Updating…
The collection of resources and links are currently being moved from the old website to this new site. You may find that some of the links are out of date and do not lead anywhere.
EdTech, as is life, is a journey with many dead ends.
| artisancam.org.uk/flashapps/picturebookmaker/picturebookmaker.php | Make simple online books with this resource. Not many choices, but very easy to use. |
| storybird.com | Story Bird widely used story book maker website. It has great templates picture bank. It’s ease to use and the results look wonderful. |
| zooburst.com | Create fantastic pop-up story books with just a few clicks. You can upload pictures and editing text & speech is easy. The results look amazing, especially using the augmented reality option. |
| storyjumper.com | This is a fabulous site for creating free ebooks by uploading photos from your computer, or by using the well stocked gallery of props scenes and characters provided by the site. Just drag and drop your items into place. Books can be private or shared using a url link. A free signing is required. You can also have your ebooks made into real books for a fee. |
| thestorystarter.com | Get some weird and wonderful story starters. Just click on the button to view one of the million starters. There is also a junior version for younger writers at thestorystarter.com/jr.htm. |
| storytimeforme.com | Story Time For Me is a great animated audio flash story site from the US for young learners. althought the song may drive you mad! |
| gutenberg.org/wiki/Category:Children’s_Bookshelf | A nice collection of children’s ebooks to download. |
| archive.org/details/iacl | A simple looking site, but with some great ebooks to download. |
| carnegielibrary.org/kids/storymaker/embed.cfm | A online story making resource where users choose, type, click and drag themselves a story with images and animation to share. |
| planetebook.com | A site with 82 classic novels at last count as downloadable ebooks. Easy to download and comes in many formats for e-readers and PCs. |
| litfy.com | This is a great looking e-book site. View thousands of titles and read them online and on your portable device. You can also make notes on the pages. |
| readprint.com | A site with a large collection of ebooks to read online. |
| reading.ecb.org/student/index.html | A beautifully made resource showing students the different elements of a book/story and provides ideas and vocabulary for them to talk about their learning. |
| sebastianswan.org.uk | A good collection of online books for young readers. |
| search-ebooks.eu | A good e-book search engine. Search for lots of formats including PDFs and Doc files. Preview books and embed some into your website. |
| hotfreebooks.com | A good site to find online ebooks of classic titles. |
| storiesunbound.com | Find stories from amateur writers based on geographic location and upload your own. |
| machinarium.net/demo | This is a wonderfully bizarre interesting story site where users move the character around and solve the puzzles. The demo version is free. |
| smories.com | An amazing digital storytelling project. Watch videos of children telling original stories. |
| inanimatealice.com | A wonderful series of interactive stories which use text, music, animation and games to tell the adventures. |
| generator.acmi.net.au/storyboard | A well made storyboarding resource. Either use images from the gallery or upload your own. A free sign up is required to save your storyboards. |
| moglue.com | An interesting downloadable program for creating ebooks. Design your book by dragging pictures, sounds and actions from the gallery or upload your own. |
| learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/sites/kids/files/sf.swf | Make a customised sci-fi story with this great English resource. |
| readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/fairytales | An interest English resource where users can mix up fairytale stories and add their own text. |
| fingerprintplay.com/#/scribble-my-story | This is an iPad app designed for young learners to tell stories through drawings, text and audio recording. There is is some clipart to draw into your story. There are a number of template stories, but you can also start from a blank book. |
| widbook.com | A fab platform for creating your own ebooks. You can even embed images and videos. There is also a huge range of published work from the community. Invite others to comment and even collaborate on your stories. There is an Apple and Android app so you can take your ebooks with you wherever you go. |
| twinery.org | A wonderful download which allows users to create interactive non-linear stories which allow the reader to make choices about how the plot unfolds. |
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