Storybirds

Storybird is an online story making software. It relies on a large bank of artists images to provide inspiration for story creation. There is an option to create a range of accounts from personal to teacher. Within a teacher account you have the option to create multiple accounts for the children in your class, which enables you to monitor and comment on their stories in an interactive way.
 * Storybird (****storybird.com****)**

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- Wide bank of pictures and cartoons - Multilingual so can be used to make the same story in different languages - Free to use - Access to other members stories - Good for digital literacy - The pictures and stories are categorised so easy to search for a certain subject
 * Good points:**

- Hard to navigate - Difficult to edit your work, with little or no instructions provided. - You can only use one picture per page - You cannot move or alter the pictures - No animations - Slow to load
 * Bad points:**

Storybird can be used by any age range, but the lack of instructions on the website itself could make it harder to use for infant age children. This could be rectified via step-by-step help videos made through screencastOmatic, or adult assitance.

[|Here is an example of a book created using Storybird]