Little Bird Tales is a great tool for digital storytelling! Students can add voice and text to images to create their very own story. The images can be uploaded from your computer, or illustrated right on the site. Then, you can easily share your story via a link or embed code. Below is a intro video about this tool.
I have used this tool as a way to publish student writing. In this second grade class, students created personal narratives with their classroom teachers during their writing instruction. Then, I helped them use Little Bird Tales to illustrate and publish their work online. Here are a couple of examples:
Little Bird Tales let you create a free account, but it has limited storage. I recommend the free version for families that want to create at home. I purchased the premium teacher account for $24.99 a year. You do have to set up each students' account (or you can do it in a batch), but it is really easy for the students to use once it was all set up. It is a great tool for the classroom! How can you use Little Bird Tales in your classroom/library?