ChatterPix Kids App

 ChatterPix Kids is a free app that allows you to take a photo of anything and make it talk! To make it work, you take a picture (friends, family, pets, drawings, animals, really anything!) and draw a line on the image to create a mouth. Then, you can record your own voice for 30 seconds. Once you've recorded your information, you can format the image in different ways, such as changing the way it looks (sepia, black and white, rainbow, etc.). You can also add stickers, text, or frames to the image! Once your image and recording is complete, you can save it directly to your Camera Roll. It's that simple! This can be used in a variety of ways in your classroom. (This app is appropriate for ages 6-12).

Classroom Applications:

1. Book talks.
2. Character talks with literature circles.
3. Historical figures/ important information about their accomplishments.
4. Book reports.
5. Introducing a lesson in a new and interesting way to students.
6. Transitioning from one activity to the next in class.

**If you like using ChatterPix Kids, you might also want to look at the Lesson Plan called Animal Biomes using FaceTalker (a similar type of app). Click here to see that lesson: http://ipadlex1.blogspot.com/2014/05/talking-animals-learn-about-biomes.html

Aurasma: Creating Your Own Augmented Reality Codes

Aurasma is a an augmented reality app that brings images and objects "to life". This app will let you create target images that link to videos you and your students create.This app takes "QR Codes" to the next level by creating a place that hosts videos for you and makes them "scannable" using mobile devices (iPad, iPhone, other smartphones).

Here is an example from http://theteachingpalette.com/2013/06/29/augmented-reality-using-aurasma/ showing students using the app. 


Augmented Reality in Education from Teaching Palette on Vimeo.


Classroom Applications:
Book Talks
Share Student Created videos
Scavenger Hunt
Assess Reading - we did a Polar Express multiple choice comprehension activity.
Content Facts or Introduction
Art Talks - students explain their artwork

How to use Aurasma/Create Your Own Auras

Aurasma Tutorials

Bringing Schools to Life with Aurasma

30 Hands Mobile App

30 Hands is a storytelling app that allows students to use images to tell a story. They can take their own pictures from within the app, access the iPad camera roll or draw their own images. Students can then narrate over the images. You can delete and rearrange your images. The recording stops  between each slide allowing for more collaboration and planning. The final video will save to your camera roll. This is a tutorial made by 30 Hands - similar one is available inside the app.

Adapts easily to use as a "paper slide" video - students can still draw their images, then take pictures of them with the iPad, bring them into the app and narrate without some of the "shaky" videoing.

Classroom Applications:
Share Research/Facts
Student Writing/Publishing
Book Talks - book cover and draw pictures of favorite scenes in books
Share Classroom Activities/Events
Cause and Effect of Disasters (Flood, Tornadoes, Tsunamis)
Soil Science Lab Example 

Tellagami to Tell a Story

Tellagami is a free app that creates short avatar video clips (30 seconds). You can use their backgrounds or upload your own. It will allow you to record a short script or type your own and select an iPad generated voice. This app saves the final video to the camera roll. Several Gamis (or a Gami and other videos) can be mashed together using the iMovie app to make a longer video.

Classroom Applications:

• Book Talks
• Story Retelling
• Share Research

Tech Tip/Suggestion:

• The first time you use it make sure you go to background and select from Library. You will be prompted to allow access to camera roll. Always say yes to this prompt and to the prompt about microphone access.
• Swipe beside the avatar (up, down, left or right) to turn or rotate the avatar.  Touch to move the avatar.

Tellagami ideas from Free Tech For Teachers
Sun and Moon Examples from iTeach with Technology

BuddyPoke

BuddyPoke is a free app that allows you to create a personalized avatar, send animated emoji through iMessage and email, and create an animated video by recording your own voice message. Use the built-in backgrounds for your videos or use images from your camera roll instead. Completed videos can be saved to the camera roll, emailed, texted through iMessage, or uploaded to YouTube. From the camera roll you can also share it to your network drive through the WebDAV Navigator app.
This app is a lot of fun!

Classroom Applications:
Students can...

• create a book talk video.
• describe causes and effects of historical events.
• make public service announcements about service learning projects.
• create a video of themselves reading a piece of writing.
• record themselves reading to self-assess fluency.
• describe the scientific processes of an experiment.
• practice and self-assess speeches to improve public speaking.

Videolicious App

Videolicious is an easy app to make a quick video to show student learning. You can add several pictures from your camera roll that you have taken or saved from the web. You can set the app to mic only to narrate the images or you can record video clips within the app.  You can add their royalty free theme music to the end. The final video saves to your camera roll. There is a one minute limit for the video.

Classroom Applications:

• Book Talks/Trailers - take a picture of the book cover and a picture of a drawing of your favorite scene.
• Discuss learning from field trips, science labs or other classroom events.
• Share research information about famous people or historical events.
• Show understanding of various content.

WebDav

The Webdav app is a great way to get student work, pictures and video from the iPad to the network for printing, sharing and saving. See your TIS for assistance in setting up this app to connect to the network if you have not already done so. Click on the WebDav links below to see how to copy files to the network using this app.

Webdav with Keynote and Pages

Webdav with Pictures and Video

Classroom Applications:

Publishing

Printing

Collaborating