Story Dice

Story Dice$1.62

Rated 3.86/5 (28) —  Free Android application by Thinkamingo

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About Story Dice

Story Dice is a creative tool to prompt ideas for plot, character, and setting. This 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) as well as a general writing prompt for all ages without reading or native language barriers.

Features:
-Choose number of dice to roll, 1-10.
-Realistic dice sounds and still images.
-170 pictograms in dictionary.
-No reading necessary.
-Optional game instructions included in app.

Game Ideas:
1. Charades - Use the single die roll to determine a charade item.
2. Stories With Friends - Form a circle. Roll the Story Dice (any number, 1-10). Create a sentence including all of the items from the dice. Pass to the next person and repeat, adding onto the story each time.
3. Song Challenge - Roll a single story die. Come up with a song that includes that item in the lyrics.
4. Poems With Friends - Same Stories With Friends, using only 1-2 dice, and create rhyming lines.
5. Drama Club - Roll dice (any number). Form a character using these items, then create an improv skit with friends as your characters!


Education Applications:

Story Dice is primarily useful in higher order activities under Bloom’s Taxonomy, particularly Synthesis, where you create, invent, compose, predict, plan, construct, design, imagine, propose, devise, and/or formulate. You can devise less and more challenging activities, as in the following example.

Sample Journal Activity “My Perfect Day” using Bloom’s Taxonomy

Student/Short Version: Student will create a character using Story Dice, then describe/write/dramatize their own “perfect day” from their character’s perspective.

Teacher Version: Student will create a unique character using the Story Dice for seed ideas. After writing a short character sketch, student will compose a Journal Entry called “My Perfect Day” writing from their new character’s perspective. The evaluation step is the highest order activity and is a self-grading option.. Finally, a fun bonus option in a classroom or small workgroup setting is to have students perform their journal entries as monologues, in character, possibly interacting with each other, adding a drama element.

1. Knowledge: Roll five or more Story Dice. Identify and describe the pictures on dice.
2. Comprehension: Paraphrase the task (Journal Activity “My Perfect Day”) in which you will use the dice.
3. Application: Prepare a chart with five categories: name, age, job, pets, hobbies. Place each dice image within a category. Imagine that you are this character and write a short paragraph describing yourself in detail.
4. Analysis: Examine each feature of your character and determine what makes them special.
5. Synthesis: Compose a journal entry called “My Perfect Day” from the character’s perspective.
6. Evaluation: Decide what worked and what didn’t in your journal entry. Were you successful at combining the dice pictures in a believable way?

BONUS Activities: Perform journal entry as a monologue and interact with other students. Stay in character!

How to Download / Install

Download and install Story Dice version Varies with device on your Android device!
Downloaded 1,000+ times, content rating: Everyone
Android package: com.thinkamingo.storydice, download Story Dice.apk

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App History & Updates

What's Changed
30 additional images for die faces - 170 total
Updates and bug fixes
More downloads  Story Dice reached 1 000 - 5 000 downloads
Price update  Price changed from $1.99 to $1.62.
Price update  Price changed from $1.62 to $1.99.
Price update  Price changed from $1.99 to $1.62.

What are users saying about Story Dice

Y70%
by Y####:

I didn't see any way to change the default number of dice. After emailing the maker, they suggested using the home button. I don't have a home button per se, but i tried swiping down from the top and that did the trick. If you can't see the settings icon on screen, try that.

Y70%
by Y####:

How to prevent the screen from getting off? If I touch it to avoid going black, the dices change..

M70%
by M####:

Description says you have options, but I can't find a menu. Two dice appear and when I touch the screen they roll. How do I access the options? More stars when I figure this out...

E70%
by E####:

The description says up to ten dice can be rolled at once, but I see no way to change the default two dice. No menu or anything, and any touch just re rolls the same two dice. Not as described on the label.

Z70%
by Z####:

It works, not on my 2.3 G'zOne, but fine on N7 & G'Note. The rolling of the dice, however, is not catalyzed much less influenced by analog shaking your phone. It is just a screen tap. Digital pseudo-randomness. Nonetheless, this the only app of its type and does work. Give it a try. Developers, please improve or compete with this by adding: analog randomness input, movable dice (sliding across table top), programmable dice (selectable icons per face), 3D graphics, animation, bumping.

V70%
by V####:

Only 2 pictures on the dice prompted me to write a story I had a rattling in my head for a little while and that was exact prompt needed to get things rolling. Excellent!

J70%
by J####:

fun, helpful and addictive. I would like to see the ability to add more icons, either from the company or user created

S70%
by S####:

The symbols are abstract enough to allow my own creative writing juices to flow, yet concrete enough for my kids to tell stories from.

S70%
by S####:

...it needs some options such as portrait mode(forcing landscape on people is very annoying) and maybe some genre specific option for us genre writers. I'd be happy with the portrait mode option for starters though, it REALLY is necessary in my opinion.

P70%
by P####:

So much fun!

N70%
by N####:

Simple and powerful

G70%
by G####:

It works, not on my 2.3 G'zOne, but fine on N7 & G'Note. The rolling of the dice, however, is not catalyzed much less influenced by analog shaking your phone. It is just a screen tap. Digital pseudo-randomness. Nonetheless, this the only app of its type and does work. Give it a try. Developers, please improve or compete with this by adding: analog randomness input, movable dice (sliding across table top), programmable dice (selectable icons per face), 3D graphics, animation, bumping.

M70%
by M####:

Only 2 pictures on the dice prompted me to write a story I had a rattling in my head for a little while and that was exact prompt needed to get things rolling. Excellent!

T70%
by T####:

fun, helpful and addictive. I would like to see the ability to add more icons, either from the company or user created

Q70%
by Q####:

The symbols are abstract enough to allow my own creative writing juices to flow, yet concrete enough for my kids to tell stories from.

Q70%
by Q####:

...it needs some options such as portrait mode(forcing landscape on people is very annoying) and maybe some genre specific option for us genre writers. I'd be happy with the portrait mode option for starters though, it REALLY is necessary in my opinion.

Y70%
by Y####:

So much fun!

W70%
by W####:

Simple and powerful


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