Storybird

What is it?
Storybird allows users to use professional art as the illustrations (and maybe inspiration) for their own original stories.

‍Why should I use it?
Storybird provides students with multiple opportunities to practice and develop written language and storytelling skills in their target language. Teachers can create stories to use for input or practice.

‍How do I get it?
For your teacher account, go to: [], scroll to the bottom and click on "For teachers" under "Help/info". Then click the "Sign Up" button in the upper right corner. This account allows you to create "assignments" for your students and their work will be saved in your account.
 * 1) Create stories inspired by artist
 * 2) Log in again if necessary
 * 3) At the top of the page, click “Create”
 * 4) view artists’ work...if you don't see art you like, click "see more art" on the upper right."
 * 5) choose “create storybird with __//(name of artist)’s//__ work”
 * 6) select cover art
 * 7) click in box to left of cover art to type title and authors(cannot use real names)
 * 8) Click “add a page” in the storyboard at the bottom
 * 9) Choose art for the page(s) you added
 * 10) can sometimes change size/placement of art on page. Experiment with dragging the art to different parts of the page)
 * 11) Add text to the pages—side or bottom.
 * 12) Save when finished

2. Create stories by choosing theme from the word cloud (only way to mix art of multiple artists).
 * 1) Log in again if necessary
 * 2) At the top of the page, click “Create”
 * 3) Scroll down to the letter C: “Explore Themes”
 * 4) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Themes change constantly. Keep clicking “see more themes” in the upper right of the box with the word cloud and see what else appears.
 * 5) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Choose theme that interests you and click "start a storybird with art tagged "__//name of theme//__"
 * 6) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Repeat steps 3-10 in previous section using the art you like from the theme you selected.