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12 Dynamic Digital Storytelling Tools

Digital storytelling brings student voices to life while developing essential 21st-century skills, including creativity, communication, and digital literacy. These engaging tools empower K-12 students to craft compelling narratives using multimedia elements and interactive features, transforming traditional writing assignments into dynamic, shareable experiences. Explore this collection of intuitive tools that will inspire your students to share their stories with the world while developing critical communication skills they'll use throughout their lives.

Grades K-12

OK2Ask: Digital Storytelling 101: Crafting Compelling Stories from Concept to Storyboard

Register to view this on-demand OK2Ask professional learning workshop about digital storytelling. Discover how this powerful instructional strategy amplifies student voice, deepens learning, and develops essential digital literacy skills.

Grades 3-12

Adobe Podcast

Podcasts are a great way to share a digital story in an auditory format. This website offers tools for audio enhancement, automated transcription, and easy editing, making it simple even for beginners. Once finished, you can download or share via URL.

Grades 1-12

Canva Storyboard Templates

Discover several different designs that will help you plan stories or projects. You can modify these templates as needed by adding pictures, text, and more to bring your ideas to life. It's a helpful one-stop shop for storyboard templates.

Grades K-12

PDF to Flipbook Converter

Convert PDFs to digital flipbook magazines, brochures, and more without watermarks using this free converter tool. Customize your creation by choosing from various options for page-turning effects, altering the text's appearance, and more.

Grades 8-12

Notebook.ai

Notebook.ai is a story planning tool for writers. After registering, choose a section of the site to begin creating different portions of your fantasy world. Options include universe, character, world, creatures, governments, and much more.

Grades K-4

ABCYA Paint

Engage your youngest learners in digital storytelling using ABCYA Paint’s many features. Choose from the included tools to spray paint, draw, add stickers, and more. When finished, save the file to your computer as a PNG or print it.

Grades 3-12

Elementari

Create interactive digital stories with Elementari. Features include drag-and-drop text, illustrations, shapes, and coding integration. Start integrating storytelling with coding by setting up your classroom. Click Explore at the top to begin.

Grades K-12

Book Creator

Book Creator lets students and teachers create interactive digital books using text, images, audio, and video—perfect for storytelling, portfolios, and multimedia projects across all subjects. Its simple drag-and-drop interface works on any device.

Grades K-12

Knight Lab

Discover a variety of tools for storytelling, including Scene (which simplifies VR storytelling), Storyline (a story that incorporates a timeline), Story Map (maps that tell stories), Juxtapose (which makes creating frame comparisons easy), and others.

Grades K-12

Genially

Create impressive interactive presentations, images, infographics, charts, and just about anything else with Genially. The templates for presentations or digital publishing (found at the top of the page) are a good place to start for digital storytelling!

Grades K-5

WriteReader

With WriteReader, kids can create books that include text, pictures, and voice recordings. Adults and teachers have space on the page to write comments and make corrections. The interface is so simple that even young children can use it with ease.

Grades 3-12

Sway

Use Sway to create interactive newsletters, presentations, and documents across all devices. Drag and drop content from your device, social networks, and the web directly onto your Sway canvas. Change the look of your canvas using the design tool options.

This Week at TeachersFirst

Although our live summer virtual workshops have ended, we have over fifty flexible professional learning opportunities—including on-demand workshops—to explore. We're also sharing a collection of posts from our Infusing Technology Blog and a special collection of digital storytelling resources. Read the details below!