Digital+Storytelling

Digital Storytelling is telling a story using digital tools both cloud-based and computer/device-based.
 * What is Digital Storytelling? **

**How can I use Digital Storytelling with my students?** Whenever you assign a writing assignment or a research project or a book report, consider having your students complete a Digital Storytelling project.

Some examples:


 * a comic re-enacting a scene in a novel
 * a presentation explaining the historical background behind a novel
 * a visual representation (slideshow of photos or drawings) of a concept
 * a [|podcast]
 * a [|vodcast]
 * anything similar that you or a student can conceive of to exhibit learning

iMovie MovieMaker GarageBand [|VoiceThread] [|ToonDoo] [|Audioboo] [|Scratch] [|Animoto] [|Google Docs Presentation] ....see a whole list of tools at Jerry Blumengarten's amazing site: []
 * Some Digital Storytelling tools: **

[|11 Good Digital Storytelling Resources] [|Digital Storytelling with iPads]
 * Digital Storytelling resources from Richard Byrne's Free Tech for Teachers site:**

[|1st Graders Create Their Own Read Along Audiobook]
 * From Sylvia Rosenthal Tolisano's Langwitches blog:**

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 * See how Aviva Dunsiger had her 1st Graders create stories in Google Docs**