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Digital Storytelling is telling a story using digital tools. Animations, video, slideshows, interactive media and more can be used for students and teachers to engage an audience by sharing and publishing information digitally.
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Questions to Consider:
  • How is storytelling different from a report?
  • What are the elements of a good story?
  • How can storytelling be used in traditional and non-traditional content areas?
  • How might you use a digital story to teach students?
  • What kind of digital stories can students create to demonstrate learning?
  • How does digital storytelling connect to literacy?
  • How can digital storytelling improve student writing skills?

TOOLS AND APPS:

Tell stories using a variety of digital mediums and tools - check these out! 
  • Adobe Spark
  • Animoto (no narration)
  • Biteable (examples)
  • Book Creator
  • CoSpaces
  • iMovie (Mac) or Photos (PC)
  • My Simpleshow (example)
  • Powtoon (digital story example)
  • Scratch
  • Videoscribe (free trial, examples)
  • Vyond (free trial)
  • WeVideo (online editing - space limitations in free version)
  • Wideo

​StoryBoarding Apps/Sites:
  • Storyboard That (2 per week - 3 & 6 cells for free)​
  • Xinsight Storyboard Template

Web/Mindmap Tools:
  • Bubbl.us
  • LucidChart
  • Cacoo
  • Mindmeister
  • Mindomo


On the METRC iPads (literacy and storytelling):
  • Adobe Spark
  • Animoto*
  • Audioboo (audio recording only)
  • Comic Life*
  • Educreations*
  • Jamboard
  • iMovie*
  • Popplet Lite*
  • Shadow Puppet Edu
  • ShowMe
  • SockPuppets*
  • Stop Motion Studio
  • StoryVisualizer
  • Toontastic 3D
  • Videolicious*
  • Videoscribe
  • Voice Record Pro (audio recording only)
  • VoiceThread

Digital Storytelling Resources

Music and Images

  • Kathy Schrock's Digital Storytelling Page
  • Digital Storytelling Ideas and Classroom Examples
  • EduDigitalStory 
  • Blog with a Science Example
  • ​iPad Apps for Schools​​

Video Clips

​Beachfront B-roll
Free HD Video on Vimeo
Life of Vids (CC0)​
Mazwai (check licenses - downloads as a zip file)
Pexels Video (CC0)
Pixabay (CC0)
SplashBase (check licenses - most are attribution)
Videezy (check licenses)
Videvo (CC0)
Vidsplay (primarily CC0)
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Follow Creative Commons and Copyright Guidelines when creating your story! Look for CC0 licenses - if you find a CC Attribution license be sure to give credit!

Music Sites
  • FreePlayMusic
  • Free Music Archive
  • Audio-Micro

​Image Sites
  • Google Image Search -- Set the Usage Rights to "Labeled for Noncommercial Reuse" under the Search Tools when in a Google Image Search - Directions on saving images from a Google Doc
  • Pixabay (CC0)
  • Pexels (CC0)
  • NYPL (CC0)
  • Unsplash (CC0)
  • Stockvault (CC0)
  • Gratisogrpahy (CC0) 
  • Photos for Class (automatic citation)
Image Sites/Directions (check the license):
  • Morguefile
  • New Old Stock
  • PicJumbo​​
  • Noun Project
  • Flickr – Creative Commons
  • Pics4Learning


Tutorials

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iMovie on a Mac
iMovie iPad App and Another
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WeVideo (online video editor)
WeVideo - clipping videos
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Adobe Spark (desktop or app - will walk you through steps)

VideoScribe Anywhere iOS App (desktop version $$) - VideoScribe YouTube Channel
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