This document provides an overview of iPad apps that can be used for art classroom activities. It discusses drawing, photography, augmented reality, audio, video, and digital storytelling apps. Specific apps are highlighted with examples of student art projects created using the apps. Recommendations are provided for managing student work created on iPads. The document aims to inspire teachers to integrate iPad technology creatively into their art curriculum.

1. CREATIVE
APP-TITUDE
iPad Activities
for the Art
Classroom

2. Karen Bosch!!
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K - 8 Technology Instruction
Southfield Christian School
Southfield, Michigan
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CREATIVE APP-TITUDE
iPad Activities for the Art
Classroom
tinyurl.com/boschart

3. About our iPads
Southfield Christian School
High School - one to one iPads"
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Elementary School - shared set of
27 iPads + one per class"
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Middle School - shared set "
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Also have 13 iPod touch devices
(some projects also done on iPods)"

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

5. WHY IPADS FOR ART
CREATIVITY?
•Many amazing
creative apps"
•Rich simulation of
artistic styles"
•Easy demonstration
of complicated
processes"
•No mess! Easy prep
and cleanup!"
•Connect art and
storytelling"

6. Simple Drawing Apps
DRAWING APPS
‣Drawing Box (free/paid)"
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‣Drawing Pad (paid) - text!"
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‣Doodle Buddy (free) - also
add text!"
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‣WowPaint (free) - simple!"
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‣Hello Crayons (free) - great
for early elementary"

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

8. 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

9. 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.

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

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

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

13. African Sunsets"
!
Drawing Box Free (free)"

14. Stylus Tools
DRAWING APPS
‣Inexpensive stylus - for student use"
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‣Adonit Jot Pro ($29.99) - fine point"
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‣Sensu Brush ($39.00) - iPad brush"
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15. Pencil (syncs with Paper53 and ProCreate apps)
DRAWING APPS
!
• Use eraser to
erase"
• Use finger to
blend"
• Pressure
sensitive
(coming in
iOS8)

16. Advanced Drawing Apps
DRAWING APPS
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‣Adobe Ideas (free)"
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‣Drawing Brush Free"
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‣SumoPaint (paid)"
screenshot Drawing Brush

17. Drawing Apps with Layers
DRAWING APPS
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‣ SketchbookX (free, paid for pro version)"
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‣ArtRage (paid)"
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‣Brushes (free)"
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‣ProCreate (paid) - can create video of
drawing process!"
!
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18. Sketchbook Apps
DRAWING APPS
!
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‣Flipink (paid)"
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‣Paper 53 (free/in
app purchase for
additional tools)"
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Middle Schoolers
Sketchnote Blogpost"
!
Visual Notetaking on the
iPad Video"
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Sketchnote Resource Page

19. Sermon Sketchnotes
DRAWING APPS
Middle Schoolers Sketchnote Blogpost"

20. Drawing Tool Apps
DRAWING APPS
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‣Auryn Ink (paid) - watercolor"
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‣Zen Brush (paid) - ink"
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‣Colored Pencils (paid) "
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screenshot Auryn Ink

21. Contour
Drawing
Selfies
DRAWING APPS
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‣ SketchbookX (free)
- 3 layers"
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‣Paid Pro version has
more layers and tools"
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‣Drawing by Isabelle

22. Save to Camera Roll/
Apps to add Text
‣Labelbox (free)"
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‣Phonto (free)"
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‣A+Signature Lite (free)"
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MANAGEMENT/HINTS

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

24. !
‣Upload to a Dropbox account. (Other
online storage options: Google Drive,
Copy, Box)"
!
‣Use transfer apps - Photo Transfer and
Photosync apps."
Apps to Transfer Projects
MANAGEMENT/HINTS

25. !
‣iPevo Webcam ($79.99)"
‣iPevo WishPool - gives away
products to teachers each month!"
‣Apple TV"
‣Reflector - software that mirrors
iPad to your computer (use to create
tutorial videos)"
‣iPad Justand ($89.99) and Apple
TV (projects iPad wirelessly)"
‣Stage app to write over what you
project
iPad with/as Document Cam
MANAGEMENT/HINTS

26. Cool Drawing Effects
DRAWING APPS
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‣iTag Graffiti (free)"
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‣Doodle Dandy
(free) symmetry
paintings"
!
‣Glow Paint (free)"
!

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

28. Tessellations
DRAWING APPS
!
‣KaleidoPaint
(free)"
!
‣Easy way to
create
tessellations and
patterns!"
!
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29. 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

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

31. Faces I Make (paid)
SCENE BUILDER APPS
Food Faces - "
!
Kindergarteners
create fun faces
as part of a
health unit.

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

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

34. 3D Art Apps
DRAWING APPS
‣Sculptor (free)"
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‣BlockArt HD (free)"
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‣iDough! HD (free)"
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‣Pottery Lite (free)"
!
view video

35. 123D Creature (free)
DRAWING APPS
‣Use your fingers to shape a 3D
figure"
!
‣View from all angles, paint
and decorate with symmetry"
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‣Save as flat image to camera
roll"
!

36. Snapseed - Photo Editing Must Have!
PHOTOGRAPHYAPPS
‣Excellent tools for
adjusting contrast,
saturation, exposure"
!
‣Add drama, HDR,
and tilt shift to
enhance photos"
!
‣Vintage and grunge
effects"
!
‣FREE!"
!
before
after

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

38. Fall Poems using Phonto app
GRAPHIC TEXT APPS
‣4th graders combine their
photography with poetry (step by step
directions at blog link using Snapguide)"
!
‣Ideas: adjectives, poetry, science
experiments

39. Photography - An Apple Eaten
PHOTOGRAPHYAPPS
‣Students photographed an
apple with iPads or iPods in
stages as they ate it."
!
‣Teacher printed in black and
white."
!
‣Students used as reference
for pencil drawing."
!
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40. PHOTOGRAPHYAPPS
‣Apple Still Life Photography"
‣Turns photos into sketches right
before your eyes!!"
My Sketch (paid)

41. Fun with Filters/Effects
PHOTOGRAPHYAPPS
‣BeFunky (free)"
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‣Pixlr-o-matic (free)"
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42. PHOTOGRAPHYAPPS
Photo Art Generators
!
• Face on Coin Booth
(free)
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• Face on Stamp Booth
(free)
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• Wanted Poster Pro
(paid)
!
• Idea -turn photos of
artwork into coins,
stamps, or posters

43. Artist Simulation
!
‣Arcimboldo - Vegetable Me"
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‣Warhol - PopArt"
!
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‣Cubist - PopArt Me"
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‣Peter Max - PhotoTropidelic"
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PHOTOGRAPHYAPPS

44. Masterpiece Me!
PHOTOGRAPHYAPPS
‣Put your face inside a
famous painting!"
‣Several paintings for
free, more available in
app for purchase."
‣Male and Female
paintings"
‣Note: several semi nude
paintings "

45. iStrips (free)
PHOTOGRAPHYAPPS
‣Photos with artwork that is
hard to display"
!
‣Yearbook group photos"
!
‣Save to camera option helpful!
Other similar apps available"
!
‣Contains ads (some might not
be appropriate for students)"

46. Photo Self Portraits
PHOTOGRAPHYAPPS
‣Middle Schoolers use the front facing
camera"
‣Add creative effects to photos using
Fotolr app"

47. Photo Selfie Collages
PHOTOGRAPHYAPPS
‣Middle Schoolers use the front facing camera, multiple
apps, Pic Collage"

48. Photo App Smashing
PHOTOGRAPHYAPPS
‣Stretch student
creativity"
!
‣Photo expresses a
story"
!
‣Used Fotolr,
MySketch, and
LabelBox apps"

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

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

51. Photography Guidebook for iPad, iPod, and
iPhone - free iTunes course, book!
PHOTOGRAPHYAPPS

52. 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

53. ColAR (free)
AUGMENTED REALITY
‣Free coloring pages to
scan (additional pages
can be added with
purchase)"
!
‣Animals, holidays"
!
‣Dot Day coloring to
illustrate the difference
between a circle and
sphere

54. Photographing Projects
‣Easier with 2 people!"
‣Take photos of non-
permanent projects -
pattern blocks, yarn
on sandpaper"
‣Place on a plain
background (large
posterboard), serves as
a frame around the
artwork"
‣Portfolio of artwork"
!
MANAGEMENT/HINTS

55. Abstraction Apps
PHOTOGRAPHYAPPS
‣PaintMee Lite (free)"
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‣Camvas (paid - must have account to use)"
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‣Percolator (paid)"
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‣Popsicolor (paid)"

56. PaintMee and
SketchMee Lite (free)
PHOTOGRAPHYAPPS
‣Turn photos into
paintings or sketches right
before your eyes!!"

57. Camvas (paid)
PHOTOGRAPHYAPPS

58. Pic Collage (free)
!
• Use camera in app
!
• Search for photos for
project in app
!
• Add text and backgrounds
!
• Save to camera roll
!
• Links to a variety of Pic
Collage projects
GRAPHIC TEXT APPS

59. Student Portfolios (ideas?)
!
• One to One iPads - student manages own portfolio,
use Evernote, Kidblog?
!
• Artsonia - have not used, but can have students
add photos of artwork using iPad (set up station?)
!
• Showbie app
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• Other ideas?
!
MANAGEMENT/HINTS

60. WordPress
‣ Blogging app lets you take
photos/images from your camera
roll on your iPad and upload them
to your blog - huge time saver!"
‣Let students photograph and blog
class activities!"
‣Easy Blog Junior app - lets
students add photos to class blog
(not tried)"
‣Link to Elementary
APPtitude blog"
‣(Unfortunately, my Pixels and
Paintbrushes blog destroyed by
virus)"
MANAGEMENT/HINTS

61. Fotobabble (free)"
‣Snap a photo and
record a one minute
artist statement (can
adjust time in settings)."
!
‣Instantly upload online
to free Fotobabble
account, simple
publication!"
!
‣Easy for kids to use. "
!
‣Students reflect on
their artwork - examples
IMAGE NARRATION

62. QR Code Listening
Galleries with
Audioboo and Scan (free)
AUDIO APPS
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‣Pink Pigs (Kindergarten)

63. QR Code
Listening
Galleries
with
Audioboo
AUDIO APPS
!
‣Superheros (4th grade)"
!
Creating a QR Code Listening
Gallery PDF
!
Creating a QR Code Listening
Gallery ePub

64. Audioboo QR Codes!
!
‣Create account for class"
!
‣Go to your Audioboo
account online"
!
‣Click QR code at
towards bottom left"
!
AUDIO APPS

65. Audioboo QR Codes!
!
‣Generates code"
!
‣Print in large (full page)
or small (good size for
corner of project)"
!
AUDIO APPS

66. Audioboo Artist Statements!
!
‣Select one piece of your
iPad artwork"
‣Record a short artist
statement about it."
‣Give it a title with your
first name"
‣Tag it in the
description line with the
hashtag #ipadart"
!
!
AUDIO APPS

67. Animoto (free)
VIDEO APPS
‣Use this app to combine
images 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!"

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

69. FaceJack (free)
DIGITAL STORYTELLING APPS
!
‣Bethlehem Eyewitness
project"
!
‣In art class, created portraits"
!
‣Wrote story, then recorded
in FaceJack"
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70. I am Brave like a Lion
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‣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

71. ChatterPix Kids(free)"
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"

72. Talking Book Characters"
DIGITAL STORYTELLING APPS
‣Created with
SketchbookX and
PhotoSpeak apps"
!
‣Done by Middle
Schoolers, talking
character from a book"
!
!
!

73. Tellagami (free/paid)
TALKING CHARACTERS
‣Create animated 3D
talking characters"
!
‣Use included
backgrounds or your own
images - student artwork
or famous painting as a
background??"
!
‣30 seconds of recording,
limited customization in
free vision

74. Story Elements using Puppet Pals
‣Project by 5th grade
teacher Carrie Fair"
!
‣Students wrote script
and created cartoon
video of the climax of
book"
!
‣Background created in
Doodle Buddy app"
!
!
ANIMATED STORIES

75. DIGITAL STORYTELLING APPS
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" Link to example

76. 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!

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

78. Our Winter Books published on iTunes
BOOK CREATION APPS

79. 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

80. iTimeLapse Pro (paid)
!
iStopMotion(paid)
VIDEO APPS
‣Create timelapse movies!"
!
‣Great way to record
processes - art projects,
science experiments"

81. OSnap
Lite (free)
VIDEO APPS
‣Free version is built
for iPhone but works
fine on iPad."
!
‣Good editing tools
to clean up the
recording."
Link to video

82. 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."

83. Splice (example)
VIDEO APPS
‣Have students film
and edit a class activity

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

85. Creative-APPtitude - iPad Multimedia Tools for Creativity
by Karen Bosch is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported
License.
Karen Bosch
kbosch@southfieldchristian.org