Karen Bosch
K - 8 Technology Instruction
Southfield Christian School
Southfield, Michigan
Discovery Star Educator
Easy Creative iPad
Projects for
PreK - 8
Students
http://tinyurl.com/ipadcreate

About our iPads
Southfield Christian School
High School - one to one iPads
Elementary School - shared set of
38 iPads + 2 per class
Middle School - shared cart
Also have a set of 13 iPod touch
devices (some project examples
done on iPods)

Presentation
Resource
Link:
Karen Bosch
kbosch@southfieldchristian.org
Twitter: @karlyb
http://tinyurl.com/ipadcreate

Photography
Drawing
Audio
Video
Internet for Research
Text
iPad Multimedia Tools
all in one solution!

Creativity
Collaboration
Publication
Why iPads for Elementary
Projects?

Use a variety of digital tools
to produce and publish
writing
including with
collaboration with peers
with multimedia
components (graphics,
sound, video) in
presentations
iPads and Common Core

What is one thing you
would like to learn today?
‣Answer Garden website
‣Perfect for Brainstorming!
‣Answers limited to 40 characters
‣Works as a website
‣No login required to create or use!
‣Also a free Answer Garden app!
Link to Our Answer
Garden Brainstorm
http://answergarden.ch/view/178229

Photography Ideas
PHOTOGRAPHYAPPS
‣Literacy: colors, shapes, ABCs,
vocabulary words
‣Writing: sequence, creative writing
‣Science: experiments, simple
machines, clouds, weather, leaves
‣Math: real life problem solving
‣Social Studies: field trips to
locations, community
‣World Languages: vocabulary

Document Learning
with Photography
PHOTOGRAPHYAPPS
‣First grade students built
words in Daily Five centers
and photographed.
‣Screen shots of game
scores.
‣From teachers Suzanne
Swanson, Meredith Palmer,
and Judy Wilson.

Outdoor Photography
PHOTOGRAPHYAPPS
‣Use pictures as
part of science or
creative writing
projects
‣ Work with
partners

PHOTOGRAPHYAPPS
‣Students at the state
capitol building in
Lansing
‣Use the pictures in your
blog, photobooks,
narrated slideshows,
comics
Field Trips

Photo Cams
PHOTOGRAPHYAPPS
‣Photo Booth (comes on iPad)
‣OrangeCam (free)
‣CamWow (free)
‣WeCam (paid)
‣AR Magic Mirror (free)

CamWow
PHOTOGRAPHYAPPS
‣Creative expression - preschoolers
‣Andy Warhol style pop art photo wall
‣Use for creative writing! Open House!

iStrips (free)
PHOTOGRAPHYAPPS
‣Yearbook group photos
‣Save to camera option helpful!
‣Contains ads (some might not be
appropriate for students)
ClassicBooth (paid)
‣Photos of students with projects
‣We used a free version (no longer
available)

Dr. Seuss Camera (paid)
PHOTOGRAPHYAPPS
‣from Jennifer Vowles PreK

Animoto (free)
‣Use this app to combine
images and video clips into
a movie with music and
cool effects.
‣Direct upload online to
Animoto site or download
to camera roll.
‣Free full featured
account for educators!
Musical Slideshows
PHOTOGRAPHYAPPS

Photography with Text
PHOTOGRAPHYAPPS
‣Labelbox (free)
‣Labels (free)
‣Phonto (free)
‣A+ Signature (free)
‣Skitch (free)
‣Phoster (paid)

Six Word Story
‣Six Word Story -
project by HS
English teacher
Diane Allen during
first week of
school.
‣Front facing
camera
‣Use any app that
combines a photo
and text.
GRAPHIC TEXT APPS

Fall Poems using Phonto app
PHOTOGRAPHYAPPS
‣4th graders combine their
photography with poetry (step by step
directions at blog link using Snapguide)
‣Ideas: adjectives, poetry, science
experiments

PHOTOGRAPHYAPPS
‣Use apps like Skitch or
Doodle Buddy to
annotate photos
‣From second grade
teacher Ruth Bennefield
Illustrate
Concepts

Balloon Stickies Plus
PHOTOGRAPHYAPPS
‣Add cartoon balloons to
an individual photo
‣Variety of styles, colors,
fonts
‣Email or save to camera
roll
‣Ads in free version
‣From Nicole Nesbitt’s
second grade

Halftone - (paid)
‣Student drew picture of
a school service project
‣Turned it into a comic
using Halftone
‣Added date, speech
bubble, and name
‣Great way to easily
create comic using
student drawings!
‣From Ruth Bennefield’s
second grade
COMIC APPS

New Year Goals using
LabelBox app
PHOTOGRAPHYAPPS
‣Use front facing camera
‣Ideas: descriptions,
vocabulary, parts of
speech, poetry, science
experiments
‣4th grade

Color Poems using LabelBox app
‣6th Grade
‣Use copyright
friendly sites for
images:
Pics4Learning
Morguefile
GRAPHIC TEXT APPS

Start of School Project
PHOTOGRAPHYAPPS
‣Use LabelBox app
‣Use front facing camera
‣Write adjectives or
phrases that describe
yourself or goals for the
school year

Photo Collage Apps
PHOTOGRAPHYAPPS
‣PicStitch (free)
‣Pic Collage (free)
‣PolyFrame (paid)
‣Layout (paid)
‣Shape Collage (paid)

Color Collages using
Polyframe (paid)
PHOTOGRAPHYAPPS
‣Kindergarten - worked
with a partner
‣Polyframe lets you take
photos in app and add
text

Using Photo Collage Apps
PHOTOGRAPHYAPPS
‣Sequence/directions
‣Field Trips
‣Science Experiments
‣Class activities
‣Topic Posters:
download pictures
from internet
using Safari app

PHOTOGRAPHYAPPS
‣Use copyright friendly images,
especially if you plan to publish
‣Save to camera roll
‣http://pics.tech4learning.com/
‣http://www.morguefile.com/
‣https://openclipart.org
‣http://www.photosforclass.com/
(includes attribution!!)
Images for Projects - online
Note: I put icons on our iPads that connect to these websites

PHOTOGRAPHYAPPS
Pic Collage for Kids (free)
• Digital Posters!
• Search for photos for project in
app
• Add text and backgrounds
• Save to camera roll
• New version for kids removes
social media!
• Example - Thank you notes,
Mark Steer’s second graders

GRAPHIC TEXT APPS
Pic Collage - Reports
• Reports - famous African
Americans, Africa, Bats,
Climate
• Searched for images in app
• Examples - Nicole Nesbitt’s
and Ruth Bennefield’s 2nd
grades, Denise Bourque’s 4th
grade, Gwen Sullivan’s 8th
grade

GRAPHIC TEXT APPS
Pic Collage (parts of speech)
• Fall adjectives and
pictures
• Example - Sheri
Veldman’s 3rd grade

GRAPHIC TEXT APPS
Pic Collage
• Singular/Plural
• Example - Nicole
Nesbitt’s 2nd grade

GRAPHIC TEXT APPS
Pic Collage
• Homonyms/
Homophones
• Example - Nicole
Nesbitt’s 2nd grade

GRAPHIC TEXT APPS
Pic Collage
• Landforms
• Google Earth
screenshots + Pic
Collage
• Example - Ruth
Bennefield’s 2nd grade

GRAPHIC TEXT APPS
Pic Collage
• Description/adjectives
for stuffed animals
• Example - Ruth
Bennefield’s 2nd grade

PHOTOGRAPHYAPPS
Pic Collage - Literacy
• Picture drawn with
Hello Crayons app
• Kindergarteners
worked with 5th
grade buddies to
write the stories
• from Jan Tetirick’s
class

PHOTOGRAPHYAPPS
Pic Collage (free)
• Vocabulary
• Definition, synonym,
antonym, part or
speech, example
sentence
• Searched in app for
photo or drew a picture
• Example - Carrie Fair’s
Fifth Grade

PHOTOGRAPHYAPPS
Pic Collage (free)
• Fifth grade Common
Core Exemplar:
Sentences with
correlative conjunctions
• Example - Carrie Fair’s
Fifth Grade

PHOTOGRAPHYAPPS
Pic Collage (free)
• Create a Quarter
• Use camera in app to
photograph their quarter
drawing
• Search for photos for
project in app
• Add text description
• Example - Nicole Nesbitt’s
2nd grade

PHOTOGRAPHYAPPS
Photo Art Generators
• Face on Coin Booth
(free)
• Face on Stamp Booth
(free)
• Wanted Poster Pro
(paid)
• Example - Nicole
Nesbitt’s 2nd grade

Start of School Project
PHOTOGRAPHYAPPS
‣Use PicCollage to make
a “What I did this
Summer” collage
‣Add text titles and
sentences
‣Bonus: superimpose a
photo of yourself into the
image!

PHOTOGRAPHYAPPS
Trading Cards (free)
• Famous African
Americans
• Print and fold
• from 5th grade
teacher Crystal
Voytal
• Note: somewhat
inflexible template

‣Save projects as photo/video to camera roll.
‣Email projects.
‣Use cord to sync photos/video to computer.
‣Turn on Photostream, photos/video go directly to
Photos on a Mac computer.
‣Printing via wifi from iPad photo roll prints 4 x 6
size.
How to Print or
Transfer Projects
MANAGEMENT/HINTS

‣Upload to a Dropbox account. (Other
online storage options: Google Drive,
Copy, Box)
‣Use transfer apps - Photo Transfer and
Photosync apps.
‣Use Airdrop - between devices, to a
Mac computer
Apps to Transfer Projects
MANAGEMENT/HINTS

IMAGE NARRATION
Narrated Slideshows
Shadow Puppet Edu (free) -
search in app for images!
Explain Everything (paid)
30 Hands (free) Lets you redo audio recordings!

30 Hands (free)
PHOTOGRAPHYAPPS
• Example - PreK talks about their Seuss pictures

Favorite Drawing Apps
DRAWING APPS
‣Drawing Box (free/paid for full
version)
‣Drawing Pad (paid) - text!
‣Doodle Buddy (free) - also
add text!
‣WowPaint (free) - simple!
‣Hello Crayons (free) - great
for early elementary

Pumpkin Patch
Field Trip
‣Kindergarten art work
created with Hello Crayon
app
DRAWING APPS

DRAWING APPS
Draw a Picture that
Begins with a .......
(art and literacy)
Hello Crayons app
• Simple drawing apps - draw
with crayons, marker, paint,
pencils
• Includes a paint bucket fill
option
• Can open and save images
from and to camera roll
• Shop includes additional in
app features and coloring
pages for purchase

DRAWING APPS
All About Bats
Hello Crayons app
• Kindergarteners drew
picture of a happy bat after
field trip to Cranbrook
Science Center.
• No option to add text,
saved to camera roll and
opened in A+Signature to
add their name.
• Use in narrated slideshow
using 30 Hands or Explain
Everything apps

Start of School Project
‣Use Hello
Crayons
‣Draw a
picture of a
place that you
went this
summer.
GRAPHIC ORGANIZER APPS

Narrated Slideshows
‣Use apps: 30 Hands
(free) or Explain
Everything ($2.99)
‣Load images (artwork
does not need to be
created on iPad) into
app, then record audio.
‣Perfect for the one
iPad class!
IMAGE NARRATION

At the Pumpkin Patch
‣Kindergarten art
work created with
Hello Crayon app
‣Saved to camera roll
‣Recorded audio using
Explain Everything app
‣More options in
Explain Everything -
can redo audio
recordings
IMAGE NARRATION

Hints for Managing
Recording
IMAGE NARRATION
• Set up project ahead of time with all
images loaded in
• Station in hallway where it is quiet
• Teacher Aide or Parent Helpers
• Older students working as buddies
• Teach one who teaches the rest
• Rest Time!! (or other quiet work
time)

DRAWING APPS
WowPaint (free)
Students use the app to
replicate art class projects -
cardinal project

African Sunsets
Drawing Box Free (free)

Drawing Pad (Paid)
‣Excellent set of realistic looking drawing tools, intuitive
‣Clipart collection
‣Includes text!
DRAWING APPS

Doodle Buddy (free)
DRAWING APPS
Combine photo, drawing, and text to
illustrate a concept.

TypeDrawing (paid)
DRAWING APPS
‣Second grade students
create an outdoor
picture using words.
‣Combines art and
literacy.

SCENE BUILDERS
SCENE BUILDER APPS
‣Make a Scene: Farmyard
‣Feltboard
‣Alien Buddies (has additional activities)
‣PBS Parents Play and Learn (has additional activities)
‣My Play Home Lite
‣Faces I Make
‣Imagination Box

Build a Scene: Farmyard (free)
‣Drag and pinch to
add animals and
objects to your farm
‣Animals make
sounds and
animations as you
move them!
‣Take a snapshot to
save to camera roll
SCENE BUILDER APPS

FeltBoard
(paid)
‣Kindergarten work
with partners
‣Pictures created
saved to camera roll
‣Create activity to
combine with
storytelling!
SCENE BUILDER APPS

Faces I Make (paid)
DRAWING APPS
Food Faces -
Kindergarteners
create fun faces
as part of a
health unit.

Faces I Make (paid)
DRAWING APPS
Words that
Begin With..
Kindergarteners

Imagination Box (paid)
‣Virtual Playdough!
Create out of shaped
pieces
‣Add your own
background images
‣Transportation
examples from Jan
Tetirick’s
Kindergarten
SCENE BUILDER APPS

Show Me + FeltBoard
‣Kindergarten
pictures created with
FeltBoard app, saved
to camera roll
‣Opened pictures in
ShowMe, recorded
story
‣Published to
ShowMe website
SCREENCASTING APPS

Chromeville (free)
AUGMENTED REALITY
‣Color and scan
pages - the character
or scene comes to
3D life
‣Take photo of your
scene, use in Write
about This or
another app for
creative writing

Digital Slates
DRAWING APPS
‣Chalkboard (free)
‣Glow Draw (free)

Christmas Generator apps (ALL FREE!)
DRAWING APPS
• Christmas Tree Maker PRO
• Make a Snowman
• Christmas Cookie Maker
• Gingerbread House Maker!
• Happy Snowflake
• My Flake
• Mandalas FREE

WordPress
‣ Blogging app lets you
take photos/images from your
camera roll on your iPad and
directly upload them to your
blog - huge time saver!
‣Let students photograph
and blog class activities!
Document learning!
MANAGEMENT/HINTS

GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
GRAPHIC ORGANIZER APPS
‣Popplet (free/paid for full version)
‣Inspiration (free/paid for full version)
‣Corkulous (free/paid for full version)
‣Grafio (free/paid for full version)

Goals with Popplet
GRAPHIC ORGANIZER APPS
‣Photo with front
facing camera
‣Simple tools
‣By fourth graders
‣Use with book
covers, book
characters, science
concepts

Food Chains with Popplet
‣Images
downloaded from
internet using
Safari
‣By third graders
GRAPHIC ORGANIZER APPS

Start of School Project
‣Use Popplet
‣Use front facing
camera
‣Write out goals for
the school year:
mental, physical,
social, emotional/
spiritual Luke 2:52
GRAPHIC ORGANIZER APPS

ABCya Word Clouds (free)
‣Biography
poems
‣From 4th grade
teacher Suzanne
Swanson
GRAPHIC ORGANIZER APPS

ABCya Word Clouds (free)
‣Mother’s Day
word clouds
‣From 5th grade
teacher Euyni
Smith
GRAPHIC ORGANIZER APPS

Note Taking
‣Watched Discovery
Streaming Atlas videos on
Africa on computer
‣Took notes using Corkulous
and Inspiration Lite apps
GRAPHIC ORGANIZER APPS

Screencasting apps
DRAWING APPS
‣Show Me (free)
‣Screen Chomp (free)
‣Explain Everything (paid)
Has many features not available in free apps
‣Educreations (free) - in app search for images
‣Knowmia/Teach (free) - in app search for images

Math Tutorials
‣Fifth and Sixth grade
students created tutorials
as review for MAP
testing
‣Free account
‣Published directly to
ShowMe and Knowmia
websites
‣Common Core: explain
your thinking!
DRAWING APPS
‣ShowMe and Knowmia Teach

Educreations Tutorials
‣Second
graders
demonstrate
money
strategies -
from Nicole
Nesbitt
SCREENCASTING APPS

Favorite Audio apps
AUDIO APPS
‣AudioMemos SE (free)
‣iTalk Recorder (free)
‣Songify (paid)
‣GarageBand (free on new iOS devices )

AudioMemos SE (free)
AUDIO APPS
‣Fluency/Vocabulary
‣Reader’s Theater
‣Create/record commercials - National Parks
‣Recordings for band teacher (Jon Busch)
‣Mail/transfer recordings to teacher
iTalk Recorder (free)

Fotobabble (free)
‣Snap a photo and
record a one minute
audio description.
‣Instantly upload
online to free
Fotobabble account,
simple publication!
‣Easy for kids to use.
‣Students reflect on
their artwork
IMAGE NARRATION

Message
Posters
‣Pic Collage + Fotobabble
‣Students record
explanation, commercial, or
rap explaining their poster
‣Picture and audio
published to web!
‣Link to example
IMAGE NARRATION

Audio Book Reports (free)
AUDIO APPS
‣Second grade book reports
from Nicole Nesbitt
‣Snap photo of book cover
(or student artwork/project)
‣Record audio
‣Link to example
Add to projects that you already
do!

Songify (paid)
AUDIO APPS
‣Turns talking into a song or a
rap! Easy and fast!
‣Comes with 3 song styles for
free, additional styles for
purchase
‣Note: can block public
published areas
‣Example: Computer Lab Rules
‣Fun way to review

Audioboo (free)
AUDIO APPS
‣I no longer recommend
Audioboom (new name) for use in
schools for podcasting
‣Links to social media
‣Must login to account to listen
as well as record.
‣Will be exploring iPadio for next
year as a replacement
Record students
talking about what
they learned - top ten list
style!

QR Record (paid)
AUDIO APPS
‣Replacement for Audioboo for audio QR
codes
‣Easy app to record up to 10 minutes of
audio
‣Completed audio generates an QR code
‣Email or save codes to Dropbox account
‣Does not save the audio in app
‣Created by an educator!

QR Code Listening
Galleries with Scan
(free)
AUDIO APPS
‣Pink Pigs (Kindergarten)

QR Code
Listening
Galleries
AUDIO APPS
‣Superheros (4th grade)
Link to webpage with
directions on how to create the
QR Codes with Audioboo app
Note: directions are not current,
as Audioboom has changed.

Election Posters
with QR Code
Speeches
AUDIO APPS
‣Fifth grade students made
election posters and recorded
a related speech using which
was linked to QR code.
‣From Crystal Voytal

GrandParents Day
- QR Code Books
‣from 2nd grade
teacher Nicole Nesbitt
AUDIO APPS

QR Code Books
‣from 2nd grade
teacher Ruth
Bennefield
‣Students were able to
read/listen to each
other’s books
‣Fluency!
AUDIO APPS

Body System
Tours with QR
Codes
‣from 5th grade teacher Crystal
Voytal
‣Drawings with Doodle Buddy
‣Link to example of audio
AUDIO APPS

Poetry with QR Codes
‣from 4th grade
teacher Maria Long
‣Photo + Drawing App
+ QR Code
AUDIO APPS

Epic! (free)
‣Epic! Books - app and online
‣FREE account for teachers!!

Eight Great Creative
Summer APPtivities
for Kids – all FREE!
(At my Elementary Aptitude blog)

Favorite Digital Storytelling Apps
DIGITAL STORYTELLING APPS
‣Book Creator
‣Puppet Pals
‣Facejack
‣PhotoComic
‣30 Hands
Presentation link at Slideshare

ChatterPix Kids (free)
DIGITAL STORYTELLING APPS
‣Talking
Biographies
‣From 2nd grade
teacher Nicolle
Nesbitt
‣Can add text to
the finished
video!

ChatterPix Kids
DIGITAL STORYTELLING APPS
‣Talking artwork!
‣Talking snowmen by
second graders
‣Picture drawn with
Drawing Pad app, but
could also take a photo
of student artwork

President Campaign
Speeches
‣Created by 5th graders in
Carrie Fair’s class using the
Facejack app.
‣Searched and downloaded
images from the internet to
use in project.
TALKING CHARACTERS

I am Brave like a Lion
‣Photographed lion
face created in art class.
Then used FaceJack to
record a way they are
brave (with teacher
help).
‣Clips combined by
teacher using Splice
video editing app.
TALKING CHARACTERS

Bethlehem Eyewitness
‣Bethlehem Eyewitness
project
‣In art class, created portraits
using construction paper and
chalk
‣Wrote story, then recorded
in FaceJack
TALKING CHARACTERS

Talking Human Bodies
‣Created by 5th graders in
Crystal Voytal’s class.
‣Used bodies created with
Doodle Buddy
TALKING CHARACTERS

Start of School Project
‣Draw a self portrait/or take a
selfie (use your LabelBox
picture)
‣Have the character talk
telling about their summer or
their goals for the year.
TALKING CHARACTERS

Kindergarten First Thanksgiving
with Puppet Pals
‣Kindergarteners
recorded puppet play
about what they learned
about Thanksgiving.
ANIMATED STORIES

Bible Buddies (free lite version/paid)
‣Create puppet
shows with Bible
characters
‣From the same
company as Puppet
Pals
‣Example: The Fiery
Furnace
ANIMATED STORIES

Sock Puppets (Free Lite Version/Paid)
‣Talking Socks! Crazy
voices!
‣Second grade teachers
Mark Steer and Ruth
Bennefield use to review
math facts and
vocabulary words.
ANIMATED STORIES

Sock Puppets (Free Lite Version/Paid)
‣Story Elements
‣From second grade
teacher Ruth Bennefield
ANIMATED STORIES

Toontastic (Now totally FREE!!)
Animated stories broken down
into easy to follow directions with
audio.
Comes with many settings and
characters, including option to
paint your own.
New camera allows you to add
photos for backgrounds and
characters.
Tall Tale Story -
The Forest Fire
ANIMATED STORIES

Toontastic (Free)
Tour of Zambia:
‣incorporates social
studies research
‣ student drawn
characters and objects
‣by 6th grader Khari
ANIMATED STORIES

Art Maker (paid)
‣PreK use to tell stories about being friends
ANIMATED STORIES

Tellagami (free/paid)
TALKING CHARACTERS
‣Create animated
3D talking
characters
‣Use included
backgrounds or your
own images
‣30 seconds of
recording

Start of School Project
‣Use Tellegami
‣Use a picture of a
place you visited -
either a drawing (Hello
Crayons) or
downloaded from the
internet
‣Create an avatar that
tells about what
happened during the
summer
TALKING CHARACTERS

Collin’s Big Cat Series (free)
‣Create stories
using
backgrounds,
objects,
characters, text,
record audio
‣ No option to
save projects
outside of the app
BOOK CREATION APPS

SPOKEnPHOTO (free)
‣Create free account
‣Add photos, record
audio for each image
(no text)
‣Saves to account,
view online or in app
‣Example: Snowmen
All Year
BOOK CREATION APPS
Use projects that
you already do, turn into a book!

StoryKit (free)
‣Create storybooks
that include photos,
drawing, text, and
audio
‣View on the iPad
‣Easy to upload to
free internet page as
images with buttons to
listen to audio
‣Idea: Lego stories
Link to Penguin Stories
BOOK CREATION APPS

DIGITAL STORYTELLING APPS
Book Creator for iPad ($4.99)
‣Add text, pictures
(from camera roll),
record audio, add
video, hyperlinks
‣Export as epub
document directly to
iBooks or to Dropbox
‣ Link to our
elementary collection
of eBooks

Write About This (free/$2.99)
• Photos with story
prompts
• Write story, record
audio
• Save to camera roll
• Can create your
own prompts
• Also Tell About This
for younger
students
GRAPHIC TEXT APPS

PRESENTATION APPS
‣Haiku Deck - presentation
maker
‣Search for images in app!
‣Beautiful text
‣Save online
‣Export as a Powerpoint/
Keynote file, can import into
other apps
‣Link to Jerboas Example
Haiku Deck (free)

PRESENTATION APPS
‣Create free Adobe account to
use.
‣Photos, icons, audio, music
‣In app search for photos and
icons
‣Creates copyright credits for
images/music at end
‣Save online or download to
camera roll
Adobe Voice (free)
Link to video

Comic Book Creators
‣PhotoComic (paid)
‣Comic Book (paid)
‣Comic Life (paid)
BOOK CREATION APPS
(No clipart)

Front Facing Camera
VIDEO APPS
‣Use for student
reflections after a
lesson, reality TV
style!
‣Practice for speeches

Video “Confessional
Booth”
VIDEO APPS
‣Use the front facing
camera to record a
“reality TV style”
video
‣Add titles and music
in iMovie
‣from teacher Phil
Ackley

Favorite Video apps
VIDEO APPS
‣Splice (free/paid)
‣iMovie (free on newer iPads/paid)
‣Vintagio (paid)

Video Camera Hints
VIDEO APPS
‣Use horizontally, like
the shape of a TV
screen!
‣Take short clips of
students in action, edit
into a simple video at
night while watching TV.
‣Assign students to take
videos of class activities.

Splice (free/additional features for purchase)
VIDEO APPS
‣Easy and fast app to edit
multiple video clips and images
together
‣Add simple titles, transitions,
record audio, and add music
‣Free version contains ads
‣Export projects to camera roll

Splice (example)
VIDEO APPS
‣Have students film
and edit a class activity
link to video

VidRhythm (free)
VIDEO APPS
‣Take short video clips
to create wacky music
videos
‣Variety of templates
to use
‣Limited educational
value, but oh so fun!
Link to examples

Create Video Tutorials
VIDEO APPS
‣Easy way to give
multiple directions
for projects.
‣Use iPad case as a
tripod when
recording.
‣Can replay video
as students work.
‣Let students
create tutorials!
link to view video

‣Publish to blog using Wordpress app.
‣Upload video projects directly from iPad from camera roll to
Vimeo or YouTube
‣Use apps with accounts that publish to web: Fotobabble,
Audioboo, Showme, Educreation, SPOKEnPHOTO
‣See my Elementary APPtitude blog for examples of iPad
published projects!
Publish to your Digital
Hallway!
MANAGEMENT/HINTS

Student Publication
‣Edmodo - Free online educational community
similar to Facebook. Students can post many kinds
of projects directly from iPad. Free app.
‣Kidblog - Free blogging platform geared for
students. Students could post projects to their blog.
Free app.
MANAGEMENT/HINTS

Feedback from Today’s Session
‣Padlet.com (not an app)
‣Perfect for Brainstorming or Exit
Tickets!
‣No login required to create or use!
Link to Our Padlet
http://padlet.com/wall/fjm2vsmab0q7
What was the most
helpful thing you
learned?
Which apps will you
use?
What would have
improved the
session?

iPad Multimedia Resources
Link:
http://tinyurl.com/ipadcreate

Karen Bosch
kbosch@southfieldchristian.org