About this list
Some great links in the first section to help you understand how digital storytelling can be used in teaching and learning and how you can plan, implement, and assess student creation of digital stories.
That is followed by a list of links to tools you can use and links to help you and students stay legal in terms of copyright when you use images and music created by others.
About Digital Storytelling
Great collection of digital storytelling resources from Kathy Schrock
This page will show you her posts that are tagged digital_storytelling. Browse through the posts for lots of great ideas.
From University of Houston - excellent set of resources. Explore ALL the links at the top to learn more about digital storytelling, view examples, see a list of tools. Check out the "how to" link for great ideas on process including the importance of writing a script. The "educational materials" link has great ideas on how to use it in teaching and learning including how to evaluate projects created by your students.
Many of links focus on workshops and other services, but check out at least two links at the top: Storykeeper's Gallery (lots of examples) and Evaluating Projects - check out how you can use the interactive tool to create a customized scoring guide for your project by choosing the type/purpose of the story and then selecting criteria you wish to evaluate. The Storymaking Tools link at the top goes to a wiki with some great resources including a list of iPad apps for creating.
A free ebook edited by Richard Byrne entitled "Best Digital Storytelling Examples and Resources." Includes digital storytelling model projects developed and used by teachers as well as chapters on copyright and free tools to use.
Great blog post that talks about the power of digital storytelling. Be sure to check out the sites she links to for examples and ideas about how digital storytelling can be used with students.
This Prezi created by Tony Vincent Includes a video of a story about Tony and a link to a great handout (Word doc),"Mining for Stories" with ideas for telling your own story.
Wiki from ISTE's digital storytelling special interest group (SIG-DS). Good links on left to pages with ideas, collections, resources, apps, tools, ideas, etc.
A wiki of digital storytelling resources collected by Bernajean Porter. Use links on left to explore examples, ideas, steps, tools, etc.
As you use the navigation links across the top to visit the various pages, take a few minutes on each page to view the powerful digital stories created by Daniel Meadows that appear in the player at the top of the screen and appreciate the power of simple photos and words to tell a story.
Tools to use
iMovie is a great tool for Mac users. This page describes features. Next bookmark below provides help/support for iMovie.
Help from Apple on using iMovie - text documents, videos, and community support.
Windows only - newer version (2012) lets you record voice narration; earlier versions only allowed you to upload a single audio track.
Alan Levine tells the same story using 50 (yes 50!) different tools. Great place to browse list of tools and see his short story in any of them.
Free download - Windows only - old/outdated, but still a great program if you happen to still have it on machines your work with.
"Meograph is the easiest way to create multimedia stories. With no training you can quickly create stories about the news, history, travels, life events, and more by combining video, audio, pictures, text, links, maps, and timelines. Then share by embedding anywhere on the web, or through your favorite social network."
With free account, you are limited to 30 seconds - but it's fast and easy to create an online video from your own images.
Story book tools for young children
"Storybird lets anyone make visual stories in seconds. We curate artwork from illustrators and animators around the world and inspire writers of any age to turn those images into fresh stories."
"StoryJumper StoryJumper is a website that allows kids to build their own books. You can easily create cover pages, add text, upload drawings or photos to illustrate your story, and you can use the StoryJumper clipart gallery, too. When you re done, you can order your own professionally published hardback book!"