Creative Technology Tools Camp Day 3: Digital Story Creation

Children explored two tools today for creating digital stories.Creating digital stories provides opportunities for children to further develop their literacy skills (e.g. reading, writing, speaking & listening) and also to build “21st century skills” — critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and communication. Today the children used PhotoStory to create digital stories that included effects, audio, and text. Photostory is a free tool that can be downloaded from the Microsoft site. The children also explored Toontastics a free iPad app that allows children to draw, animate, & share cartoons online via ToonTube, Toontastic’s Global Storytelling Network.