Brushes 3 and SketchBook Pro @ Hosmer

Two of our teachers at the Hosmer Elementary School, Maggie Mattson and Beth Lloyd, have been taking a class where they learn to draw on the iPad.  They have been using Brushes 3 and SketchBook Pro.  You can click on each link to learn more about these apps.  Here are some of the amazing pictures they have created with these two apps using their iPad and their fingers!

Another Story Creating Tool: For iPad's

Book Creator 2.4 lets you create books and narrate them. It's a free app for your iPad.  Click on the video below to see how it works.



Book Creator for the iPad from Red Jumper Studio on Vimeo.

The video below shows students in a Chinese class creating talking books:

The Difference in "Free" Student Publishing Online Applications

As an Ed Tech teacher and now coordinator, I'm always looking for student publishing tools.  The problem is that those that say they are "free" typically don't have the functionality needed in the "free" version.  With this in mind, I am reviewing a few "free" online publishing applications.

FlipSnack

I created a test book and got all the way to the end, only to find out the embed option was not part of the free tools.  I created this book in google, downloaded it as a PDF and then uploaded it to FlipSnack.
You can view it here, but I can't embed it.  http://snack.to/f1nlbfin

Simplebooklet


I used the same PDF and was able to get an embed code.  Unfortunately, with the free version there will be advertisements on the page.  I like this better than FlipSnack because I can continue to add pages.
Issuu

Issuu's been around for a long time.  Again, you need to create a PDF first and then upload.  You do have the opportunity to make the ads "kid friendly."

Free Technology For Teachers by Richard Bryne

Here is a sample of what you will read on this excellent blog: Free Technology for Teachers

Google Releases an Official Save to Drive Extension

Last week I wrote about a Google Chrome extension that allows you to send images and files to your Google Drive account with one click. That extension was not made by Google. Today, Googlereleased an official Save to Drive Chrome extension. 

The official Save to Drive Chrome extension allows you to right-click on an image, link, or file and send it directly to your Google Drive account. After a file is saved in your Google Drive account you can rename it, share it, and move it into a folder just like any other item in your Google Drive account.

Applications for Education
Save to Drive could be used by students to collect links and pictures that they will use in their research projects. To send to Google Drive students will need to be signed into their Google Accounts when they're searching the web. And, of course, if your students are saving pictures from the web please talk to them about Copyright, Creative Commons, and Fair Use.

Educreations

My very favorite app of the moment is Educreations.  You can create presentations, reports, books, or just a picture.  The best part is the whole thing can be narrated by you or your student.  Here's a little creation I made to show you what can be done.  This took me about 7 minutes to create, upload and now embed here on this blog.  You can learn more about this very useful app here: Educreations

Creating Movies

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Xtranormal Movie Maker

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Stupeflix Video Maker

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Vlix - video effects and text

Create great videos by applying video effects and adding text. Select from a variety of effects - fix effects, time altering effects, artistic effects and fun video borders...by VlixVideo

 

GoAnimate

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Magisto - Video Editing In a Click!

Magisto will analyze and understand your video, select the best parts and make it look amazing on YouTube!by Magisto

 

One True Media video creation and editing

One True Media, simply powerful video creation. Robust, fast and easy video editing with real-time preview. Clip video and combine it with photos, transitions, effects, tex...by SpotMixer

 

WeVideo

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Vibop

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YouTube Video Editor

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103 Interesting Ways to Use an iPad in the Classroom

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