Easy to Follow Instructions for Creating a Book on Storybird
Reba Gordon Matthews
@jghfoundation08
How to Create Your First Storybird Book
What is Storybird? Actual Link: http://ilearntechnology.com/?tag=storybird Examples of Storybird Stories Created by my Pre-Service Teachers pursuing their Teaching Credentials. Link: http://www.slideshare.net/RebaGordonMatthews/storybird-story-links-createdbypreserviceteachers?ref=http://ipadgrantteamdiary.blogspot.com/
Here’s how to CREATE your Storybird Story 1. Open Storybird. http://storybird.com/
3. Choose an artist or theme. 4. Browse through the work of featured artist.
2. Create a FREE account (or you will lose your story).
5. Then choose the artwork to start your story.
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6. Choose the artwork for the book cover.
8. Click “Add a Page”. A blank page will appear.
11. Continue to add pages and build your story.
7. Type in title of book and author’s name
9. Drag artwork to the left hand side of the New Page. 10. Place cursor on the screen and type in text box.
12. Click “SAVE”. 13.
Click the story presentation button to view story.
14. Story in Full View
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15. Click Menu.
16. Click Publish
15. It will save story for publishing.
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16. Change your Storybird setting to Public.
16. Choose your story’s category, then click Submit.
17. All stories are moderated before placed in library.
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16. Copy link to your story and paste in discussion. 17. My sample story link: http://storybird.com/books/the-cave-25/
18. This is story’s pubic view:
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Additional Resources Storybird: A Collaborative Storytelling Tool - http://techtutorials.edublogs.org/2011/09/05/storybird/ New Teacher Boot Camp Week 3 - Using Storybird http://www.edutopia.org/blog/storybird-new-teacher-boot-camp-lisa-dabbs
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