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An App for Telling Stories in 3-D

Could you be the next Ana DuVernay or Steven Spielberg? A new, free app gives kids the tools to try their hands at directing. Toontastic 3D enables children to create their own animated movies. "We call it our movie studio in a box," says Andy Russell, a product manager at Google who helped develop the app. " The goal is to empower kids with the types of tools that Hollywood directors have to tell any kind of story". The story could take the form of a movie, a school report, or even a music video. Unlike other online tools that focus on the technical aspects of film making, Toontastic 3D puts the emphasis on storytelling. In this app, users can choose from three story arcs: short stories, geared toward younger children; classic stories, or epic tales; and science reports, which take students through the steps of conducting a science experiment. Student creators can choose from eight different setting in Toontastic 3D or can draw their own. Students then ch