Digital Storytelling

Prompts and Ideas

Paper Slide Videos - great resources and 'how to'

Photo Prompts - visual images with thought-provoking questions

10 Ideas for Classroom Video Projects -

Shape Walk - idea for integrating digital images

6 Words are the Way In - Larry Smith, SMITH Magazine

6 Word Stories Can Say a Lot - from Daniel Pink

6 Word Story Project 

What's Your "Six-Word Memoir?" - from NPR; Can you tell your life story in exactly six words?

Pixar's 22 Rules of Storytelling - Love #9 When you’re stuck, make a list of what wouldn’t happen next.

Tools, Techniques, and Tutorials

Bungee - Fonts for multi-color and vertical typography

Textgiraffe - FREE! Make your own logo!

Edit Photo - free online photo editor 

Cleanup.pictures - Remove objects, people, text, and defects

Mixkit - Awesome free assets for your next video project:  Stock video clips, stock music, sound effects & video templates 

Pixar in a Box - Khan Academy

Unsplash - royalty free images

Rebus Club - generates Rebus sentences/puzzles that are easily copied and shared

Pixel Art - Create a pixilated image!

AutoDraw

Chrome Canvas - Simple, useful drawing application

Brush Ninja - FREE hand-drawn GIF creator

Word Art - create word clouds in shapes; can even upload an image to create a custom word cloud

Remove Background - FREE tool that erases image backgrounds and creates a .png

Erase Background - another FREE tool

Sticky AI - FREE app that removes backgrounds and allows for making images into stickers (iOS and Android)

iMovie and Green Screen - Excellent 'how-to'

iMovie Basics for the iPad

ThingLink - Create powerful images with music, video, sound, & text. Share and discover deeper stories though images. Resources

Sketchnotes - a great way to take notes and tell a story

Learn How to Animate Like a Disney Animator in this Video Course 

Make Beliefs Comix - Create your own comix strip - it's easy and fun!

Image Chef - create visual poetry

EmojiTranslate - 

PicLit - a combination of words placed on a photograph to capture the essence, story and meaning of the picture.

Goodbye Essay, Hello Podcast - classroom tips and suggested tutorials are shared

Common Craft - Cut-out Library

PinWords - Instantly add text to your images

5 Ways to Save Time on Presentation Prep - Haiku Deck tips