Friday, March 8, 2013

App of the Day: Story Creator

Story Creator is a great app to use for digital storytelling. With Story Creator you can easily create beautiful story books containing photos, videos, text, and audio all in one gorgeous collection. Story Creator truly brings your best stories to life and easily allows you to retell and share your most memorable moments.


Application for Education:
"Digital Storytelling is the practice of using computer-based tools to tell stories. Digital stories usually contain some mixture of computer-based images, text, recorded audio narration, video clips and/or music. Digital stories can vary in length, but most of the stories used in education typically last between two and ten minutes." (University of Houston)


Benefits of using Story Creator:
☆ 100% FREE
☆ Add as many stories as you like
☆ Sharing stories with friends and family is as easy as email
☆ Backup stories online so kids can't accidentally delete your hard work
☆ Download stories on multiple devices - create once, experience anywhere
☆ Can add photos, videos, audio, and text
☆ Can add photos from device, Dropbox, Flickr, Picasa, or Facebook
☆ Supports drawing tool to make stories truly your own
☆ Create a personal book cover for every story
☆ Add your own voice - bring stories to live by adding your own narrative
☆ Add audio highlights - highlights makes it really easy for kids to learn how to read
☆ Leave comments on stories shared by friends