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"Lately, I have discovered many cool free apps that are incredible for creating digital stories, reading stories, and interacting with stories. These apps are incredibly engaging and meet the needs of our diverse learners. They allow learners to interact with the plot, characters, and even design of the story. They also support multiple learning styles because they are visual, have sound, and animation. Students can even begin to craft their own stories using their voices, drawings, images, videos, and so much more!"

I love using online tools and apps which allow students to customise and develop their creativity. There are many avatar makers and creature creators available. I have updated this presentation to include a few new ones I have found. I have also included a few ideas on how to use them in the classroom.

Fakebook is the newest tool over at the excellent ClassTools site (Russel Tarr is the creative genius behind the site). Teachers and students can use it to: - chart the career of a historical character - create a timeline of important events - outline the main plot of a book, play or film and so on!

very clever way to get kids thinking differently about content/context

Popplet is a new web app that is like Wallwisher on steroids. You can make an online "bulletin-board" with virtual "post-its" (called "popplets), just like in Wallwisher. And, except for the fact you have to register to use it, Popplet is just as easy and, in some ways, easier to use with a lot more functionality. With Popplet, you search for images and videos on the Web directly within the "popplet" instead of copying and pasting the url address (as you need to do in Wallwisher). You can draw within the "popplet" and it doesn't appear to have an limit on the number of characters you can use. You can connect the "popplets." You can also embed the whole thing.

Definitely looking further into this one!

sweet, text to voice qr code, add instructions to a qr code or an explanation of what to do. Limited to 150 characters so mini tweet it!

Lovely set of rules for developing great characters.

Make conversations between characters etc

Great for Shailani to let kids "correct"mistranlations. Select target language and enter text in the box above, then press Enter. Maximum text length is 1,000 characters.

On GoAnimate you can make your own animated characters, direct your own cartoons and watch others' creations. It's easy, fun and free!

These online preschool learning games are a great way to introduce your little one to a computer, while also helping them to learn some early skills for math and language. They include all their favorite characters, and are guaranteed to keep them engaged for weeks to come. Read more: http://www.brighthub.com/video-games/family/articles/86218.aspx#ixzz0z5HnqdjS