This was created for Stanford's Teacher Education Program (STEP) in June of 2009 by Amy Cox, Morgan Watson, Lindsey Quinlisk, and Yong Kim. It provides a very good explanation of what digital storytelling is all about.
http://www.schrockguide.net/digital-storytelling.html - Kathy Schrock provides a wealth of resources including tools and examples
http://storyweb.edublogs.org/tools/ - A blog with a list of tools that are useful in helping students create digital stories
A simple storyboard for planning you stories out.
Source: Scholastic.org
A simpler planning tool designed for elementary students.
Source: Scholastic.com
This template uses a story mapping approach.
Source: thinkport.org
Paula Dillon gives a screencast explaining how to use the website tool Storybird.
See examples of several different digital storytelling projects created with various tools - choose a tool that works for you:
http://ckendall.wikispaces.com/Digital+Storytelling+Examples - digital tools for telling stories
https://sites.google.com/site/21stcentteachinglearning/digital-storytelling/comic-creators-1 - tools for making comics and comic strips
http://blog.comiclife.com/2014/04/multi-media-digital-stories-created-on-the-ipad/ - iPad apps for creating digital stories; we have a few of these on the iPads in J-228
