1. Creating Digital Storybooks
By Dan Snyderman

2. What is a Digital Storybook?
A digital storybook is a movie that students create.
Students write a script or story, add pictures, and then narrate their story.

3. What’s So Good About them?
Great way to differentiate.
Students think it’s fun. They don’t realize they are writing!
Practice using technology skills.
Can be applied to many different areas of the curriculum.
Great results.
Can be done in any grade.

4. Examples of Digital Storybooks

5. Examples

7. Ways to Use Digital Storybooks
Creative Writing Projects
Present Information to the class
Book Reports
Science Reports
Visual/Talking Journal
Teach a lesson/ Differentiate

8. What do I need? Microsoft PowerPoint/ Apple Keynote/ Open Office.
Access to the Internet
Microphone or Computer that has one built in.

9. How to Make a Digital Storybook
Step 1
Open up PowerPoint. Start from scratch or download a template.
Step 2:
Have the students type in their story or presentation
Step 3: Find Pictures

10. Finding Pictures
Be aware of copyrights. Try to stay away from Google Images.
Creative Commons/ Copyright Free/ Public Domain

11. Great Sites for Free Pictures
Pics4learning.com
gettyimages.com
photo8.com
Creative commons search
Freephoto.com
Morguefile.com

12. Adding Pictures
Find pictures and add them into your storybook. To add pictures, right click with mouse (or hold control and click on the mouse with a MAC) and select copy image. Then go into your PowerPoint presentation. Right click the picture location and select paste.

13. How to Make a Digital Storybook
Add backgrounds
Can use pictures
Can use backgrounds in the program.
To add backgrounds to your story, either paste a picture into your story or use one of the programs. To use one of the program’s, go to the top and click slide design. Select any image you want. Be sure to click add to this slide only, or it will change all the backgrounds.

14. How to Make a Digital Storybook
Step 5: Add Voice
Click slideshow. Then select record narration. Then hit record.

15. How to Make a Digital Storybook
Step 6: Make it a movie!
Click File, Make A movie. Then select okay.

16. Things to Consider
Grade Level
Saving
Helpers
Copyright
Narration
Time

18. Questions?!