Website Link
Description
http://www.pinkydinkydoo.com/storybox.html
Pinky Dinky Doo StoryBox [FREE]
http://www.storyjumper.com/
Anything can happen in a made-up story! The main
thing to know about Pinky Dinky Doo is that she
loves to make up stories — outrageous, bizarre, silly
stories. Every story has a strong beginning, middle,
and end that are full of meaty metaphors, silly
similes, and sometimes even a great take-home
message about littering or what to do if you get lost.
This application scaffolds the writing process quite
well, it plays back the story that has been created up
to a point (with text highlighting), and provides
verbal prompting to support students.
StoryJumper [FREE to create]
StoryJumper is an online tool that makes creative
writing fun for kids. Using our interactive workbook
and lesson plans, teachers spark students’ interest
in developing and writing complete stories. Students
can then put their creativity and project skills to work
in crafting their very own professionally published
hard-back books! The StoryJumper creator tool, art,
and lesson plans are free for teachers, kids and
parents to use. Once a book is complete, family and
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http://storybird.com/
friends can share the stories online, and can order
beautiful hardback copies of the book starting at just
$24.95 (Education discounts can apply).
ZooBurst [FREE basic account - with paid
options]
ZooBurst is a digital storytelling tool that lets anyone
easily create his or her own 3D pop-up books. Using
ZooBurst, storytellers of any age can create their
own rich worlds in which their stories can come to
life. Authors can arrange characters and props
within a 3D world that can be customized using
uploaded artwork or items found in a built-in
database of over 10,000 free images and materials.
ZooBurst books “live” online and can be
experienced on your desktop or laptop computer, or
on your iPad via the free ZooBurst mobile app.
Storybird [FREE to create and share online]
Storybird is a fun collaborative storytelling website. It
reverses visual storytelling by starting with the
image and “unlocking” the story inside. The featured
image to the left is a story I created about 2 years
ago. Students and teachers can create stories
together by combining imaginative artwork and text.
http://littlebirdtales.com/
The final product can be printed, watched on
screen, played with like a toy, or shared in an online
library with the world. Storybird promotes
imagination, literacy, and self-confidence. Creating,
sharing, and reading Storybird stories is free. **If
you upgrade to a membership, you can download
and print unlimited stories – well worth it if you have
all of your stories ready to go (which is free) and just
sign up for a 1 month subscription of $9 to download
and print.
Little Bird Tales [FREE]
Little Bird Tales was created to help nurture
children’s creativity and imagination while
simultaneously creating one of a kind childhood
treasures that can easily be shared. They are
dedicated to providing a safe web environment for
children, free of advertising, merchandising and
links to other sites. Students use Little Bird Tales to
create their own stories, share vacation photos,
write journals and learn valuable digital technology.
Little Bird Tales is free to use and you can add your
own images and audio recordings, and view the
story as a movie or you can download a PDF file to
http://www.studentpublishing.com/
http://www.kerpoof.com/ - /activity/storybook
print. Little Bird Tales has an iPad app available for
$2.99 –
Student Publishing [FREE]
Make students published authors! Publish individual
student stories or have them each contribute to a
classbook. The Storybook program includes a free
12-page storybook, which includes a title, dedication
and ‘About the Author’ biography page that includes
the Author’s photo. Stories can be illustrated and
authored online, or completed stories can be
uploaded. The Student Publishing online tool offers
many creative opportunities including illustrations
can be drawn by hand and scanned in, or created
entirely online with their drawing tools and hundreds
of paintable backgrounds and stickers.
Kerpoof [FREE]
The Kerpoof website is owned and operated by the
Walt Disney Company. Kerpoof is all about having
fun, discovering things, and being creative. Kerpoof
has many educational uses. Visit the educator page
(with ideas and lesson plans for how to use Kerpoof)
or read the flyer for educators if you want to learn
more. The story telling activity is great and provides
http://www.seussville.com/games_hb/storymaker/story_maker
.html
http://www.artisancam.org.uk/flashapps/picturebookmaker/ind
ex.php
opportunities for creative expression, motivation,
and opportunities for expressive language. After
your students have created a literary masterpiece
they can print or save their story.
Seussville Story Maker [FREE]
The Seussville Story Maker is ideal for students in
grades kindergarten – grade 2. The user is guided
to complete parts of the story by inserting characters
and typing their conversation. Three pages are
chosen by the user and when complete, they watch
(and read) a short animated Seussville story with
the characters from Horton Hears a Who. This
would be an ideal activity this week in the classroom
for the upcoming birthday of Dr. Seuss.
ArtisanCam Picture Book Maker [FREE]
ArtisanCam Picture Book Maker has been designed
to help teachers deliver a creative curriculum and
inspire young artists of the future. Students can
select from some nice pre-made images to create
their picture book and add their own text. The
sample to the left is one I created earlier. The
ArtisanCam Picture Book Maker allows for a front
and back cover and 3 double pages within. Once
http://www.carnegielibrary.org/kids/storymaker/
your students are finished, they can print their
storybook.
my StoryMaker [FREE]
Can a lion share a cupcake with an astronaut under
the sea? Your students have the power to decide –
choosing characters, taking them on adventures and
creating their very own story along the way. my
StoryMaker lets the user control characters and
objects – and it creates sentences for them! Or, they
can enter their own words. Once they are done with
their story, they can print it out. The user will be
given a number after their story is completed and it
must be downloaded and printed within 1 month or
the story will be removed.