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What is Storybird?

[|Storybird] is a digital writing tool. It contains a library of image-sets that users can choose. Then based on those images, users compose a story. “The world needs your stories” is Storybird's slogan, and they hope to help writers share them by starting with the image to “unlock the story inside.”

Benefits of Using Storybird in the Classroom

**Teachers can**


 * manage classes of students
 * issue assignments
 * build libraries
 * inspire reluctant writers and readers
 * create a safe place
 * moderate all comments
 * foster a supportive community
 * integrate writing workshops into digital writing


 * Students can **


 * write individual narratives
 * comment on their peers' work
 * integrate visual elements to their writing
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">publish their writing

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<span class="wiki_link_ext" style="background-color: #dbdcdb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 19.2px;">A Guide to Creating on Storybird

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<span style="background-color: #dbdcdb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">How to Create Assignments <span style="background-color: #dbdcdb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 19.2px;">media type="custom" key="26701966"

<span style="background-color: #dbdcdb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 19.2px;">How can I use Storybird in my classroom? <span style="background-color: #dbdcdb; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Student Examples**
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Use Storybird to participate in digital writing workshops.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Create multi-modal writing projects

<span style="background-color: #dbdcdb; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Teacher Examples**


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Organize student-centered digital writing workshops
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Use targeted writing prompts in Storybird as formative or summative assessments as well as assignments that allow students to think critically or make connections
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Using Storybird, choose a character other than the protagonist of the assigned reading and rewrite the conclusion of the novel, from his or her point of view.”
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Research an historical event and create an interesting, appealing and informative Storybird booklet for the purpose of educating your peers