This document summarizes and compares six iPad apps for student creators: Educreations, ShowMe, Doceri, Spark Video, Puppet Edu, and iMovie. It finds that Educreations, ShowMe and Doceri are best for animating objects and using drawing tools as whiteboard apps. Spark Video, Puppet Edu and iMovie are best for handling multimedia like video, images, text and audio. The document recommends using Doceri to animate and draw, then exporting to iMovie to add other multimedia for a full-featured project. This reaches the highest level of technology integration in the SAMR model.

1. Six iPad Apps
for
Student Creators

2. Big Ideas
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3. The NMC/CoSN Horizon Report
(2016 K-12 Edition)
is the result of an in-depth collaborative
study to identify trends, challenges, and
emerging technologies predicted to
have an impact on K-12 education over
the next five years.
Read Report

4. The Horizon report
identified Students as
Creators as a short
term trend, and
Rethinking the Roles
of Teachers as a
solvable challenge in
education.

5. “When students become creators, the
role of the teacher can transform.
Teachers are able to take on the role of
facilitator and coach to guide students
through the creative process, providing
resources and constructive feedback.

6. Goal
Find iPad apps that empower students to become
creators - using multimedia to teach a concept.
All apps are free or
included with iPad
purchase

7. “We all know that
when you’re able to teach a skill,
you’ve truly mastered it.
-Katy Scott
“Screencasts Turn Students into Digital Teachers”

8. Some Tech
Possibilities
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9. White
Is the color of milk
and fresh snow, the
color produced by
the combination of all
the colors of the
visible spectrum.
You can also split your content
Black
Is the color of coal,
ebony, and of outer
space. It is the
darkest color, the
result of the absence
of or complete
absorption of light.
Six Apps
Overview

10. Pros
◎ Easy to use whiteboard app
◎ Has most tools for creating simple yet
powerful presentations
◎ Has some editing ability compared to
other free whiteboard apps
Cons
Educreations
◎ Limited online storage
◎ Only one draft at a time
◎ Uses Flash to play video in the browserWeb site I Download iPad App I Free Features

11. Pros
◎ Simple, easiest to use
◎ Unlimited drafts
◎ The only app to import docs from Google
Drive (as images)
Cons
ShowMe
◎ Zero editing ability
◎ Least tool options
◎ Only share option is web link (*can be
played in browser on iPad, not Flash)
Web site I Download iPad App I Free Features

12. Pros
◎ Tons of background choices
◎ Many export options, including save to
Camera Roll, Google Drive or open in
other apps
◎ Good selection of tools
Cons
Doceri
◎ No text tool
◎ Watermarked in free version
◎ Limited editing abilityWeb site I Download iPad App I Video Tutorials

13. Pros
◎ Free Adobe Creative Cloud account
(2 GB) with ability to sync projects
◎ Search Creative Commons media,
automatically cited at end of project
◎ Good variety of music options
Cons
Spark Video
◎ Have to hold down button as you
record your voice
◎ Fixed placement of text (centered)
◎ Videos limited to 30 secs per slide
(*can overflow to next slide)
Web site I Download iPad App I Teacher’s Guide

14. Pros
◎ Export to Camera Roll or open in other
apps: iMovie, Google Drive, etc.
◎ 100 items and up to 30 minutes/video
◎ Variety of options for text including
placement
Cons
Puppet Edu
◎ Square format
◎ Videos limited to 30 secs per slide
◎ Image search and copy link don’t
work? (*Didn’t work for me!)
Web site I Download iPad App

15. Pros
◎ Most fully featured editing options
◎ Multiple audio options including sound
effects, music, narration
◎ Variety of export options, including to
Camera Roll
Cons
iMovie
◎ Need to pre-crop images to fit inside
frame (or will be cropped)
◎ No laser pointer, drawing tools
◎ Need account on another site (like
YouTube) to create a link for video
Web site I Download iPad App

16. Final Thoughts
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17. The three white board apps
Educreations, Show Me and Doceri are
strongest in their ability to animate
objects and use drawing tools.
The three video apps
Spark Video, Puppet Edu and iMovie
are strongest in their ability to handle
multimedia including video, pictures,
text and audio.

18. If students want to use all multimedia
capabilities, they need to use more than one
app.
Best option? Animate images/objects and use
drawing tools in Doceri. Then, export from Doceri
to iMovie - to add other videos, music, audio, and
text. This way, students are able to use all
multimedia tools.

19. This technology integration reaches the
Redefinition level of the SAMR model.
Image by Lefflerd (2016). Licensed under the Creative
Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license

20. Thanks!
Any questions?
lisatripoli@u.boisestate.edu
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