Digital Storytelling Apps
PhotoPeach App- Upload images, enter text, and add music to create a dynamic slideshow. Available on the iPad.
Capzles App- Upload images, audio, video, text, and documents to create a multimedia timeline of events. Available on i-devices.
Toontastic- This app is designed to walk students through the storytelling process of choosing a scene, climax, setting, conflict, and characters. Students even choose music to match the characters’ emotions and create a digital storytelling video that is shared on their global digital storytelling online channel where the students win badges for their creations. Available on the iPad and iPod.
Story Wheel- an educational game in which players record a story by spinning the wheel to get a picture, and then narrate a portion of the story. Students can listen to their story with beautifully animated pictures.
StoryBots- create books on the iPad starring the student! The app is free for the iPad. Includes animations and art. Various options to purchase the book.
Tom Loves Angela- This has got to be one of the cutest apps. Students can create a video of Talking Tom trying to woo Angela. Tom repeats what students tell him to Angela, he sings songs, and can even repeat text typed to him. Angela is the first intelligent responding character of the series and will respond to questions and topics as in a conversation. This option you have to pay for. Students can create a video they email or upload to Youtube. The app is free for Android but you have to pay for i-devices $0.99 to $2.99.
Posterous- With this app, learners can include a mix of text, photos, audio, and videos as well as tags and location information in a blog post. Share immediately on Facebook and Twitter! Even allow others to add to your posts (set this up through the web app vs. the mobile app). Free version available online as well as various mobile devices including the iPhone, iPod, Android, and Blackberry.
StoryRobe- It’s incredibly easy for children and adults to create audio/visual stories on the iPhone and iPod Touch using this app. Use the built in microphone, or any 3rd party microphone to create audio recordings with photos and videos. You have the option to upload to Youtube or send it through e-mail. If it’s in their e-mail, then the parents can easily e-mail their child’s production to their friends! You don’t need an Internet connection to create the stories, but you do to send them! Available on the iPad and iPod.
Splice- Best video editing app for the iPhone, iPod, and iPad that is free. Add audio, transitions, images, and more.
Fotobabble- It’s incredibly easy for children and adults to create audio/visual stories on the iPhone and iPod Touch using this app. Use the built in microphone, or any 3rd party microphone to create audio recordings with photos.
Sock Puppets- If you enjoy playing with sock puppets, you’ll love this app that allows students to create a sock puppet show. Choose the sock puppet characters, personalize the characters by adding your voice, select the scene and props, and record a video. Send this by email or upload to Youtube. Watch this great example. Available on the iPad and iPod.
Puppet Pals- Choose the western characters, personalize the characters by adding your voice, select the scene and props, and record a video. Send this by email or upload to Youtube. Available on the iPad and iPod.
StoryKit- Create an electronic storybook by drawing on the screen, uploading images, recording sound effects and voice, laying out the elements of the story (text boxes, images, paint, and sound clips) freely by dragging them or pinching to resize, reordering pages, and uploading to the StoryKit web server. Email a link to the story. The application includes four public domain children’s books to rewrite and rearrange into a new story. Available on the iPad and iPod.
Animoto- Upload up to 10 images, choose a soundtrack from the library (many nice holiday tunes to choose from, and click a button to make a 30-second video. Sync your videos with your Animoto.com account, download videos for offline viewing, and make longer ones with an All-Access Pass. Available on the idevices and Android.
Voicethread- upload an image, text, or video. Invite others to comment through doodling, text, video, or audio. Available on i-devices.
Create A Comic App- free comic creation app for Android and i-devices.
Videolicious- video creation in 3 easy steps. For i-devices.
Talking Tom & Ben News Reporters- students create dialogues that reflect any news item worldwide and around the school. Kids will love when Tom and Ben report that news. The video they upload of the event shows in the middle while Tom and Ben narrate what is happening. Available for i-devices and Android.
Pocket Wave for iPad- Incredible sound editor that has many features similar to Audacity. Also allows you to download the sound clip in various forms- wav, mp3, etc.
Storyboarding 3D app- Create characters and stage them as you plan your story. You have a large database of characters, props, accessories, and movements to choose from. Your storyboards export as pdfs that can be mailed to you. This is only for the iPad and i-devices.
Popplet- Great app for i-devices that allows collaborative mindmapping. This is great for the brainstorming stages of planning a digital storytelling project. The free version only allows the creation of one mindmap.
Qwiki for the iPad- add narration to pictures, videos, etc. that talk about history and facts. Watch other Qwikis to discover information and do research in an interactive way
AudioBoo- Share audio stories in this online community. Go an extra step and create a qr code and have students scan and listen to the stories. Available for i-devices, Android, and Nokia.
Zooburst- This allows you to view on iPad the stories made with this 3D pop-up book online tool. You can’t create stories but if you scan Zooburst Story Codes you will see the digital story you made online on your iPad. The web tool is absolutely amazing and fantastic for students to create online 3D pop-up books they can embed, add their own photos to, and create dialogues for.
Bunsella Bedtimes Story- students narrate a children’s story, can upload personal photos that become part of the story, then email the video of the narrated story. Others can respond to these read stories. Available on i-devices.
Little Bird Tales- Students can draw their own art or upload images to create a book where they add their voice and text to narrate their story. Then they can embed, create PDFs and MP4s of their stories. Available for i-devices for $2.99 but the web tool allows for the creation of free stories
30hands - A fantastic user-friendly iOS app for
creating a story by adding a narrations to photos. Also has an excellent video
tutorial to help users create a story.
Animation Desk - A innovative iPad app that allows a user to create a custom drawing and then animate it, as well as adding sounds.
AnMish
A fun site to create a puppet, record audio, and then embed into a site to tell a story.
Art Maker - A wonderful iPad app for kids to create a digital story by selecting a background, adding characters, and then recording audio.
Bitstrips for Schools - A great site for creating digital comics in the classroom ,with lots of resources and an educational portal.
BoomWriter - A fantastic safe site for students (teachers create accounts - not student email required) to create digital stories/books through a collaborative process. Once a story is completed, it gets published online and an actual book can then be ordered.
Bunsella Bedtimes Story - A great iOS app that allows a person to record narration to a book to tell a story. Comic Life - Probably the most popular digital
comic iOS app for creating comics. This is a very fun and easy to use app for
telling the story by creating a customized comic.
Comic Master - One of my favorite sites for creating a digital comic by selecting a template, adding characters/props, and then adding text to tell a story.
Digital Films - A nice site for creating a digital animated story and then embedded into a site/blog to share it with others.
Five Card Flickr - A fun way to create a story through the use of five random Flickr photos.
i Tell a Story - Users of Garageband will feel right at home with this great iOS app for creating a digital story.
Inklewriter - A unique site that allows students to collaborate with others to build a story by branching off of other paths.
Make Beliefs Comix - A nice site for creating digital comics in a number of different languages as well of lots of educational resources.
Meograph - An innovative site for four dimensional storytelling that has an educational portal.
Moo-O - A fantastic site that has students use their own photo inside of a digital story.
My Story - A wonderful iPad app for creating a digital book/story. All a user has to do is draw or upload a picture, add some text, and then record audio to tell a story.
my StoryMaker - A very fun site for creating a digital story by adding lots of elements such as: characters, objects, backgrounds, and more
myCreate - An excellent iPad app for easily creating stop motion animations.
Myths & Legends - A great site for digital storytelling where users create a story by adding characters, scenes, and text. There is an educational portal.
Pixntell - A simple-to-use iOS app for organizing iPhotos into a story, then recording audio.
Pixton for Schools - A nice site with educational portal for creating digital comics.
Primary Access - An interesting site for creating a digital story with historical stock footage.
Qwiki - A simple to use iOS app for creating a story. Qwiki automatically groups pictures and videos to create a presentation. A user can then customize this by drag-n-dropping into any order they want or selecting specific music.
Scribble Press - A terrific iPad app for creating a digital book/story through drawing and object tools. Users can also order a print copy of their book.
SonicPics - A great iOS app for creating digital story by recording narrations to a user's photos.
Speech Journal - A nice iPad app for pairing recorded audio with a digital picture from one's iPhoto library to create a story.
Stage'D - A cool site for creating a visually stunning CGI rendered story.
Story Creator - One of my favorite iOS apps for
creating a digital story by syncing audio and photos together. Also, an option
allows for highlighting of text during narration to help a student with
reading.
Story Patch - A excellent site for creating a
story. Teaches a student the step-by-step process of story creation Storyplanet - A very innovative site for creating a digital story or video mashup. Users select a theme or template (or create their own), add video, photos, text, effects, etc. and then share with others.
StorySmith - A fun iPad app for telling a digital story with either a fantasy- or pirate-based theme.
Storytelling Alice - A wonderful free PC app that allows users to create a digital story. Helps build programming skills.
Strip Designer - A iOS app similar to Comic Life for creating a digital comic.
Toontastic - One of the most popular and fun iPad apps for digital storytelling by adding characters/objects to a background and recording your audio while moving the pieces around.
Tell a Tale - A interesting iPad app that has a user verbally tell a story based on the first and last sentence of a story and three images.
Tellagami - A nice way to tell a short story by creating an avatar and then recording audio, similar to Voki.
Tumblecloud - A unique site that allows users to collaborate on a digital story through a drag-n-drop interface.
UtellStory - A nice place to tell a story through audio, images, and video, as well as collaborating with others.
Web of Stories - A community where users tell their story through the use of video.
WriteComics - A simple to use site for creating a digital comic to tell a story.
Xtranormal - A very popular site for creating stunning animated videos, with educational portal.
Zeen - Create a story by adding text, images, music, videos and more, then embed into a site to share.
ZooBurst - An innovative site and iPad app for creating 3D digital popup books.
PhotoPeach App- Upload images, enter text, and add music to create a dynamic slideshow. Available on the iPad.
Capzles App- Upload images, audio, video, text, and documents to create a multimedia timeline of events. Available on i-devices.
Toontastic- This app is designed to walk students through the storytelling process of choosing a scene, climax, setting, conflict, and characters. Students even choose music to match the characters’ emotions and create a digital storytelling video that is shared on their global digital storytelling online channel where the students win badges for their creations. Available on the iPad and iPod.
Story Wheel- an educational game in which players record a story by spinning the wheel to get a picture, and then narrate a portion of the story. Students can listen to their story with beautifully animated pictures.
StoryBots- create books on the iPad starring the student! The app is free for the iPad. Includes animations and art. Various options to purchase the book.
Tom Loves Angela- This has got to be one of the cutest apps. Students can create a video of Talking Tom trying to woo Angela. Tom repeats what students tell him to Angela, he sings songs, and can even repeat text typed to him. Angela is the first intelligent responding character of the series and will respond to questions and topics as in a conversation. This option you have to pay for. Students can create a video they email or upload to Youtube. The app is free for Android but you have to pay for i-devices $0.99 to $2.99.
Posterous- With this app, learners can include a mix of text, photos, audio, and videos as well as tags and location information in a blog post. Share immediately on Facebook and Twitter! Even allow others to add to your posts (set this up through the web app vs. the mobile app). Free version available online as well as various mobile devices including the iPhone, iPod, Android, and Blackberry.
StoryRobe- It’s incredibly easy for children and adults to create audio/visual stories on the iPhone and iPod Touch using this app. Use the built in microphone, or any 3rd party microphone to create audio recordings with photos and videos. You have the option to upload to Youtube or send it through e-mail. If it’s in their e-mail, then the parents can easily e-mail their child’s production to their friends! You don’t need an Internet connection to create the stories, but you do to send them! Available on the iPad and iPod.
Splice- Best video editing app for the iPhone, iPod, and iPad that is free. Add audio, transitions, images, and more.
Fotobabble- It’s incredibly easy for children and adults to create audio/visual stories on the iPhone and iPod Touch using this app. Use the built in microphone, or any 3rd party microphone to create audio recordings with photos.
Sock Puppets- If you enjoy playing with sock puppets, you’ll love this app that allows students to create a sock puppet show. Choose the sock puppet characters, personalize the characters by adding your voice, select the scene and props, and record a video. Send this by email or upload to Youtube. Watch this great example. Available on the iPad and iPod.
Puppet Pals- Choose the western characters, personalize the characters by adding your voice, select the scene and props, and record a video. Send this by email or upload to Youtube. Available on the iPad and iPod.
StoryKit- Create an electronic storybook by drawing on the screen, uploading images, recording sound effects and voice, laying out the elements of the story (text boxes, images, paint, and sound clips) freely by dragging them or pinching to resize, reordering pages, and uploading to the StoryKit web server. Email a link to the story. The application includes four public domain children’s books to rewrite and rearrange into a new story. Available on the iPad and iPod.
Animoto- Upload up to 10 images, choose a soundtrack from the library (many nice holiday tunes to choose from, and click a button to make a 30-second video. Sync your videos with your Animoto.com account, download videos for offline viewing, and make longer ones with an All-Access Pass. Available on the idevices and Android.
Voicethread- upload an image, text, or video. Invite others to comment through doodling, text, video, or audio. Available on i-devices.
Create A Comic App- free comic creation app for Android and i-devices.
Videolicious- video creation in 3 easy steps. For i-devices.
Talking Tom & Ben News Reporters- students create dialogues that reflect any news item worldwide and around the school. Kids will love when Tom and Ben report that news. The video they upload of the event shows in the middle while Tom and Ben narrate what is happening. Available for i-devices and Android.
Pocket Wave for iPad- Incredible sound editor that has many features similar to Audacity. Also allows you to download the sound clip in various forms- wav, mp3, etc.
Storyboarding 3D app- Create characters and stage them as you plan your story. You have a large database of characters, props, accessories, and movements to choose from. Your storyboards export as pdfs that can be mailed to you. This is only for the iPad and i-devices.
Popplet- Great app for i-devices that allows collaborative mindmapping. This is great for the brainstorming stages of planning a digital storytelling project. The free version only allows the creation of one mindmap.
Qwiki for the iPad- add narration to pictures, videos, etc. that talk about history and facts. Watch other Qwikis to discover information and do research in an interactive way
AudioBoo- Share audio stories in this online community. Go an extra step and create a qr code and have students scan and listen to the stories. Available for i-devices, Android, and Nokia.
Zooburst- This allows you to view on iPad the stories made with this 3D pop-up book online tool. You can’t create stories but if you scan Zooburst Story Codes you will see the digital story you made online on your iPad. The web tool is absolutely amazing and fantastic for students to create online 3D pop-up books they can embed, add their own photos to, and create dialogues for.
Bunsella Bedtimes Story- students narrate a children’s story, can upload personal photos that become part of the story, then email the video of the narrated story. Others can respond to these read stories. Available on i-devices.
Little Bird Tales- Students can draw their own art or upload images to create a book where they add their voice and text to narrate their story. Then they can embed, create PDFs and MP4s of their stories. Available for i-devices for $2.99 but the web tool allows for the creation of free stories
30hands - A fantastic user-friendly iOS app for
creating a story by adding a narrations to photos. Also has an excellent video
tutorial to help users create a story.
Animation Desk - A innovative iPad app that allows a user to create a custom drawing and then animate it, as well as adding sounds.
AnMish
A fun site to create a puppet, record audio, and then embed into a site to tell a story.
Art Maker - A wonderful iPad app for kids to create a digital story by selecting a background, adding characters, and then recording audio.
Bitstrips for Schools - A great site for creating digital comics in the classroom ,with lots of resources and an educational portal.
BoomWriter - A fantastic safe site for students (teachers create accounts - not student email required) to create digital stories/books through a collaborative process. Once a story is completed, it gets published online and an actual book can then be ordered.
comic iOS app for creating comics. This is a very fun and easy to use app for
telling the story by creating a customized comic.
Comic Master - One of my favorite sites for creating a digital comic by selecting a template, adding characters/props, and then adding text to tell a story.
Digital Films - A nice site for creating a digital animated story and then embedded into a site/blog to share it with others.
Make Beliefs Comix - A nice site for creating digital comics in a number of different languages as well of lots of educational resources.
my StoryMaker - A very fun site for creating a digital story by adding lots of elements such as: characters, objects, backgrounds, and more
myCreate - An excellent iPad app for easily creating stop motion animations.
Myths & Legends - A great site for digital storytelling where users create a story by adding characters, scenes, and text. There is an educational portal.
Story Creator - One of my favorite iOS apps for
creating a digital story by syncing audio and photos together. Also, an option
allows for highlighting of text during narration to help a student with
reading.
story. Teaches a student the step-by-step process of story creation
StorySmith - A fun iPad app for telling a digital story with either a fantasy- or pirate-based theme.
Web of Stories - A community where users tell their story through the use of video.