ICT - Class 10 - 12 September 2014

Some things to bear in mind (Source: The Power of Storytelling in the Classroom)

• stories are a way of passing down cultural beliefs, traditions, and history.
• stories help us to organize and store information.
• they go straight to the heart.
• they produce a sense of joy in language and words.
• they're the best presents teachers can give to their students - they belong to the students forever.
• storytelling isn't story reading

Some Moviemaking and Storytelling tools:

• WeVideo: wonderful Google App! Create really professional videos!
• Voicethread: combines pictures, documents, or videos with recorded audio.
• Animoto: (NOT FREE) 
• Speechable: add speech bubbles to photos.
• Fotobabble: create talking photos - similar to Voicethread?
• Toondoo: create comic strips / toons or characters / books.
• ReadWriteThink: Comic creator (but very few options / pictures).
• MakeBeliefsComix: create comics (lots of options - but can be printed or emailed).
• Bubblr: create comics using real photos from Flickr (photonovels) - then add speech bubbles.
• Toonlet: create characters for avatars / comics with loooooots of options.
• Comic Master: create graphic novels - much more complete (dialogues, captions, backgrounds, special effects, etc)
• Sock Puppets: create lip-synch puppets (with your own voice) and controlled their movements with your fingers (only IPAD or IPHONE)
• Zooburst: create augmented reality 3D pop-up books.
• Storyjumper: create a story, and add a book cover (for a price) - it also has a classroom editions that helps teachers manage their students' stories (Free).
• Blabberize: use a real picture and "blabberize" it - make it talk!
• My Storymaker: choose characters and create stories on the way - add sentences (it creates them for you or you can make them). When you finish, you can print it.
• Glogster: EDUGlogster (NOT FREE anymore)
• Voki: create speaking avatars 
• Picture Book Maker: create a story book (crayon-drawn like) 
• Storybird: use pre-created images to create a story
• Voxopop: create oral discussion boards.
• GoAnimate: beautiful tool (thanks Gabi for showing it to me) that helps you creat animated stories.

More Apps for telling Stories on your Mobile Devices

• Write About This! Prompts (journaling and writing prompts - needs ITUNES)
• FriendStrip ComicCreator (design a comic book - ANDROID)
• Toontastic for StoryTelling (create high quality cartoons)
• Publish Stories on iPads (write your own storybook)
• Slideshows with ShadowPuppet (record narrated slideshows)
• Colorful iPad DrawingTool (illustrate a story)
• Toontastic Jr. ShrekMovie Maker (retells a story)
• Scribble My Story (write your own storybook)
• Tell a Tale on iPads (writing prompts)
• Inspiration Lite forMind Mapping(brainstorm ideas)
• Pirate Scribblebeard's Treasure (draw pictures for a storybook)
• Graphic Organizers:Idea Sketch (plan a story)
• Sock Puppets
• Comics Head. (IPAD)