StoryStarters+and+StoryTelling+Practice

= StoryStarters - StoryTelling Practice APPS =

**Rory's Story Cubes** **[FREE]** These come as old fashion dice [nothing wrong with that] but [|StoryCubes] now also available as an APP. Use these to warm up creativity - confidence and imaginations. Simply roll the cubes and let the pictures spark your imagination! With 9 dice and 54 images - the combinations are endless. Use as individuals, learning partners or as a group process to rehearse becoming great storytellers and there are no wrong answers. Have a Voice Memo APP ready for stude nts to or ally share their storytelling based on the prompt! Here are some creative and practical classroom ideas [ [|Click Here] ] One of my FAVS - Ways to Play Video and Directions for Group SuperHero Story [ [|Click Here] ]

**Brainstormr** **[FREE] - Highly Customizable!** A new twist on a tactile tool to randomly combine a plot, a subject and a setting or style, [|Brainstormer] has three spinning wheels featuring plot/conflict, theme/setting and subject/location. By manipulating the wheels -- or do a random spin and let fate take over -- you generate combinations that make fantastic creative prompts for writing, sketching or any creative activity. And you have the freedom to edit the wheels to fit your process : from simply tweaking the built in lists to creating entirely new scenarios from scratch. **NEW WHEELS!** The Character Builder wheel creates combinations of archetypes attributes and backgrounds, and t he World Builder wheel combines theme, mood and place to create one-of-a-kind settings. More wheels are on the way, and you can customize copies of the built in wheels, or create your own from scratch.

= **StoryDice [FREE]** = [|Story Dice] is a creative tool to prompt ideas for plot, character, and setting. Their idea generator can be used effectively for both written and oral storytelling. This app can be used with a wide variety of age groups ranging from preschoolers to teenagers. The user interface is simple enough for ages 3+ to use without any additional instruction. The use of the app does not require reading, so it is an ideal tool for using in a preschool story circle (see lesson plans at APP site) as well as a general writing prompt for all ages without reading or native language barriers.

**StoryWheel [$2.99]** Storymaking begins by spinning the virtual wheel for an image that stimulates narrating a portion of the story. StoryWheel allows up to 4 players to collaboratively evolve their skills and imagination with impromptu storytelling. Each image offers up to 30 seconds of narration with opportunities to re-record. Each story has up to 12 pages of animated storytelling that can be shared. You will be prompted with a choice of sharing an iBook version of the story or sharing online.