Little Bird Tales (http://littlebirdtales.com) has quickly become a favourite web 2.0 tool of mine for writing in the primary school, mostly because it’s so easy to create a high-quality product and you can draw your own pictures online plus add narration. The web site allows users to create podcasts with images — basically, narrated slideshows — in just three steps:

1. Users can upload photos to their Bird Tale or they can use an embedded drawing tool to draw images. Older students can add text to their images.
2. Users then record narration to go with each image if they wish.
3. Finally, users share their Bird Tales, by sending a URL via e-mail.

The name has a babyish sound but I have fund that this does not deter primary school age children. This video shows how Little Bird got his name: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svnNCe5OD8k&feature=player_embedded

Watch this demo from Little bird tales

Here is a demo from YouTube showing how easy it is to us.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=P3CcWUtOiBk

An instruction video from Little Bird Tales

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEnhabCzrvo

Example of how a teacher created a story using Little Bird Tales

This comes from Juanit Oosthuizen from Elkanah House Cape Tiwn’s lovely Foundation Phase blog  http://technoboffins.wordpress.com 

• Click to view my tale.
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http://www.littlebirdtales.com/tales/view/story_id/21440/

Example of a story made with Little Bird Tales

This comes from the blog http://berryart.wordpress.com/2011/05/22/a-little-bird-told-me/

• Click to view my tale.
• http://littlebirdtales.com/tales/view/story_id/17927/ 

How Little Bird Tales is accessed

1. Teachers can easily create a FREE account and begin creating tales. They can
   have all their students create tales under a single account, but the site also
   allows teachers to create separate FREE accounts for each student. These
   accounts are always connected to the teachers’ account, and the website is
   built to ensure student privacy since so many younger kids use it.
2. The website asks users to create and use a “school
   code” so teachers and students from the same school can be grouped together.
   Teachers can’t access Bird Tales from another class unless it’s been shared
   with them, but it allows teachers to see who else in their school is using the
   tool and how often. This is helpful in terms of finding on-site teachers who
   can offer support.License

Try Little Bird Tales today and see what you think.