Extra Resources

• University of Houston: Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling
• Creating Lifelong Learners - Video in the Classroom - great resources for royalty free images & music/sound

Examples of Using Digital Story Telling in your Classsroom: 

Language Arts / English

• Digital Poetry Example - Share your knowledge about poetry or create your peom and tell the story through pictures and words

Mother's Day Tribute

• Dear Mom

Social Studies - History

• Great Depression  - Can your students retell history?

Digitally Responsible Resources: Copyright Friendly Wiki

Image Search Engines

• go to Flickr search, type in 'tree', click advanced search ... scroll down near the bottom of the page and Check "Only search within Creative Commons-licensed content"  you will only get images that are copyrightfree (free to use) however please inform your students to record the name and weblink at the end of the presentation
• Behold - please read terms and use
• Picture Sandbox
• Compfight

Royalty Free Sound

• Soungle.com
• Soundsnap

Here is a nice example of a digital story created by grade 6-7 students.