This document provides an overview of digital storytelling tools and resources for teaching students how to create stories. It discusses how stories shape personal identity and lists types of story elements. It then showcases various free web apps and mobile apps that allow students to generate storyboards, record audio, add images and text, and publish their digital stories. Assessment rubrics and acceptable use policies are also mentioned. The document encourages sharing stories to help students develop as storytellers.
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Wind
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Our students
can be the
heroes of their
life stories, we
just need to
show them how
to begin their
storiesâŚ