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This article takes you through the process of creating a digital storytelling project. It also offers a sample lesson plan how to implement digital storytelling in your language class.

Here is a list of the top 17 free digital storytelling apps on Ipad. http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/07/top-20-free-digital-stotytelling-apps.html

This particular portion of the site affirms how storytelling using online tools for slideshows supports common core.  There are other areas of the site that are very useful as well. 

Spanish storytelling 

Storybird is a visual storytelling community. A global hub of readers, writers, and artists of all ages. Students and teachers can make, read, and share short, visual stories with an easy-to-use tool. Teachers and students can select artwork, drag and organize photos, and add your own text to create beautiful digital stories. These creations can then be published on the web with adjustable privacy settings and with the option to allow comments, which is perfect for teachers to encourage student collaboration. In addition, there is the option to create a classroom account. You can sign up for free or consider an upgrade to a paid account. World Language teachers can create stories for their students to read and share online. Students can also read or create short visual stories to share with their teacher and their peers.

Digital stories push students to become creators of content, rather than just consumers. Weaving together images, music, text, and voice, digital stories can be created in all content areas and at all grade levels while incorporating the 21st century skills of creating, communicating, and collaborating

Making comic strips in the TL - fun for writing practice

This LiveBinder is dedicated to helping teachers find the right web tool for the task at hand. This LiveBinder by Tim Wilhemus has resources for items like video editing, audio editing, URL management, file management, online publishing, digital storytelling, curation tools, social networking, media sharing, drawing tools, blogging, iApps, time management, etc

Storybirds are short, art-inspired stories you can make and share on any device. I think the artwork might help inspire even the most tentative of L2 writers. I can envision using this in a beginning Spanish course, to get students thinking creatively.