Digital Storytelling

• Digital Storytelling allows students to utilize music, images, video, text, and narration to compose digital books!
• Digital Storytelling ranges from a simplistic combination of a few images and narrations to riveting stories filled with sound effects, music, images, video, narration, and text that leave the reader wanting more!
• There are many free programs that can be used for Digital Storytelling.
• Some of my favorite programs are listed below.
• Some programs are web based and others are downloadable, and of course most have free versions that I use!

 

Photostory

Free and easy to use!

Great for 2nd Grade and Older

Add images, narrations, video, text

Helpful script section allows students to follow their text as the narrate

Upload or create music and sound effects

 

Click here if you want to...

• Learn more about Photostory
• Watch a 'How to' tutorial!
• Watch a Photo Story created by 5th grade students

 

Animoto

Free for educators

Takes just a few minutes to finish a project

Upload images, pictures, and videos

Upload or select music from their library

Can't add narration or text

Less Control and creativity options than Photostory

 

Click here if you want to...

• Learn more about Animoto
• Watch an Animoto created by 4th grade students
• Make your own Animoto Video