Digital Storytelling Sites


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“is a gathering place of primary-source information. Its purpose - since the site was first launched in 1999 - is to help educators and individuals find original sources, located at national archives, libraries, universities, and government web sites.”

 

 Digital Storytelling Sites

 

7 things you should know about Digital Storytelling 

 

Elementary Examples

 

Photo Story - (available on your teacher computer, but you can download it to your home computer for free)Create slideshows using your digital photos. With a single click, you can touch-up, crop, or rotate pictures. Add stunning special effects, soundtracks, and your own voice narration to your photo stories. Then, personalize them with titles and captions. Small file sizes make it easy to send your photo stories in an e-mail. Watch them on your TV, a computer, or a Windows Mobile–based portable device.

How to Make a PhotoStory 

PhotoStory Examples 

 

50 Web 2.0 Storytelling Tools: 

Educator Alan Levine set up this Wiki of Web 2.0 storytelling tools, and told the story of his dog Dominoe using each one to give examples of how it can be used. Many of the sites below are on that page.

 

 

Voice Thread

Record your voice while showing digital pictures. 

Voice Thread Examples

creating a new voicethread.doc

Molly's Example 

http://voicethread.com/share/41208/

 

dumpr - 

Welcome to dumpr's fun with your photos homepage. You have made it to one of the coolest places on the internet! Here you will find cool things to do with your photos.

 

ScrapBlog - 

We created Scrapblog because we wanted to go beyond sharing our photos and videos online. We made Scrapblog drag-and-drop-easy so that everyone can tell their stories and create beautiful multimedia scrapbooks. Our goal is to enable everyday people to express themselves online in a creative way. We've been developing Scrapblog for over two years. However, what you see online today is only the beginning.

Check out this Example!

 

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The future of online video is here. Upload your media, grab shared media, create and remix movies, publish to your friends, share with the world.

Check out this Example!

 

ToonDoo - 

A cartoon strip creator

 

Scratch--

This is an easy to use animation program designed by someone at MIT.

 

Gliffy- 

Graphic organizers website! So cool!

 

KerPoof! - 

A software that gives KidPix a run for it's money!

 

Digital Gadgets

Many different ideas, sites and tools for your Web 2.0 Classroom

 

Read, Write, Think Printing Press

Create newspapers, brochures, flyers and booklets online

 

 

Flauntr

Online Photo Editing

 

Bubble Share

Upload photos, create slideshows and share with the world

 

Picassa - by Google: Picasa Web Albums is Picasa’s newest feature, designed to help users post and share their photos quickly and easily on the web.

 

Search for Photos on the Web

 

Resources for Digital Story Telling

Educational Uses for Digital Storytelling

 

DigiTales- Resources, examples and training to inspire your own digital storytelling tales.

 

Awesome Stories

- Primary source information (Password: ehornets)

 

Digital Storytelling: A practical Classroom Management Strategy

 

Ljudo gives free access to more than 1,200 sound effects!

 

Tips for Digital Storytelling