Tools for Digital Storytelling, Presentions, and Collaboration
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Schrock's Guide to Everything MrsGeekChick - Larissa Aradj eTools for Language Teachers - Sylvia Duckworth |
 Writing Tools PicLits - Inspire stories through pictures. BigHugeLabs - Use digital photos and text to create posters, trading cards, magazine covers, and unique projects. Student examples! ReadWriteThink Webbing Tool - Free-form graphic organizers Storyboard That - Free/Paid options for educators. Drag-and-drop clipart, text, scenes to create engaging storyboard. |
 Digital Storytelling and Presentation Tools Wall / oral presentation tools Thinglink - Teacher example - Blog post - App and Web-based tool to annotate images with videos, links, text, and other images. Amazing! Glogster Edu - Student examples - Free and paid options available. Design an interactive poster with pictures, video, text, and appealing art. Haiku Deck - Catherine's example - Free! Presentations that focus on images and little text. Prezi - Student example : Use a template or a blank canvas, links, pictures, videos, and text to build an interactive presentation. Google Maps - Catherine's example of Google Maps for WL teachers and learners. Video / slideshow tools Animoto for Education - Student example : Free accounts for educators! Use digital photos, videos, music and text to create engaging presentations. Magisto - Free and paid options available. Videos with music, video, and photos. Wideo - Catherine's example: Free and paid options to remove branding/downloading. Choose objects, add text and music to create an animated presentation. PhotoPeach - Teacher example : Free and paid options available to make engaging slideshows with captions, music, and transitions. SlideShare - Teacher example : Upload PowerPoints, PDFs, and other documents to share and embed. |
 Comic Strip, Animation, Infographics, and Pictures Tools ToonDoo - Visit teacher example. Creative characters and comics. Make Beliefs Comics - A comic creator with WL students and teachers in mind. Pixton Comics for Schools - Create multi-panel comics with text. Build Your Wild Self - Teacher example : Create a new species of animal using various animal parts. Students could follow up with a writing piece about their animal. Infographic creators Infographic tutorial by Linda W. Braun. Easel.ly - Nicole Naditz's example - Free! Create and share visual ideas through infographics. Infogr.am - Free - Create infographics and charts from 30 different templates. (even video!) Piktochart - Free and educational pricing options available : Create infographics, reports, banners, and presentations. Animation tools Zimmer Twins - Student example : Create and share animated stories from template scenes and your own text. Dvolver - Teacher example : Choose background, characters, and dialogue. Share through e-mail or embed into blog/site.
Voki -
Student examples : Choose and accessorize an avatar, record a
message, and share with others.
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 Interactive Book Creator Tools Storybird - Teacher example : Stunning art leads to thoughtful stories! StoryJumper - Use your own art or the provided images to illustrate your story. Flipsnack - Free and paid options - Upload PDFs and other files to create flip-style books. |
 Word Cloud Tools - Wordle transforms text into a visual artwork piece. It can be a unique view of the students' work. Students may use any work that they have produced and transform it into art. Tagul - A customizable tool for transforming words into word clouds.
Word Clouds ABCya! - Much like Wordle, this basic program allows you to "play" with a text. Users are able to change the font, the color, and the size of the word cloud.
Update: At this time I do not recommend embedding your creation in a site or blog. The developer used "Silverlight," which is not a compatible program with most browsers. Save your creation as a .JPG file and add it as a normal picture file.
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