an adventure and create their very own story along the way. Once you are done with your story you can print, download or share via e-mail. SchoolMate Publishing
Grades: K-8 Fast & Easy student publishing at NO cost to your school. Teachers can sign up to receive a free publishing kit and will receive one FREE hardback book created by your students. Purchase forms can be sent home for parents to purchase a book for $20. I completed this project with a second grade class and they LOVED to see their class book published! Student Treasures
Grades: K-8 Great resource for student publishing. It's free and includes access to Common-Core-ready lesson plans. Choose from online publishing or traditional paper kits. |
Scoot & Doodle
Grades: 8-12 Draw, design, and think collaboratively over the web. Requires G+ & Hangouts. Storyboard That
Grades: : 5th-10th Creating storyboards is a powerful way to re-enforce what teachers are teaching. The process is streamlined to be as easy as possible for users of all ages. Google Sign-In Available My Storybook
Grades: : 2-6th Make Children's storybooks online for free. Very easy to use and even includes a tutorial for students to watch. Students can choose from images and backgrounds or upload their own artwork! Students need to create an account to save the work. Once it is saved you can go back in and edit it or publish it when finished and share via web link, G+, or Email. Storyjumper
Grades: : 2-6th Extremely easy-to-use site for creating storybooks. Many props, characters, and scenes are available to use in your stories. Teachers can create a classroom to have students sign in and access teacher features. |