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Storybird is a Web 2.0 tool used for creating attractive online storybooks. The site offers a lot of artwork by professional illustrators to serve as clip art for story creation. Storybird stands out to me among many other Web 2.0 storytelling tools simply because of the beautiful artwork users can choose from. I do a lot of lessons across K-6 classes on the elements that make up fiction. I think Storybird would be a great way for students to think about storytelling elements by making their own stories. Storybird offers student accounts, and teachers can create assignments, set due dates, and designate students to work collaboratively on assignments. I don't feel that teaching students to use Storybird would prove very difficult. Any students familiar with Powerpoint creation would probably be able to get started with minimal instruction.

I have never heard of this website before - this is fantastic! There are endless applications for this type of website, and the artwork is indeed beautiful.

This is a great resource for educators as well; you can create a "pin board" of images, videos, websites that are of interest to you. There are certain categories of public "pin boards" - the educators category is GREAT! Although a lot of them are geared towards elementary schools, there are some great ideas for educators at any level.

I am such a fan of Pinterest. I have a board for everything! It is funny how you will start out just exploring the Pinterest site, and before you know it, you find yourself "Pinning" everything you come across on the web! Engaging students in a research project where they can utilize the different Pins provided, or having them post representative images for a visual literacy activity are just two of the many ways to use Pinterest with students.