Web-based animation, video and storytelling options grow » Moving at the Speed of Creativity
Overview of numerous tools for digital storytelling, including VoiceThread, Animoto, Fuzzwhich, Shapeshifter, and UStream.
Free Technology for Teachers: 7 Resources for Creating Cartoons and Comics
Online applications for creating comics and cartoons. Lots of possibilities for digital storytelling here.
Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling
Directory for the educational uses of digital storytelling website. Resources include getting started with digital storytelling, examples, tools, and evaluation. The Evaluation section includes information on some of the research being done in this area.
Reflections on Fourth Grade Collaborations | always learning
Kim Cofino reflects on doing the 1001 Flat World Tales with 4th graders--what the students learned and what she learned about managing these types of projects.
Children's Books Online - BigUniverse.com
You can read picture books online for free at this site, but the exciting part is being able to create your own books using their authoring tool and collection of images. Author blogs and other features are also available.
YouTube - A Vision of K-12 Students Today
A synthesis of information from several videos, including Michael Wesch's "Vision of Students Today" and Karl Fisch's "Did You Know." The style is similar to Wesch's video, where students hold up signs with text. This isn't so much new or innovative as a great example of a remix of content for a specific audience, focusing more on K-12 teachers.
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