There are an ever-growing number of online tools and resources related to reading material and digital storytelling. This week, your task is to check out and experiment with some of these. Remember to Diigo anything you find potentially useful.
From: Reading Resources & Digital Storytelling Guide
—-Abridged Lists—
Storybuilding Tools
- StoryBird Storybird.com
Seven Ways to Survive School (login required)
Allows users to make their own visual stories using contributed illustrations. Thousands of user generated stories to read and discuss. - StoryJumper (how to, create, examples)
Dumplings and Mandoo - MyStoryBook.com
(example My Five Senses)
Make your own comics and animations
- Storyboardthat.com – How-to Screencast – How-to Screencast#2 – Teacher ExamplesCurated Storyboards Lesson Materials Recent Boards
Wonder Materials - Makebeliefscomix.com/ComixApps: Comic & Meme Creator (android) Comic Strip (apple)
Storytelling Podcasts
- NPR: StoryCorps Podcast
When Living Out Of A Car, It’s Hard To Feel At Home
- The Moth Podcast
Texas Hold’ Em, Kin, and Cloistered Nuns
- Death, Sex, & Money
This Senator Saved My Life
- This American Life
Switched at Birth
Sources of Books/Reading Materials
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- English E-reader – a nice selection of graded readers that include recent publications
