Reading Resources & Digital Storytelling

There are an ever-growing number of online tools and resources related to reading material and digital storytelling.  This week, your task is to check out and experiment with some of these.  Remember to Diigo anything you find potentially useful.

From:   Reading Resources  &   Digital Storytelling Guide 

—-Abridged Lists—
Storybuilding Tools

• StoryBird Storybird.com
  Seven Ways to Survive School  (login required)
  Allows users to make their own visual stories using contributed illustrations. Thousands of user generated stories to read and discuss.
• StoryJumper  (how to, create, examples)
  Dumplings and Mandoo
• MyStoryBook.com
  (example My Five Senses)

Make your own comics and animations

• Storyboardthat.com – How-to Screencast – How-to Screencast#2 – Teacher ExamplesCurated Storyboards Lesson Materials Recent Boards
  Wonder Materials
   
• Makebeliefscomix.com/Comix

  Apps:  Comic & Meme Creator (android)  Comic Strip (apple)
   

Storytelling Podcasts

• NPR: StoryCorps Podcast
  When Living Out Of A Car, It’s Hard To Feel At Home
   
• The Moth Podcast
  Texas Hold’ Em, Kin, and Cloistered Nuns
   
• Death, Sex, & Money
  This Senator Saved My Life
   
• This American Life
  Switched at Birth

Sources of Books/Reading Materials

• English E-reader – a nice selection of graded readers that include recent publications
• Busan English Digital Library
• Manybooks.net
   
• AudioBooks:   OpenCulture.com   Libravox
   
• Story Online Storylineonline.net
  Videos of famous people reading storybooks. Includes printable handouts with activities, but not the original text of the books.
   
• ChildrensLibrary.org
   1000’s of children’s books from around the world , sortable by age level and book type.

• StarFall.com
  Excellent resource for younger students learning to read

High-Interest sources of reading material for students

• Time for Kids  Simplified articles from the magazine, Kid reporters, and lesson materials.
   
• National Geographic Kids
  Tigers Cuddle with Apes Print-friendly materials on countries, animals, and science.  The site also has a variety of videos, games, puzzles, and photo activities.
   
• Webtoons
   
• Kidjutsu, Comics for Kids  
  Free comics sorted by type and age level

Korea-related