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"Stories are a part of the bedrock of human evolution sharing wisdom, history and cultural values to citizens growing into their society."

Will you help Silvia Tolisano's students by letting them know what screencasts you want them to record? Thank you for taking a moment. This is a great project she's doing for these 6th graders. She does such a wonderful job of helping students develop an authentic audience.

The free movie program for Windows is Windows Movie Maker. This is a link to the version for Windows 7 and 8. It doesn't come loaded but you can install it for free.

We need judges for multimedia for the Flat Classroom project and netgen. A topic will take 3-4 hours to judge during early May. This is a great way to learn about the emerging technology trends in education and technology and to see the current range of student abilities in digital storytelling. Some college professors have students participate as part of their coursework to understand how such projects work. If this is you, please contact us at lisa at flatclassroom dot org and we'll see what we can do to coordinate your needs. The Flat Classroom project judges a few weeks earlier than NetGen (FCP is in early May versus NetGen in mid May). Thank you for your consideration and passing it along. This page is the instructions for the NetGen Project

Great rules for Digital Storytelling and working through writer's block or with reluctant writers. 

This site is a collaborative online drawing and animation project from Google and the UK's Tate Modern art gallery. Draw part of a picture and add to other people's creation. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Art%2C+Craft+%26+Design

This site provides a easy to use platform to create branching stories. Add a new story thread at the touch of a button and you can even add images from the web. Preview your story as a map, publish online and share with the link with others. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English

This site has a huge number of compelling visual writing prompts with text and questions to get your students thinking. There is something for everyone here! http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English

A great set of video of classic book titles, such as The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Green Ham and Eggs. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English

via David Kapuler https://plus.google.com/105869951428386281310/posts/KHGtSpCumhM

We teachers like to shake things up a bit and how better to begin than by adding a little randomness into your lessons. This is a great site that creates custom cubes which you can use as dice in class. They are easy to create and great for children make for a range of subjects and activities. Give it a roll. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Cross+Curricular

A well made storyboarding resource. Either use images from the gallery or upload your own. A free sign up is required to save your storyboards. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English

This is an interesting site that feels like a cross between coding and story writing. Make branching stories where readers choose what happens next. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English

The Society for Storytelling's annual 'National Storytelling Week' is a wonderful way to kickstart sharing stories and reading in your school. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Competitions+%26+Events

Find stories from amateur writers based on geographic location and upload your own. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English