The excellent Discovery Education Network virtual conference I attended Saturday gave me some great ideas. One was this site that shows 50 ways to tell a digital story. I've used a few of the ways with some classes and we have had lots of fun. I will have class samples soon. You can see all of the 50 ideas here:http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryTools
Some of my favorites are Toon Doo, Voice Thread and Blabberize! :) I can't wait to try more. My 5th graders loved Blabberize and they will soon help our 1st graders make the animal pictures tell all kinds of interesting facts they have learned while researching. 4th graders are storytelling by creating cartoons and I can't wait to use Voicethread for sharing with our younger students. I hope you have as much fun as we have with these cool web 2.0 collaborating tools!
Learn about Voicethread here:
Here is a voicethread I created to try out the video doodling and stop motion video. Cool!
See a sample Toon Doo where you can bring in your own photos. How about creating a book simliar to Knufflebunny with real pictures and cartoons mixed?
And of course, a talking amphibian. Our 5th graders loved making covered wagons and gold talk as they explained what happened during the westward movement. They also made cells talk.
Just remember that anyone can post a blabber so there might be inappropriate creations along with the innocent posts. I had the students use a unique tag so that we could find our blabbers easily.
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