Digital+Storytelling+Tools


 * __Digital Storytelling Tools: __**

= **Jennifer Clifford** = []

Comicmaster is a program that allows students to create their own graphic novels using programmed templates.

Pros:
 * Free with no adds
 * Very easy to use, appropriate for all user levels
 * Allows you to save your creations
 * Accessible from any computer with an internet connnection
 * Very fast site

Cons: __Chogger.com __ This website allows you to create your own comic strip with ease. The website is user friendly if you sign-up to join for free, however if you don’t decide to this you will not be able to save your work. The site provides a link for you to retrieve your comic, but the links do not always work. When creating your comic you have a variety of templates to begin a new comic; you can upload pictures, or draw; and choose which balloons and text you want to use. This website is great for primary and elementary students because it is so easy to navigate and create.
 * Somewhat limited selection of characters and backgrounds

__Pros __ __Cons __
 * User-friendly
 * Free to join
 * Engaging for younger students
 * Website server goes down often
 * Have to join to insure reliability
 * May contain adult content


 * Amy Wagner **
 * Evaluation on Grabbabeast: **

Overall, this was a very amusing sight that I think the children would enjoy playing around with. It could be used in education to create a character or discuss body parts in Pre-K. Other than that, there was no clear educationally purpose that I could see. Below, I have listed some Pros and Cons of this website.

Pros: Cons: > **Duplicate** > Digital Storytelling > Is the practice of combining narrative with digital content, including images, sound, and video to create a short movie, typically with a strong emotional component. > > __Pros__ __<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Cons __
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Very User Friendly
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Students can create character or send cards.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Students can save work.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Students can rate other's work.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Student's can name beast and it is given the birthday of the day it is created.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">No clear purpose in education, would need to be used as supplement to a unit that is teacher created.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Students can create other's work, which means they may not get positive feedback from the beast they create.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">This site allows students access to twitter, facebook, etc.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">No technical skill is required. Digital stories range from the simple to the complex.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Students make deep connections with the subject matter shown in digital stories.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Digital stories can be effectively applied to every subject.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Digital stories can be instructional, persuasive, and historical, or reflective.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Allows students to express themselves using their own words and voices giving them ownership over their creations.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Teachers and students both need to be aware of intellectual property issues that arise if digital stories include copyrighted images, music, video, or text.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Requires a great deal of storage space for programs or institutions.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">They are difficult to assess because of the broad range of topics and disciplines.

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 * __<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 20pt;">Bob Holzhauser- Marvel Kids __**

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Website that allows the use of marvel superhero characters to create comic slides or books.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">- Drag and drop tools, images, backgrounds, text boxes, etc.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">- Little educational value unless used for some type of story creation project.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">EDU.GLOGSTER.COM
 * __<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 20pt;">Jennifer Mellske: Glogster __**

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">**Pros** <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Animation, pictures, text, videos, data, sound, comments <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Can set up a free single user page <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Offer tutorials and webinars for ideas and uses

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">**Cons** <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Cost to set up a class <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Some features cannot use unless pay <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">With paid access can link

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">**Uses** <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Projects, portfolio type, posters, notes, presentation <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Anything you can do on paper <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|__edu.Glogster.com__]


 * __<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 22pt;">Kaleena Kessling __**
 * <span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 25pt;">Storybird **


 * __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 17pt;">Uses: __**
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">I could see using this website in an English or Reading setting. **
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Having the students choose an artist and a group of pieces of art- Then create the own personalized story revolving around the art they chose. **
 * __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 17pt;">Pros: __**
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Storybird is a free online program. **
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Everything is saved on the internet- So teachers do not have to rely on the schools mainframe to save student work **
 * § **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Work also saves automatically at different time intervals **
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Copy of Storybird can be downloaded, can be purchases and made into an actual book, can be embedded into a blog, website, or wiki **
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Can add colaboratores- great for grading and assessing topic/content **
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">May set privacy settings so that others cannot view a Storybird while it is being edited. **
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Brings out the students creative abilities as far as interpreting art and storytelling **
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Teachers are able to create classes and can view students’ progress. **


 * __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 17pt;">Cons: __**
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">You cannot import/upload your own images- you are stuck using the existing images **
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Artwork is limited depending on the group of pieces student chooses. Some artist collections contain 20+ images, others less than 10. **
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Images that are available cannot be edited or changed in any way (sizing, etc.) **
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Each page in a story can only contain one image- (Students cannot add multiple images on a single page). **
 * __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 17pt;">Storybirds I liked: __**
 * **<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">The Crocodiles Lunch **
 * **<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">The Gift of Storytelling **
 * **<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">A True Christmas Story **

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Build Yourself Wild @http://buildyourwildself.com/
 * __<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 20pt;">Peggie Wright __**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">This allows you to create personalized speaking avatars.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">This website is a good tool to use for younger children to play with if maybe you are planning a field trip that deals with animals and you are discussing animals in your lesson. Helps to engage the children by using different features from animals and placing them on a cartoon child body.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;">Story Jumper <span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|Story Jumper]
 * __<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;">Rachel Dunbar __**

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The digital storytelling program I shared with the class is storyjumper.com. I absolutely loved this tool! This is a free website in which you create a login in order to create and save stories. When visiting the initial website there are various links and tutorials to help you become familiar with the site. When you visit the teacher page it goes through how to set up a classroom list for your students. It provides you with materials to get the students started with writing stories and different graphic organizers that could be used before using Story Jumper. It also provides you with a letter that you can send home to the parents to explain the website and its uses in the classroom, which is a great way to get the parents informed and involved.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">This is a very user friendly website when creating a book. This can be used by all ages; younger students would definitely be able to manipulate the site just fine. When creating your book you can choose from props, scenes, and photos or you can upload your own. I found that the ability to upload your own photos was amazing because I found it made the book I created a lot better. Also, you can complete a book that has been started, or you can create your own from scratch.

= Danetta Manning = __**[|http://www.ToonDooSpaces.com]**__
 * ToonDoo Spaces** is a comic based social network for classrooms. ToonDoo Spaces is a service from ToonDoo.com. It is aimed at facilitating safe and secure use of TooDoo as an educational tool. This virtual learning playground allows students to have fun while they learn.


 * Pros** *Adds creativity to lessons with comic strip creations. *Allows students and teachers to create their own comic stories and dialogue from a variety of backgrounds, clip art, and other visual effects. *Inbuilt gallery clipart and creative features *Safe, Secure, and Private!
 * Very engaging to students
 * Can be used to introduce new concepts, vocabulary, and teach lessons in subject areas such as Math, Reading, and Science.


 * Cons**
 * Requires registration/pay to use
 * may be very easy to get off topic

<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">[|www.voki.com]
 * __<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 20pt;">Sandy Graziano __**

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Voki is an avatar builder where you can build characters, provide text, and backgrounds. There are teacher resources, lesson plans, and postable resources. This tool can enrich and excite lessons by bringing historical characters to life.


 * __<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 20pt;">Nick Anello __**

**<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 42pt;">GoAnimate.com **



<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">GoAnimate.com is a website that allows users to create short videos that are simple to create. There are two types of videos that users can create. The first called ‘short video.’ This is the simpler of the two types of videos and users can choose characters, backgrounds, and type in text that the characters will speak. The second type is called ‘movie.’ In the movie feature more manipulation and technological expertise is required. There are much more moving features and manipulatives for students to better create their version of their short animation.
 * __<span style="color: #953735; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 22pt;">What is it? __**

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">-Content projects <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">-Technology projects <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">-Adapt content to fit this model <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">-Inspires creativity <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">-Manipulate content <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">-Fun <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">-Can be content-centric <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">-Time consuming <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">-Teachers need to know how to troubleshoot the website <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">-Can lose data easily <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">-Difficult to keep track of projects created by students
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