Am sitting in a session with Silvia Rosentahl-Tolisano, where she is discussing Digital Storytelling. While I am familiar with many of the tools and ideas she is showing the audience, here are a couple that were new to me. These tools make collaborative story telling easy and inexpensive. Later today, I am going to PLAY!
With all of these sites, remember FOIP! Protect our students by ensuring their personal information is safe. These are housed on US servers, so buyer beware!
Story Bird ( http://storybird.com ) Story Bird allows students to choose an artist's images from which to write a story. There are some amazing examples. The Grade 6 teacher sitting beside me uses this one. Her students love it!
Mixed Books ( http://www.mixbook.com ) Mixed Books are free to create and share online. A hard copy starts at about $7.00 USD. A neat feature is that parents can go online and order copies--no need to collect money, etc.
Pic.lits ( http://www.piclits.com/compose_dragdrop.aspx ) Great tool for Second Languages. You use the pictures available, which are incredible, and add small bits of text.
Skitch ( http://skitch.com ) A great tool for capturing the screen and then adding directions, etc.
I think I'm going to be busy this afternoon!
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