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More Storybird - digital storytelling tool (Octshowntell)

As mentioned yesterday I am trying out open source tools that can be used in teaching and learning. Today I tried storybird. It is a collaborative tool that allows people to create their own stories. It is aimed at families and children. It's purpose to connect people.

The pictures that you can reuse are amazing and I believe it can be used to create learning materials and learning experiences. This is a little story about me and Endnote. My little story was taken down because it mentioned a specific creative product. However, here is another:

minnie's adventures... on Storybird

How I took control of my citations with Endnote  

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Some educational technology to try

A  colleague of mine spoke highly of Xtranormal for creating 3D videos. It is very simple. Skills required:

  1. Typing
  2. Clicking and dragging

It is free to use. However if you want to use some of the premium features you will need to pay. Furthermore the desktop version is not available for MAC. 

Here is my first video. As you probably know by now I adore robots and haiku. So I combined them both in this test.

weeping cherry tree
drapes blossom laden limbs 
over the garden pathway


I believe it is a great tool for creating teaching and learning resources but also to get your students to create videos. How do you think you could use it in a information literacy context? 

 

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