This session will share practical ideas for extending simple iPad projects by combining them with a second app to deepen learning and creativity. Examples of student projects from K - 8 will be shared, along with apps and hints for managing projects.
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Karen Bosch Pre-8 Technology Instruction: Taking iPad Projects to the Next Level
1. Karen Bosch Pre - 8 Technology Instruction
Nicole Nesbitt 2nd Grade Teacher
Southfield Christian School
Southfield, Michigan
From Simple
to
SENSATIONAL
http://tinyurl.com/ipadcreate
Taking iPad Projects to the Next Level
2. About our iPads
Southfield Christian School
High School - one to one iPads
Elementary School - 2 shared sets
of iPads + 2 per class
Middle School - shared cart
Also have a set of 13 iPod touch
devices (some project examples
done on iPods)
5. 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
10. PHOTO
‣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!!)
ONLINE IMAGES FOR
PROJECTS
I put icons on our iPads that connect to these websites
TOOLKIT
11. PHOTO
Animoto (free)
Musical Slideshows
PUBLISH
•Combine images
and video clips
into a movie with
music and effects.
•Direct upload
online to Animoto
site or download
to camera roll.
•Free full featured
account for
educators!
•From Emma
Garner’s 1st
grade
VIDEO
13. PHOTO
TEXT
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Balloon Stickies Plus
•Add cartoon
balloons to an
individual photo
•Variety of styles,
colors, fonts
•Ads in free
version
•From Nicole
Nesbitt’s second
grade
16. PHOTO
TEXT
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New Year Goals
using LabelBox app
•Use front facing
camera
•Ideas: descriptions,
vocabulary, parts of
speech, poetry,
science experiments
•4th grade
17. PHOTO
TEXT
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#OneWord using Phonto
‣Selfie Cam
‣Ideas:
descriptions,
vocabulary,
parts of speech,
poetry, science
experiments
‣4th grade
Link to
Project/
Video
Tutorial
18. PHOTO
TEXT
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Six Word Story
‣Six Word
Story - project
by HS English
teacher Diane
Allen
‣Front facing
camera
‣Use any app
that combines a
photo and text.
19. PHOTO
TEXT
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Fall Poems using Phonto app
‣4th graders combine their
photography with poetry (step by
step directions at blog link using Snapguide)
‣Ideas: adjectives, poetry,
science experiments
20. PHOTO
TEXT
T
Color Poems using LabelBox app
‣6th Grade
‣Use copyright
friendly sites for
images:
Pics4Learning
Morguefile
21. PHOTO
TEXT
T
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!
23. Pic Kids
• Landforms
• Google Earth
screenshots + Pic
Collage
• Example - Ruth
Bennefield’s 2nd grade
24. Pic Kids (parts of
speech)
• Fall adjectives and pictures
• Example - Sheri Veldman’s
3rd grade
25. Pic Kids - 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
26. Pic Kids
• Fifth grade Common
Core Exemplar:
Sentences with correlative
conjunctions
• Do INSTEAD of
worksheets!
• Example - Carrie Fair’s
Fifth Grade
27. PHOTO
TEXT
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Goals with Popplet
‣Photo with front
facing camera
‣Simple tools
‣By fourth graders
‣Use with book
covers, book
characters, science
concepts
28. Food Chains with Popplet
‣Images
downloaded from
internet using
Safari
‣By third graders
29. Anything photo project
saved to the camera roll,
could be extended by:
LEVEL UP
PHOTO
TEXT
T VIDEOEBOOK ANIMATEAUDIO
(Examples coming in next section)
30. ‣Save projects as photo to camera roll.
‣Email projects.
‣Use cord to sync photos/video to computer.
‣Upload to a Dropbox account. (Other online
storage options: Google Drive, Box)
‣NOTE: Printing via wifi from iPad photo roll
prints 4 x 6 size.
HOW TO PRINT OR
TRANSFER PROJECTS
PUBLISH
31. ‣Blog it! - Wordpress,
Blogger, Weebly
‣Microblog it! - Instagram,
Twitter, Flickr
‣Have students blog it! -
Kidblog
PUBLISH TO YOUR
DIGITAL HALLWAY!
PUBLISH
32. 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!
37. Audioboom (free)
‣Audioboom for use for podcasting - publishes
to web directly from your iPad
‣Must create free account, allows 3 minutes of
recording
‣NOTE: Links to social media, other accounts
‣Generates a QR Code for each podcast file!
PUBLISH
AUDIO
Record students talking about what
they learned - top ten list style!
42. PUBLISH
AUDIO
QR Code Books
‣from 2nd grade teacher Ruth
Bennefield
‣Students were able to read/
listen to each other’s books
‣Fluency!
43. Audio Book Reports
‣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!
PUBLISH
PHOTO
AUDIOAUDIO
45. PUBLISH
PHOTO
AUDIO
Fotobabble (free)
‣Snap a photo and
record a 5 minute audio
description.
‣Instantly upload
online to free
Fotobabble account,
simple publication!
‣Easy for kids to use.
‣Students reflect on
their artwork
46. Message Posters
‣Pic Collage +
Fotobabble
‣Students record
explanation,
commercial, or rap
explaining their
poster
‣Picture and audio
published to web!
‣Link to example
PUBLISH
PHOTO
AUDIO
TEXT
T
47. Write About This (free/paid)
• Photos with story
prompts
• Write story, record
audio
• Save to camera roll
• Can create your
own prompts
• Also Tell About This
for younger
students
AUDIO
TEXT
T
PHOTO
48. ‣Create free Adobe account to use.
‣Photos, icons, audio, music, in app search!
‣Creates copyright credits for images/music at end
‣Publish online or download to camera roll
Adobe Voice (free)
PUBLISH
PHOTO
AUDIO
TEXT
T
VIDEO
51. DRAW
SIMPLE DRAWING
APPS
‣Drawing Box (free/paid for full
version)
‣Drawing Pad (paid) - text!
‣Doodle Buddy (free) - also
add text!
‣Hello Crayons (free) - great
for early elementary
TOOLKIT
52. Draw a Picture that
Begins with a .....
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
DRAW
53. DRAW
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
54. DRAW
Drawing Pad (Paid)
‣Excellent set of realistic looking drawing tools
‣Clipart collection
‣Includes text! Use for story illustration!
58. DRAW
Story
Illustration
• Hello Crayons + Pic
Kids apps
• Kindergarteners
worked with 5th grade
buddies to write the
stories
• from Jan Tetirick’s
class
TEXT
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59. DRAWPic Kids (free)
• Vocabulary
• Definition, synonym,
antonym, part or
speech, example
sentence
• Drew a picture
• Example - Carrie Fair’s
Fifth Grade
TEXT
T
61. NARRATED
SLIDESHOWS
Shadow Puppet Edu (free) -
search in app for images!
Explain Everything (paid)
30 Hands (free) Lets you redo audio recordings!
DRAW
AUDIO
VIDEO
TOOLKIT
62. Narrated Slideshows
‣Use apps: 30
Hands (free)
‣Load images
(artwork does
not need to be
created on
iPad) into app,
then record
audio.
‣Perfect for
the one iPad
class!
DRAW
AUDIO
VIDEO
63. SCREENCASTING
APPS
‣Show Me (free)
‣Explain Everything (paid)
Has many features not available in free apps
‣Educreations (free) - in app search for images
‣Knowmia/Teach (free) - for teacher use
DRAW
AUDIO
VIDEO
PHOTOTOOLKIT
65. DRAW
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
70. DRAW
SCENE BUILDERS
‣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
TOOLKIT
71. DRAW
Story Illustrations
with Feltboard
‣Used Feltboard
to illustrate
stories
‣Printed/
combined with
text that was
typed on the
computer
‣From 2nd grade
teacher Nicole
Nesbitt
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72. Book Creator for iPad (paid)
‣Add text, pictures,
simple drawings,
record audio, add
video, hyperlinks,
comic templates
‣Export as epub
document directly to
iBooks or to
Dropbox, publish to
iTunes
‣ Link to our
elementary collection
of eBooks
DRAW
TEXT
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EBOOKAUDIO PUBLISH
73. Hints for Managing
Recording
• 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)
74. 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 Use projects that
you already do, turn into a book!
76. VIDEO
Video Camera Hints
‣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.
78. How to Publish VideosPUBLISH
• Create a Vimeo or Youtube account
• Save videos to photo album/camera
roll
• Tab on the video in your photos,
then the share arrow at the top
• Tap on Youtube/Vimeo (First time
you will need to login to your
account
• Type in the title of your video, then
tap post
81. 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.
85. Bible Buddies (free lite version/paid)
‣Create puppet
shows with Bible
characters
‣From the same
company as Puppet
Pals
‣Example: The Fiery
Furnace
86. 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.
87. Sock Puppets (Free Lite Version/Paid)
‣Story Elements
‣From second grade
teacher Ruth Bennefield
88. 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
89. Toontastic (Free)
Tour of Zambia:
‣incorporates social
studies research
‣ student drawn
characters and objects
‣by 6th grader Khari
93. Book Shelfies - iBooks Author
Middle School
Multimedia
Book Reviews
•Book Trailer
•Garageband
recording of
book
•Animated book
character
•Book Quiz
•Published to
iTunes!
98. Creative-APPtitude - iPad Multimedia Tools for
Creativity by Karen Bosch. All rights reserved.
Karen Bosch
kbosch@southfieldchristian.org
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