Storytelling with AI

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storytelling with ai

November 18, 2025

Objective: High School students will lead groups of K, 1st, and 4th graders to create a picture book with Canva. AI will be used as a tool to support language, vocabulary, and creative execution. Leadership and collaborative learning will be emphasized. At the end of the lesson, students will realize that tech tools, can help transform a simple idea into a powerful story that showcases community building.

Choose your Template

What kind of story will you tell?
Where will your story take place?

NOTES for leaders:

(Things to ask your team)

Template:

WHERE do you want the story to take place?
(click VIEW template. OPEN in editor)
What do you want the characters to look like?

Story Ideas:

Who is the Main Character?
What is the Problem?
Who/What will help them?
How do they feel in the beginning? and at the end?

Title, Authors, & More:

Name the book
Who are the Authors?
What Colors would you like to use?

Edits with AI:

Magic Media

How can we change the Images or Characters?
Do you want things bigger or smaller?
Want to make an image 3D?
Let's use AI to make some changes!

Edits with AI:

Ask Canva

Can we expand this sentence (make it longer)?
Can we add dialogue (speech bubble)?
Who/What will help them?
How do they feel in the beginning? and at the end?

Ending your session...

Delete extra pages
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share your story here...

Click SHARE.
Click Public View Link
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