This presentation gives an overview of apps that can be used in the classroom to develop creative learning projects. Drawing, photography, audio recording, and movie making apps are shared along with examples of student projects in a variety of subject areas.

1. iPad
Multimedia
Tools for
Creativity
Karen Bosch
K - 8 Technology Instruction
K - 5 Art Instruction
Southfield Christian School
Southfield, Michigan
Discovery Star Educator

2. About our iPads
Southfield Christian School
High School - one to one iPads
Elementary School - 12 iPads
MACUL Grant - Creative APP -
titude Project
Also have a set of 13 iPod touch
devices (some project examples
done on iPods)

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

4. iPad Multimedia Tools
Photography
Drawing
Audio
Video
Digital Storytelling

5. PHOTOGRAPHY APPS
Camera Hints
‣Still / Video
‣Front facing
‣Zoom
‣Focus
‣Grid
‣Screenshot

6. PHOTOGRAPHY APPS
Camera Roll App
‣Edit - rotate, enhance, red-
eye, crop
‣Slideshow
‣Share
‣Delete/multiple delete

7. PHOTOGRAPHY APPS
Photo App
Hint
‣Always allow the app to use
“Current Location” on photo
apps - they will NOT allow
you to get photos from your
camera roll if you click Don’t
Allow!

8. PHOTOGRAPHY APPS
WordPress
‣Blogging app lets you take
photos on your iPad and
directly upload them to your
blog - huge time saver!
‣Let students photograph
and blog class activities!

9. PHOTOGRAPHY APPS
Photography Ideas
‣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

10. PHOTOGRAPHY APPS
Photography - An Apple Eaten
‣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.
‣Use to document learning
activities.

11. PHOTOGRAPHY APPS
Document Learning
with Photography
‣First grade students built
words with magnetic
letters and photographed
the words.
‣From teachers Suzanne
Swanson, Meredith
Young, and Judy Wilson.

12. PHOTOGRAPHY APPS
Photo Cams
‣Photo Booth (comes on iPad)
‣CamWow (free)
‣WeCam ($0.99)
‣FaceGoo HD Lite (free)
‣AR Magic Mirror (free)

13. PHOTOGRAPHY APPS
CamWow
‣Creative expression - preschoolers
‣Andy Warhol style pop art photo wall
‣Use for creative writing!

14. PHOTOGRAPHY APPS
iStrips (free)
‣Yearbook group photos
‣Save to camera option helpful!
‣Contains ads (some might not be
appropriate for students)
ClassicBooth ($0.99)
‣Photos of students with projects
‣We used a free version (no longer
available)

15. PHOTOGRAPHY APPS
Photography with Text
‣Labelbox (free)
‣Phoster ($1.99)
‣Phonto (free)
‣A+ Signature (free/$1.99)
‣DecoSama (free/$0.99)

16. PHOTOGRAPHY APPS
Annotate Screenshots
‣Skitch (free)
(also is a free
piece of
software for
your
computer,
Mac only)

17. PHOTOGRAPHY APPS
Balloon Stickies Free
‣Add cartoon balloons to
an individual photo
‣Variety of styles, colors,
fonts
‣Email or save to camera
roll
‣Ads in free version

18. PHOTOGRAPHY APPS
Photography Apps
‣Six Word Story -
project by HS
English teacher
Diane Allen
during first week
of school.
‣Use any app
that combines a
photo and text.

19. PHOTOGRAPHY APPS
Photo Collage Apps
‣PicStitch (free)
‣Pic Collage (free)
‣PolyFrame Lite (free)
‣Layout ($1.99)
‣Shape Collage ($1.99)

20. PHOTOGRAPHY APPS
Using Photo Collage Apps
‣Sequence
‣Field Trips
‣Posters (countries,
animals)
‣Science Experiments
‣Class activities

21. PHOTOGRAPHY APPS
My Sketch ($1.99)
‣Apple Still Life Photography
‣Turns photos into sketches right
before your eyes!!

22. PHOTOGRAPHY APPS
Fun with Filters/Effects
‣BeFunky (free)
‣Pixlr-o-matic (free)
‣Lunapics (free)

23. PHOTOGRAPHY APPS
Editing and Effects
Fotolr PS HD (free)
• Rotate, crop, resize, adjust
brightness and color
• Add text, frames, draw on
pictures, add crazy hair,
lips, and eye stickers
• Many beautiful photo filters!

24. PHOTOGRAPHY APPS
Photo Self Portraits
‣Middle Schoolers use the front facing
camera
‣Add creative effects to photos using
Fotolr app

25. PHOTOGRAPHY APPS
Using Photo Collage Apps
‣PicStitch app
‣One photo, four ways
‣Sequence

26. PHOTOGRAPHY APPS
Using Multiple Photo Apps
‣Stretch student
creativity
‣Photo expresses a
story
‣Used Fotolr,
MySketch, and
LabelBox apps

27. PHOTOGRAPHY APPS
PaintMee and
SketchMee Lite (free)
‣Turn photos into
paintings or sketches right
before your eyes!!

28. PHOTOGRAPHY APPS
Photo Transfer
‣Photo Transfer ($2.99)
‣Simple Transfer Lite (free, limited
to first 50 photos on camera roll)
‣PhotoCaster ($1.99)
‣Bump (free) transfer photo from
device to device by bumping!

29. DRAWING APPS
BASIC DRAWING TOOLS
‣Drawing Box (free/$1.99)
‣Drawing Pad ($1.99) feature
to add text coming soon!
‣Doodle Buddy (free) - also
add text!
‣WowPaint (free) - simple!
‣Hello Crayons (free) - great
for early elementary

30. DRAWING APPS
African Sunsets
Drawing Box Free (free)

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

32. 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

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

34. DRAWING APPS
Doodle Buddy (free)
French Class - students drew
a picture that matches a
description that they heard
teacher Renee Wood give in
French.
Also uses drawing apps to
draw and label over top of
photos.

35. DRAWING APPS
Advanced Drawing Apps
‣ArtRage ($2.99)
‣Brushes ($7.99)
‣Auryn Ink ($3.99) watercolor paint app!

36. DRAWING APPS
Cool Drawing Effects
‣Spray Paint (free)
‣Doodle Dandy
(free) symmetry
paintings
‣SplatterHD (free)
painting liKe
Jackson Pollack

37. DRAWING APPS
TypeDrawing ($2.99)
‣Second grade students
create an outdoor
picture using words.
‣Combines art and
literacy.

38. DRAWING APPS
Faces I Make ($2.99)
Junk Food
Faces -
Kindergarteners
create fun faces
as part of a
health unit.

39. DRAWING APPS
Digital Slates
‣Chalkboard (free)
‣Glow Paint (free)

40. DRAWING APPS
3D Art Apps
‣Sculptor (free)
‣BlockArt HD (free)
‣iDough! HD (free)
‣Pottery Lite (free)
view video
‣Carve the Copper Relief (free)
‣UKITOE Woodcut (free)

41. DRAWING APPS
Screencasting
‣Show Me (free)
‣Screen Chomp (free)
‣Explain Everything ($2.99)
Has many features not available in free apps
‣Educreations (free)
‣Visual Talks ($2.99)

42. DRAWING APPS
Show Me Math Tutorials
‣Fifth grade students
created as review for
MAP testing
‣Free account
‣Publishes directly to
ShowMe website

43. DRAWING APPS
Popplet Lite Word Maps
‣9th grade history
students create
word maps
comparing
cartoons of French
Revolution
‣From History
teacher Alisa
Ruffin

44. AUDIO APPS
AudioMemos SE (free)
iTalk Recorder (free)
‣Fluency/Vocabulary (Ruth Benefield)
‣Reader’s Theater
‣Create/record commercials
‣Recordings for band teacher (Jon Busch)
‣Mail/transfer recordings to teacher
EXAMPLE: National Park Commercials

45. AUDIO APPS
iAmRingtones (free)
‣Thanksgiving Raps with
Apps
‣Used 2 devices
‣Created beats using
iAmRingtones on iPod
‣Recorded raps using
iTalk on iPad while
playing beats on iPod

46. AUDIO APPS
Audioboo (free)
‣Easy way to publish audio files
directly to the web, files can be
embedded on a blog
‣Record files up to 5 minutes long
‣Can record longer files in iPadio
and Cinch apps.

47. AUDIO APPS
QR Code Listening
Galleries with
Audioboo and Scan (free)
‣Superheros (4th grade)
‣Pink Pigs (Kindergarten)

48. AUDIO APPS
Songify (free)
‣record talking and it
automatically turns it into a song!
Fun!
‣comes with 3 song styles for free,
additional styles for purchase
‣Note: can block public published
areas
‣Similar apps: Talkapella, AutoRap
Example: Computer Lab Rules
“Songified”

49. AUDIO APPS
Garageband ($4.99)
‣record audio, add voice
effects, combine with music
‣record instruments, create
songs from loops, or use
"Smart Instruments" to make
music
‣save or email files, sync to
your computer using iTunes
‣example: Verse Recordings

50. AUDIO APPS
I Tell a Story ($0.99)
‣record multiple audio clips
‣add sound effects (included in app)
and music from your iTunes files
‣email file as .m4a

51. AUDIO APPS
Copyright Friendly
Music
‣Imcompetech - music from Keven
McLeod, free to use with attribution
‣Purple Planet - royalty free music to
use and remix with attribution
‣CC Mixter - Creative Commons
music, free to use with attribution
‣Vimeo Music Store - tracks available
for free and for purchase

52. VIDEO APPS
Discovery
Education
Mobile Site
http://
mobile.discoveryeducation.com

53. VIDEO APPS
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.

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

55. VIDEO APPS
Video “Confessional
Booth” ‣Use the front facing
camera to record a
“reality TV style”
video with students
reflections on a
concept or after a
lesson.
‣Quick and easy!
‣from teacher Phil
Ackley

56. VIDEO APPS
iMovie ($4.99)
‣Full featured, easy
movie editing on the
iPad!
‣Add text, transitions,
and effects to your
projects
link to video ‣Save projects to camera
roll or upload directly to
Youtube or Vimeo

57. VIDEO APPS
Physics Lab Report
‣Students in Gary Faust’s
high school physics class
use iMovie to document
a physics lab activity.

58. VIDEO APPS
Physics in Real Life
‣Students in Gary
Faust’s high school
physics class use
movie and drawing
apps to show an
example of physics
in real life.

59. VIDEO APPS
Splice (free/additional features for purchase)
‣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

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

61. VIDEO APPS
Silent Film Director
($2.99)
‣Record videos with old-
fashioned silent film effects!
‣Edit multiple clips together, add
titles, and add music appropriate
to a silent movie.
‣Use to create realistic movies/
slideshows of historical events.
Computer Lab Rules video link
Field Day video link

62. VIDEO APPS
Persuasive Writing
from English teacher Katie Beth Hofsettler
Commercial by Hannah
‣Combination of iMovie and Silent Film Director

63. VIDEO APPS
Video Effects
‣Cartoonatic (free)
‣DoodleCam (free)
‣Movie FX Cam (free)
‣Super8 ($0.99)

64. VIDEO APPS
iAm Video
‣Student self-reflection video using video effect apps
‣Part of the iAm project on iTunes

65. VIDEO APPS
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.
Link to video
‣Free full featured account
for educators!

66. VIDEO APPS
iTimeLapse Pro ($1.99)
iStopMotion ($9.99)
‣Create timelapse movies!
‣Great way to record
processes - art projects,
science experiments.

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

68. VIDEO APPS
Vimeo (free)
‣Simple video editing - upload
clips. add titles, transitions, and
audio
‣Record in app and directly
upload to Vimeo account
‣Use this app to upload videos
from your camera roll to Vimeo

69. VIDEO APPS
Managing Video Projects
‣Create Vimeo account, give students login/upload
privileges.
‣Create a public Dropbox folder that students
where students can upload videos.
‣Create an Edmodo community for your class to
post their photos/projects/videos.
‣Use email to post to a Posterous blog (short
videos).

70. Digital
Storytelling
on the iPad
Karen Bosch
K - 8 Technology Instruction
K - 5 Art Instruction
Southfield Christian School
Southfield, Michigan

71. Why iPads for Digital
Storytelling?
Audio
Drawing
Photography
Video
Text

72. DIGITAL STORYTELLING APPS
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

73. 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 Penguin Stories

74. DIGITAL STORYTELLING APPS
French Haiku using StoryKit
‣From French teacher Renee
Wood
‣Adopt an Escargot project
‣Easy way for students to
publish photo, audio, and
text

75. DIGITAL STORYTELLING APPS
Book Creators with Audio
‣My Story - Book Maker ($1.99)
‣eBook Creator ($3.99)
‣Writer’s Studio ($3.99)
‣Story Buddy ($4.99)
‣Story Patch ($2.99)
‣Creative Book Builder ($3.99)
‣Demibooks Composer (free)

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

77. DIGITAL STORYTELLING APPS
Book Creators - no audio
‣Scribble Press (free) - geared for kids with
templates, text, clipart, and drawing tools! (Share
via their online gallery or can order actual book.)
‣Duke Pen ($1.99)
‣Paper Desk Lite (free)
‣Keynote ($9.99) - think creatively about how
you use this presentation maker/viewer!

78. DIGITAL STORYTELLING APPS
Sonic Pics ($2.99)
‣Create a slideshow using your images
‣Record an audio narration
‣Email finished project, transfer via wifi, or upload to Youtube
Blurb Mobile (free/$0.99)
‣Add audio and text to images (8 images/1 video in free version)
‣Save finished project to camera roll, Facebook, free online
account, or email
‣Additional features and larger projects in paid version

79. DIGITAL STORYTELLING APPS
Mudcloth Myths
‣Art work and story
created in art class.
‣Photographed artwork
‣Recorded story
‣Example: Mudcloth
Myths

80. TALKING CHARACTERS
FaceJack ($1.99)
‣Upload a picture and record
audio to create a talking face!
‣Download finished video to
Photo Library or upload to
Youtube
‣Free version includes ads and
watermark at end of video
‣Uses: biographies,
autobiographies, personal
narratives, book characters,
creative writing

81. DIGITAL STORYTELLING APPS
President Campaign
Speeches
‣Created by 5th graders in
Carrie Fair’s class.
‣Searched and downloaded
images from the internet to
use in project.

82. DIGITAL STORYTELLING APPS
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.

83. DIGITAL STORYTELLING APPS
Bethlehem Eyewitness
‣Bethlehem Eyewitness
project
‣In art class, created portraits
using construction paper and
chalk
‣Wrote story, then recorded
in FaceJack

84. TALKING CHARACTERS
Morfo (free)
‣Create animated 3D talking faces from
still images!
LipMe (free)
‣Use a video of your lips to create a talking
face

85. DIGITAL STORYTELLING APPS
Animated Talking Stories
‣Toontastic (free, additional features for
purchase)
‣Puppet Pals (free with Wild West theme,
additional themes $2.99)
‣Sock Puppets (free, additional features for
purchase)
‣Art Maker ($2.99)

86. ANIMATED TALKING STORIES
Puppet Pals
‣Record audio as you move the characters with your
finger to animate them
‣Comes with a small selection of characters and
backgrounds
‣Need to purchase the Director’s Pass ($2.99) to add
your own background
‣Can add student photos as the characters.

87. DIGITAL STORYTELLING APPS
Story Elements using Puppet Pals
‣Project by 5th grade
teacher Carrie Fair
‣Students wr0te script
and created cartoon
video of the climax of
book
‣Background created in
Doodle Buddy

88. ANIMATED TALKING STORIES
US Regions State Tour using
Puppet Pals
‣Project by 4th grade
teacher Denise Bourque
‣Students researched a
state and wrote script
‣Backgrounds
downloaded from web
using Safari app

89. ANIMATED TALKING STORIES
Toontastic (Free/$9.99 All Access Pass)
Animated stories broken
down into easy to follow
directions with audio.
Comes with many
settings and characters,
including option to paint
your own.
Share finished videos to
Toontastic’s website with Tall Tale Story -
free account. The Forest Fire

90. ANIMATED TALKING STORIES
Sock Puppets (Free/additional
features for purchase in app)
‣Talking Socks! Crazy
voices!
‣Second grade teachers
Mark Steer and Ruth
Bennefield use to review
math facts and
vocabulary words.

91. DIGITAL STORYTELLING APPS
Comic Creators
‣Comic Touch Lite (free/$2.99 for full version)
‣PhotoComic ($1.99)
‣Halftone($1.99)
‣Comic Life ($4.99) - many features!
‣Kabaam ($0.99)

92. DIGITAL STORYTELLING APPS
PhotoComic
($1.99)
‣Used Safari/Google
search to locate animal
pictures
‣Downloaded pictures
into camera roll
‣Uploaded pictures into
Comic Touch and added
captions
‣Animal and Famous
African Americans comic
projects

93. DIGITAL STORYTELLING APPS
Teacher Appreciation
Emails
‣First graders learned about
email and worked with a
partner to write a thank you
message to their teacher.

94. iBooks - iPad Multimedia Tools
for Creativity, Collaboration, and
Publication
‣http://
tinyurl.com/
ipadmultimedia2
‣my ePub guide
that will open in
iBooks if you
open the link on
your iPad.

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

96. Karen Bosch
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