Digital Storytelling Apps for the Tablet
iPads and other mobile devices are now making it easier to publish multi-modal texts. Now one device can capture audio, video, images and text allowing students to tell their stories in many different ways. Best of all the apps below give students an opportunity to be published authors with an authentic audience for their work!
Book Creator
Book creator is an app for all ages from 5-55. It allows users to publish their work including audio, video, images, drawings and text. Once complete you can publish as an .epub or to your app reader. Book creator can be used to create a class book, bu merging different book creator publications together. Available on iPad and Android Tablet Cost: Free -$4.99 |
My Story App
If you are looking for an app to engage the youngest writers, my story app is a perfect choice. Writers are able to draw pictures, bring in their own photographs as well as stickers while adding text on the image or publishing their written story. A great app for the single iPad classroom as different student profiles can be set up. Available on iPad Cost: $3.99 |
Adobe Voice
A brand new app from adobe walks users through creating a variety of digital stories. Bring in your own images, creative commons pictures or icons from the noun project along with text and audio. When finished adobe hosts final products to be shared via a link. Available on iPad Cost: FREE |
Haiku Deck
Haiku poems are known for their powerful simplicity and haiku deck follows suit. Working on the power of a visual, haiku deck is a very simple tool that allows writers to create short simple texts with accompanying images. Why not have students try to retell favourite fairy tales in 10 slide or less? Available on iPad, also available online. Cost: FREE |
NFB Stop Mo Studio
Sometimes the best stories have no words at all. Stop Motion Animation is a technique that has been used for years but in the past has been too tedious for most classrooms. Apps like NFB Stop Mo Studio now make it easy to create stories with everyday objects around the house. Available on iPad Cost: $ 2.99 Try Lapse It Lite on the Android Tablet for FREE |
Looking for more digital storytelling apps? Check Out Apps for Digital Storytelling for the Ipad or David Kapuler's Pinterest Board of Apps & Sites