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Digital Storytelling

Digital storytelling is the process of telling a story through some digital means.  Digital storytelling is not limited to any particular subject---indeed, any subject has a story to tell, a message to convey, or an idea to express.  The apps and sites listed alphabetically below offer students and teachers the tools to create a digital story.

 

These sites were originally found on David Kapuler's site "Tech & Learning," found here.  They are listed alphabetically.


Kapuler, David. "50 Sites and Apps for Digital Storytelling." Tech & Learning. Web. 22 April 2013. 1 March 2015. 

 

  1. 30hands - A fantastic user-friendly iOS app for creating a story by adding a narrations to photos. Also has an excellent video tutorial to help users create a story.
  2. Animation Desk - A innovative iPad app that allows a user to create a custom drawing and then animate it, as well as adding sounds.
  3. Art Maker - A wonderful iPad app for kids to create a digital story by selecting a background, adding characters, and then recording audio.
  4. Bitstrips for Schools - A great site for creating digital comics in the classroom ,with lots of resources and an educational portal.
  5. BoomWriter - A fantastic safe site for students (teachers create accounts - not student email required) to create digital stories/books through a collaborative process.  Once a story is completed, it gets published online and an actual book can then be ordered.
  6. Comic Life - Probably the most popular digital comic iOS app for creating comics.  This is a very fun and easy to use app for telling the story by creating a customized comic.
  7. Digital Films - A nice site for creating a digital animated story and then embedded into a site/blog to share it with others.
  8. Five Card Flickr - A fun way to create a story through the use of five random Flickr photos.
  9. Inklewriter - A unique site that allows students to collaborate with others to build a story by branching off of other paths.
  10. Little Bird Tales - One of the most popular sites for digital storytelling that allows students to create their own art and record their voice.  Also, there is a excellent iOS app available for mobile learning.
  11. Make Beliefs Comix - A nice site for creating digital comics in a number of different languages as well of lots of educational resources.
  12. Meograph - An innovative site for four dimensional storytelling that has an educational portal.
  13. Moo-O - A fantastic site that has students use their own photo inside of a digital story.
  14. My Story - A wonderful iPad app for creating a digital book/story.  All a user has to do is draw or upload a picture, add some text, and then record audio to tell a story.
  15. myCreate - An excellent iPad app for easily creating stop motion animations.
  16. Myths & Legends - A great site for digital storytelling where users create a story by adding characters, scenes, and text.  There is an educational portal.
  17. Pixntell - A simple-to-use iOS app for organizing iPhotos into a story, then recording audio.
  18. Pixton for Schools - A nice site with educational portal for creating digital comics.
  19. Primary Access - An interesting site for creating a digital story with historical stock footage.
  20. Qwiki - A simple to use iOS app for creating a story.  Qwiki automatically groups pictures and videos to create a presentation.  A user can then customize this by drag-n-dropping into any order they want or selecting specific music.
  21. Scribble Press - A terrific iPad app for creating a digital book/story through drawing and object tools.  Users can also order a print copy of their book.
  22. Speech Journal - A nice iPad app for pairing recorded audio with a digital picture from one's iPhoto library to create a story.
  23. Sock Puppets - A very fun iOS app that allows users to lip-sync audio to a sock puppet. One of my kids' favorites!
  24. Story Creator - One of my favorite iOS apps for creating a digital story by syncing audio and photos together.  Also, an option allows for highlighting of text during narration to help a student with reading.
  25. Story Patch - A excellent site for creating a story. Teaches a student the step-by-step process of story creation.
  26. Storybird - A great site with educational portal where students create art-inspired stories and then embed into a site/blog.
  27. StoryJumper - A fantastic site for creating a digital story by building a story from scratch or choosing one of the story starters.  A student can add objects, text, and even upload their own art too.
  28. StoryKit - A simple-to-use iOS app for telling a story by adding text, photos, and audio. .
  29. Strip Designer - A iOS app similar to Comic Life for creating a digital comic.
  30. Tell a Tale - A interesting iPad app that has a user verbally tell a story based on the first and last sentence of a story and three images.
  31. Tellagami - A nice way to tell a short story by creating an avatar and then recording audio, similar to Voki.
  32. UtellStory - A nice place to tell a story through audio, images, and video, as well as collaborating with others.
  33. VoiceThread - One of the most popular educational sites/apps for creating a interactive digital storytelling by uploading multimedia content and recording an audio narration.  A finished VoiceThread can then be embedded into a site/blog.
  34. Web of Stories - A community where users tell their story through the use of video.
  35. WriteComics - A simple to use site for creating a digital comic to tell a story.
  36. ZooBurst - An innovative site and iPad app for creating 3D digital popup books.