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sandbox for para para - simple slideshow creator

good app that kids (ages 6+) can use to unleash their creativity through digital storytelling activities that involve the creation, writing, and publishing of visually appealing multimedia stories. This free app has a kids-friendly interface and provides a set of easy tools such as drag and drop, stickers, text, emoticons, voice recording and backgrounds that make every story come alive.

Get a free sample or buy Six-Word Story, Six Unique Shots: Enhancing Writing Through Multimedia by Don Goble on the iTunes Store. You can read this book with iBooks on your iPad.

Digital storytelling -- using tools such as video and social media to convey ideas and share information -- fosters critical thinking, creates meaningful projects and connects students to a larger audience beyond school walls, educator Michael Hernandez writes in this commentary. He shares five ideas to inspire young digital storytellers.

Kent Manning's site about digital storytelling