More Tools for Digital Storytellers by Ozge Karaoglu
Apr
20
Written by:
4/20/2010 7:17 PM
"In the
end,folks, we ain't nothing but a song.. a story" Joe Lambert
Here are some
more tools to create your web based digital stories.
Tikatok is an online
platform to write, illustrate and publish online stories. You can start
writing your book with StorySparks that are like writing prompts. The
beginning of the story is automatically added to your story's beginning.
You can also print your book.
If you are
looking for a similar site to Glogster, you should visit Magnoto.
You can
add your photos, videos, audios in a magnetic style to the web. You can
also send your content as an email. It's like sticking different media
on a refrigerator door.
Storyjumper is a site that
gives you different tools to write and illustrate stories. You choose
the type of the story you want to make ,then you 'll see the story
creator tool on your way. You can start from scratch or you can get a
beginning to create your story. You can read some of the books here.
You can create
your personalized stories using StorySomething. The stories are
already written, you choose your own adventure and change the name of
the characters of the story and publish it.
FineTuna
lets you add
comments to any image and share it with others.BubbleSnaps and WigFlip are similar tools to
add text to images.
You can have
your virtual monster pet with MoshiMonsters. You can
adapt your own pet monster, chat with friends and play games.
PhotoPeach
is a rich slide show with zooming comments, sound effects and music.
You can also create quizzes after you finish your slide show.
MadeupMemories lets you
customize videos by putting your personal pictures. You can choose to
be a princess, a toy, a superhero! Just choose your video, upload your
picture and publish it. You can also download it to your computer and
keep it on your desktop forever!
Sketchfu
allows
you to draw your own pictures and share it with others.
Enjoy and stay
tuned!
If you want to
explore more digital storytelling tools, you can read my other posts on
digital storytelling:
This post is also cross posted on my blog.
7 comment(s) so far...
More Tools for Digital Storytellers by Ozge Karaoglu
Love Tikatok. We did the same thing this year with StudentTreasures, but my students had to write the book.This is much easier.
By Lisa on
6/10/2010 3:29 PM
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Thank you very much for the ideas. I was looking for something to help my third grade students tell stories -- StoryJumper looks perfect.
Brad Flickinger
Tech Teacher
Bethke Elementary
http://www.schooltechnology.org
By bradflickinger on
4/29/2010 3:40 AM
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I haven't looked at all the tools for digital storytellers, but I was a bit surprised by what I found on my first attempt - CardFunk.
The idea is clever, however after I created the card, of a man in a shirt, tie and underwear, I played it. To my surprise and disappointment, I watched my "friend" strip, then grope himself.
This may be acceptable for adults, but certainly not for school age children. Whether or not the children would be allowed to use this tool for making cards for their friends, I am taken aback that they would be directed to such a website.
The card is not obscene; it is simply in poor taste. I suggest that CardFunk be removed from this list of tools for digital storytellers unless you explicitly warn all potential users of its inappropriate content.
By Anthony Mournian on
4/29/2010 12:01 PM
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Great article. I went to Tikatok and it was just what I was looking for. Thanks for the inspiration.
Brad Flickinger
Tech Teacher, Colorado
By on
4/30/2010 8:00 AM
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Hi Anthony,
Agreed with what you said though I've been using card funk to create e-cards. Some of them are not appropriate, yes that's true, so this is what we should be careful about using Web 2.0 tools with our kids. Thanks for reminding us this.
On the post, I didn't mention that those tools can be used with students. It completely depends on you. You use it for your kids and you double check all the time before you go into the classroom or you create your digital stories for yourself.
There are also some other great tools for storytelling on this post, you haven't mentioned which one you liked???
Ozge
By ozge karaoglu on
4/29/2010 9:27 PM
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Collaborative digital storytelling...across countries and cultures...and a way to post the work for viewing by a worldwide audience is offered at ePals.
Check out Digital Storytelling at: http://www.epals.com/projects/info.aspx?DivID=Digital_overview
This gives a way for two classes to collaborate on a digital story.
Check out "Storytelling" with many resources at: http://www.epals.com/projects/info.aspx?divid=storytelling_home
Both of these are free resources.
Watch ePals students from Ankara, Turkey as they put on Karagoz and Hacivat, a shadow play, an ancient method of storytelling.
Contribute your student work (after joining the free teacher community).
By Rita Oates on
5/13/2010 11:22 PM
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Made Up Memories is my favourite of the suggestions you make in your excellent article.
By Jon | Aesthetic Training on
6/28/2011 3:45 AM
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