50 Sites and Apps for Digital Storytelling

It's the last week of school and nothing will prove more fun than a few more intricate stories woven into your academic day!  Have fun with the following sites and apps provided by Tech and Learning.

Digital Storytelling is the process of telling a story through the use of
digital means. It also happens to be one the easiest ways to integrate
technology into the classroom. Educators can use digital storytelling with
almost any subject and can even "flip" their classroom by using mobile apps. 
Below is my comprehensive list of sites/apps that can be used for digital
storytelling, presented in alphabetical order.

1. 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.


2. Animation Desk - A innovative iPad app that
   allows a user to create a custom drawing and then animate it, as well as adding
   sounds.


3. AnMish
   - A fun site to create a puppet, record audio, and then embed into a site to
   tell a story.


4. Art Maker - A wonderful iPad app for kids to
   create a digital story by selecting a background, adding characters, and then
   recording audio.


5. Bitstrips for Schools - A great site for creating
   digital comics in the classroom ,with lots of resources and an educational
   portal.


6. 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.


7. Bunsella Bedtimes Story - A great iOS app that
   allows a person to record narration to a book to tell a story.


8. 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.


9. 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.


10. Digital
    Films - A nice site for creating a digital animated story and
    then embedded into a site/blog to share it with others.


11. Five
    Card Flickr - A fun way to create a story through the use of five
    random Flickr photos.


12. i Tell a Story - Users of Garageband will feel
    right at home with this great iOS app for creating a digital story.


13. Inklewriter - A unique site that allows students
    to collaborate with others to build a story by branching off of other
    paths.


14. Little Bird
    Tales - One of the most popular sites for digital storytelling
    that allows students to create their own art and record their voice. Also, there
    is a excellent iOS app available for mobile learning.


15. Make
    Beliefs Comix - A nice site for creating digital comics in a
    number of different languages as well of lots of educational resources.


16. Meograph - An innovative site for four
    dimensional storytelling that has an educational portal.


17. Moo-O - A fantastic site that has students use
    their own photo inside of a digital story.


18. 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.


19. my
    StoryMaker - A very fun site for creating a digital story by
    adding lots of elements such as: characters, objects, backgrounds, and
    more.


20. myCreate - An excellent iPad app for easily
    creating stop motion animations.


21. Myths
    & Legends - A great site for digital storytelling where users
    create a story by adding characters, scenes, and text. There is an educational
    portal.


22. Pixntell - A simple-to-use iOS app for organizing
    iPhotos into a story, then recording audio.


23. Pixton for Schools - A nice site with educational
    portal for creating digital comics.


24. Primary
    Access - An interesting site for creating a digital story with
    historical stock footage.


25. 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.


26. 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.


27. SonicPics - A great iOS app for creating digital
    story by recording narrations to a user's photos.


28. Speech Journal - A nice iPad app for pairing
    recorded audio with a digital picture from one's iPhoto library to create a
    story.


29. Stage'D - A cool site for creating a visually
    stunning CGI rendered story.


30. Sock Puppets - A very fun iOS app that allows
    users to lip-sync audio to a sock puppet. One of my kids' favorites!


31. 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.


32. Story Patch - A excellent site for creating a
    story. Teaches a student the step-by-step process of story creation.


33. Storybird - A great site with educational portal
    where students create art-inspired stories and then embed into a site/blog.


34. StoryJumper - A fantastic site for creating a
    digital story by building a story from scratch or choosing one of the story
    starters. A student can add objects, text, and even upload their own art
    too.


35. StoryKit - A simple-to-use iOS app for telling a
    story by adding text, photos, and audio.


36. 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.
    


37. StorySmith - A fun iPad app for telling a digital
    story with either a fantasy- or pirate-based theme.


38. Storytelling Alice - A wonderful free PC app that
    allows users to create a digital story. Helps build programming skills.


39. Strip Designer - A iOS app similar to Comic Life
    for creating a digital comic.


40. 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.


41. 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.


42. Tellagami - A nice way to tell a short story by
    creating an avatar and then recording audio, similar to Voki.


43. Tumblecloud - A unique site that allows users to
    collaborate on a digital story through a drag-n-drop interface.


44. UtellStory - A nice place to tell a story through
    audio, images, and video, as well as collaborating with others.


45. VoiceThread - One of the most popular educational
    sites/apps for creating a interactive digital storytelling by uploading
    multimedia content and recording an audio narration. A finished VoiceThread can
    then be embedded into a site/blog.


46. Web of
    Stories - A community where users tell their story through the
    use of video.


47. WriteComics - A simple to use site for creating a
    digital comic to tell a story.


48. Xtranormal - A very popular site for creating
    stunning animated videos, with educational portal.


49. Zeen -
    Create a story by adding text, images, music, videos and more, then embed into a
    site to share.


50. ZooBurst - An innovative site and iPad app for
    creating 3D digital popup books.