30hands

30hands is a wonderful iOS app for digital storytelling.  This is a perfect mobile learning tool that can be used in any curriculum for all grade levels.  It has a very easy to use drag-n-drop interface and allows students record their audio on top of images to create a digital story.  Once a story is created it can then be exported to a camera roll or published to 30hands educational website for sharing.

I highly recommend checking out 30hands by clicking here!!!!

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Book Writer V. 2.0

Book Writer Version 2.0 is now here w/ a brand new user interface that makes it easier then ever to create stunning digital books/presentations.  BW is one of my favorite iOS apps that can be used in a number of different ways for education such as: digital storytelling, "flipping" a classroom, and more.    It's very user friendly, has a drag-n-drop interface and allows for users to not only add images/videos, but record audio as well.

I highly recommend checking out Book Writer by clicking here!!!

GoAnimate for Schools

GoAnimate for Schools is the educational portal for the fantastic site for creating animated videos.  W/ GA for schools, educators create the students accounts and monitor all videos before being posted online.  This is ideal for education when having to deal w/ CIPA/COPPA compliance.  Also, all clip art is school safe (i.e., no weapons), videos can't be published publicly w/ out teacher approval, and students can't browse public videos.  Not only is GoAnimate simple to use through their drag-n-drop interface, it can be used for a ton educational purposes such as: guided learning, digital storytelling, or "flipping" a classroom.

I highly recommend checking out GoAnimate for Schools by clicking here!!!!

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TeleStory

TeleStory is an amazing new iOS app for Digital Storytelling that lets kids star in their own TV shows.  This is a very fun app and makes it easy for students to create their own stories by selecting a scene to act out, writing a script/story, and then selecting their character/costume, and record live w/ special effects.  Once they are done recording a video is posted to the safe site ToonTube.

I highly recommend checking out TeleStory by clicking here!!!

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Imagistory

Imagistory is a wonderful free iPad app that I just found out about from iPad Apps 4 Schools.  This is a great "wordless" picture book where students can record their own narration of the story that they select.  As they open the book, the story begins to record through the iPad's microphone.  Once a story is finished it can then be saved and played back or record a new version of your story.  This is a great app for the younger kids to introduce them to digital storytelling and get their creative juices flowing.

I highly recommend checking out Imagistory by clicking here!!!

For my Pinterest board on Digital Storytelling click here.
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Book Writer

Book Writer is a fantastic iOS app for digital storytelling that lets users create interactive digital books, PDFs, and more.  Educators are using this to Flip their classroom, create tutorials, photo books, presentations, and Project Based Learning.  It's a simple app to use that has a drag-n-drop interface and lets users upload images, videos, audio, text, etc.

I highly recommend checking out Book Writer by clicking here!!!

Below is a brief demo video...

For more info on Book Writer check out EDshelf.

For my Pinterest board on Digital Storytelling click here.

30hands Pro

30hands Pro is the new paid iOS app from 30hands Learning.  This is a great purchase as it unlocks all the features in the free 30hands app such as: importing video clips, Dropbox/Google Drive integration, and Hi-Res video exporting.

30hands is the amazingly simple to use app w/ drag-n-drop interface that allows users to sync up 30hand online educational community.
photos w/ audio recordings to create stunning presentations.  This can be used for digital storytelling, Project Based Learning, or even to "Flip" a lesson.  Also, the exporting features allows the video to be saved to the mobile device's camera roll or uploaded to the free

I highly recommend checking out 30hands Pro by clicking here!!!

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Storybook Maker

Storybook Maker is a fun site for digital storytelling using the characters from Horton Hears a Who.  This site is easy to use and allows a user to create a 3 scene story by adding characters, backgrounds, music, and text.  Once a story is finished it can then be printed out or turned into a PDF if using a Mac.

I recommend checking out Storybook Maker by clicking here.

Thanks to the amazing Ozge Karaoglu for the tip.

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Shadow Puppet Edu

I've been in touch w/ the people over at Shadow Puppet and excited to announce their new spinoff free iOS app for education, Shadow Puppet Edu.  This is an excellent easy to use app for Project Based Learning and Digital Storytelling.  Like the former app it has a drag and drop interface but w/ this new educational instance it allows for easier/safer searching and integration of pictures as well as no student email account to use.

Below is a list of their other features...

• Make videos just like before combining photos, video clips, voice, text and drawing. Use up to 100 images, and make videos up to 30 minutes long. All limits/purchases on the consumer version have been removed and the app will be free for edu use.  
• Search the Library of Congress, NASA, Creative Commons, or generic web/gif search for awesome content to include in videos. A citation page is automatically added to the end of the video. We're super excited about the potential here in social science and science classes—our search tools make it possible to access and use amazing content from Library of Congress and NASA in a way we haven't seen any other apps do.    
• Common Core-aligned activity ideas to make it easy to get started using Shadow Puppet Edu in English, social studies, science, math, art and foreign language classes.
• Controls to disable web image search. Parental gates for sharing and the ability to disable/enable those as well. 

I highly recommend checking out Shadow Puppet Edu by clickinghere!!!

To find Shadow Puppet Edu on Edshelf click here.

For my Pinterest board on Digital Storytelling click here.

Storyboard That - Back to School Sale

Storyboard That the innovative site for creating storyboards and digital storytelling is having a "Back to School" sale this week for 25% off.  This educational site allows educators to create and manage student accounts while assessing their work in a safe environment.  Also, Storyboard that has an abundance of free resources for educators such as detailed lesson plans and webinars.  Finally, Storyboard that is very easy uses, has a vast detailed image library, and even a feature that allows students to export their storyboards into narrated slideshows for digital storytelling.

I highly recommend checking out Storyboard That by clicking here!!!

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Book Writer

Book Writer is one of the most beautiful looking iOS apps around for project based learning and digital storytelling.  This simple to use drag-n-drop app, allows users to upload photos, add text/images/videos/music, and then record their narration.  A finished product can then be exported into iBooks or shared via Dropbox or Google Drive.  Finally, educators are even using this to flip a lesson.

I highly recommend checking out Book Writer by clicking here!!!

Below is a brief demo...

30hands

30hands is a wonderful free or paid (30hands Pro) iOS app for digital storytelling and project based learning.  This is a simple to use yet powerful learning tool that schools everywhere are using to introduce digital storytelling.  Through it's drag-n-drop students are uploading photos and then recording their own narration to create wonderful projects/stories and exporting them to Google Drive or the safe and free 30hands "cloud".  30hands Pro unlocks all the features such as uploading video, exporting options, and hi-res video.

I highly recommend checking out 30hands by clicking here!!!

For my Pinterest board on Digital Storytelling click here.

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StoryMap JS

StoryMap JS is a new (beta) site that I just found out about from Richard Byrne's excellent blog.  It reminds me a lot of MeoGraph in that it lets users create digital stories surround by maps.  On these maps a user can add text, video, image, to create a story linked to the map.  StoryMaps is a great learning tool that History/SS teachers could use to have students create historical digital stories or for digital storytelling.

I recommend checking out StoryMap JS by clicking here!!!

For my Pinterest board on Digital Storytelling click here.

Storyboard That

Storyboard That is a fantastic Web 2.0 tool for digital storytelling w/ educational portal.  This portal allows for educators to create student accounts (even batch upload) and assign them to their class via a URL and unique code (i.e. ClassDojo).  Not only can and educator create, manage, adjust privacy settings, and more, they can create storyboard templates and assignments for their class.  Everything is COPPA compliant and very safe to use in an educational setting.

Storyboard That is a very easy tool to use w/ it's drag-n-drop interface and allows students to seamlessly create a storyboards by adding images, clip art, text, record narration, etc.  There is even a innovative slideshow button that turns storyboards into slideshows that easily allows for students or teachers to share their presentations up on a big screen.  A finished product can then be downloaded as a PDF, shared via a link, exported into a PPT, or embedded into a site/blog.

Best of all are the new "Teacher Guides" that are aligned to Common Core standards and contain plot diagrams, Q/A, character maps, and much much more.  Educators are using these for project based learning, digital storytelling, and in a number of different ways to assess student's learning on a project or story.

I highly recommend checking out Storyboard That by clicking here!!!

Below is a image of a storyboard on a book I just finished reading, The Giver...

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Shadow Puppet Edu

Shadow Puppet Edu is a fantastic iOS app for digital storytelling.  Recently, they released a major update which allows users to: map search - allowing users to add maps or satellite images, expanded educational image search, new background images, more drawing tools, more sharing options (i.e. Evernote, Google Drive, etc.) and best of all 30+ activities that helps educators find ideas for a wide range of subjects linked to Common Core Standards.

All of this plus Shadow Puppet's easy to use interface w/ the ability to record and annotate over any image make this an ideal tool for digital storytelling or project based learning.  A finished product can even be embedded into a site/blog and is FREE!!!

I highly recommend checking out Shadow Puppet Edu by clicking here!!!

For my Pinterest board on Digital Storytelling click here.

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Book Writer

Book Writer is a fantastic iOS app for digital storytelling that lets users create interactive digital books, PDFs, and more.  Educators are using this to Flip their classroom, create tutorials, photo books, presentations, and Project Based Learning.  It's a simple app to use that has a drag-n-drop interface and lets users upload images, videos, audio, text, etc.

I highly recommend checking out Book Writer by clicking here!!!

Below is a brief demo video...

For more info on Book Writer check out EDshelf.

For my Pinterest board on Digital Storytelling click here.

30hands Pro

30hands Pro is the new paid iOS app from 30hands Learning.  This is a great purchase as it unlocks all the features in the free 30hands app such as: importing video clips, Dropbox/Google Drive integration, and Hi-Res video exporting.

30hands is the amazingly simple to use app w/ drag-n-drop interface that allows users to sync up photos w/ audio recordings to create stunning presentations.  This can be used for digital storytelling, Project Based Learning, or even to "Flip" a lesson.  Also, the exporting features allows the video to be saved to the mobile device's camera roll or uploaded to the free 30hand online educational community.

I highly recommend checking out 30hands Pro by clicking here!!!

For more info on 30hands Pro visit Edshelf.
For my Pinterest board on Digital Storytelling click here.

*30hands Learning is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits.

Clarisketch

Clarisketch is a new (beta) free Android app that I had the pleasure of learning about from Richard Byrne's amazing blog.  This is a simple app to use that allows a user to upload/take a photo and then edit it by drawing on it (similar to the iPad app Explain Everything).  Best of all, a user can then record their own voice to create their own narrations, tutorials, or even be used for digital storytelling.

I highly recommend checking out Clarisketch by clicking here!!!

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Write to Read

Writer to Read is an amazing iPad app designed for kids 3-10 yrs to help w/ their Reading & Writing skills by creating a book.  W/ that in mind it also makes it an ideal app for introducing digital storytelling to students that is aligned to Common Core Standards.  The way this works is a child/student write's a sentence to the best of their ability and then an adult/teacher translates the sentence into proper text.  This helps students learn visually as they see their sentenc
e next to the correct one while learning to read, write, and spell.  Another nice feature is the unique keyboard that separates consonants and vowels by color and being able to record audio to help further their learning.

I highly recommend checking out Write to Read by clicking here!!!

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Write-On Video

Write-On Video is an excellent iPad app for digital storytelling.  This is a simple to use app that allows users to upload a video and then annotate, draw, or add pictures/stmaps over it.  Best of all, it integrates w/ Evernote and allows users to even create a slideshow or storyboard of their videos, photos, or annotations.  This is a great way for educators to Flip a Classroom, create a tutorial, and much much more.

I highly recommend checking out Write-On Video by clicking here!!!

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