debbie oestreicher's List: Technology - Digital Storytelling

* Mindomo
Behind all creative works lie many hours of idea work. Mindomo helps you organise your creativity.
* Cartoonist
Cartoonist lets you create comic strips in exotic universes or produce funny stories with your own images!
* MovieEditor
Do you dream of making films? MovieEditor turns you into a filmmaker in 1-2-3, with the entire Internet as your audience.
* AudioEditor
What would a film be without a soundscape? With AudioEditor, you can create soundscapes that speak for themselves.

On Kerpoof, users can create art, stories, and animated movies using a simple 3D interface. When users are done, they can save it to their gallery, share it with others, and vote on their favorites.

online tools that allow students to create short movie clips. Students can create an interview type show where they interview characters in the book, create a short movie trailer for the book, or actually have characters act out portions of the book.

online tools that allow students to create short movie clips. Students can create an interview type show where they interview characters in the book, create a short movie trailer for the book, or actually have characters act out portions of the book. You can also create posters

It is simple to create, record, and share audio

It is simple to create, record, and share audio

Animoto for education is a site where students can create compelling and impressive digital content quickly and easily. It is the perfect addition to your classroom’s digital storytelling kit. It is very intuative and easy to use, in no time students have digital videos that they created! This is also an amazing place for you, the teacher, to create a video that will bring your lessons to life. You can post or embed videos on your class site or even, are you ready for this?, download for in class presentations. Animoto for Education makes it simple to mix audio and visual for a dynamic, unique presentation in no time. It is so easy to use that students could create a complete animoto presentation in one computer class.

Storybird is a fun new collaborative storytelling website. Storybird makes it easy to create and tell stories digitally. Students and teachers can create stories together by combining imaginative artwork and text. The final product can be printed, watched on screen, played with like a toy, or shared in an online library with the world. “Storybird promotes imagination, literacy, and self-confidence.” Creating, sharing, and reading Storybird stories is free.

Resources, ideas, tips, and tools for digital storytelling