Digital Storytelling

Digital Storytelling

A brilliant 28 book on digital story telling.

The book covers projects, processes, as well as numerous ideas.

Although the book is old, all the software, as well as all the ideas

still apply. 

You can download all the software from my software page on the

right for free or click on the button below.

Golden rules of storytelling

Golden rules of storytelling

Andrew Stanton, the Pixar writer and director behind both Toy Story and 

WALL-E, has many ideas.  The clues to a great story.
Above see his golden rules of storytelling visualized 

by Karin Hueck and Rafael Quick of the Brazilian culture and science 

magazine Superinteressante. 

Click the image above to see a larger version.
Brilliant!!

Scholastic Story Starters

Scholastic Story Starters

This is REALLY AWESOME!!!

It is perfect for Foundation and senior primary school.

Choose a topic and then use the levers and get a story starter!!

There is also a very nice teachers guide!!

Story Maker

Story Maker

This site is from the Carnegie Library and it actually helps students make the book. 

It gives them a choice of characters, settings etc that they can put together in an 

infinite number of ways to make individual books.and it even helps with the sentences.

Perfect for Foundation Phase!

Oxford Owl Reading

Oxford Owl Reading

This is awesome!!!

250 online books to read!!!  Perfect for Foundation Phase.

You can read the books or the computer will read them for you.

There are also very good questions at the end of each book!!

Cube Creator

Cube Creator

This is really awesome!!  
If you want to plan a story, why not have a look at the story cube.

Map out the key elements of writing a story.

You can also save your file and continue to work on it later.

 

Story Map

Story Map

Story Map is a free interactive story planning tool from Read Write Think.
Story Maps provides four templates for outlining stories.
To use the templates students title their stories then choose one of
four templates to outline their stories.
The four template choices are conflict, setting, character, and resolution.
Students can print their completed templates.

 

Very nice !!

StoryJumper

StoryJumper

StoryJumper teaches children to write a story in just 7 steps using their
StoryStarter process. Finished books can be read on-screen or bought as a hardback.
Free signup, class setup available.

Comic Master

 Comic Master

Comic Master is a free tool designed for students to use to create comics in the
"graphic novel style".  Comic Master provides a drag and drop interface for students to
build their comics on. Students using Comic Master can select from a variety of layouts, backgrounds, characters, effects, and fonts.
Students can create free accounts on Comic Master to save their works and edit them
whenever they like. Comic Master gives students the option to create
and print multiple page stories.

Love this!!

Storybird

Storybird

 Storybirds are short, art-inspired stories you make to share, read, and print.

Register for free.

Very good and easy to you!!

There is also a teachers site