Thing #10 Digital Storytelling

Just discovered Microsoft's Story Book 3--a free online digital story maker.  You can watch a step-by-step tutorial here: http://www.misd.net/fig/Photo%20Story%203/Photo%20Story%203.html

Then just download some pictures, add some motion, dialogue and music, then publish!  What fun!
Here's a storyboard of my little story:

And if you'd like to see the finished product, here it is:

I've shown it to a few friends and got fun feedback--their only suggestions would be to add a few more slides of how Habibi and Fishbones look today.  We could all see lots of ways to use this in a literacy based classroom since literacy is all about telling stories or listening to someone else's.  I can see exploring theme, setting, characters, author studies and digital book reports.  I can see making student to student book recommendations or research reports using this fun tool.  Especially for the reluctant writer, this is a tool I will definitely use.  We could also use it to write video letters to servicemen, grandparents, authors.  This one is a keeper! 
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