This presentation shares project examples, app suggestions, and management tips for creatively and effectively using iPads as a part of the Elementary Classroom.
1. Easy Creative iPad
Projects for
Elementary
Students
Karen Bosch!
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K - 8 Technology Instruction
Southļ¬eld Christian School
Southļ¬eld, Michigan
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Discovery Star Educator
2. About our iPads
Southļ¬eld Christian School
High School - one to one iPads"
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Elementary School - shared set of
27 iPads"
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Middle School - shared cart "
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Also have a set of 13 iPod touch
devices (some project examples
done on iPods)"
6. iPads and Common Core
Use a variety of digital tools
!
to produce and publish
writing
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including with
collaboration with peers
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with multimedia
components (graphics,
sound, video) in
presentations
8. PHOTOGRAPHY APPS
Document Learning
with Photography
ā£First grade students built
words in centers and
photographed.!
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ā£Screen shots of game
scores.!
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ā£From teachers Suzanne
Swanson, Meredith Palmer,
and Judy Wilson.
10. PHOTOGRAPHY APPS
Field Trips
ā£Students at the state
capitol building in
Lansing!
!
ā£Use the pictures in your
blog, photobooks,
narrated slideshows,
comics!
!
13. PHOTOGRAPHY APPS
iStrips (free)
ā£Yearbook group photos!
!
ā£Save to camera option helpful!!
!
ā£Contains ads (some might not be
appropriate for students)!
ClassicBooth (paid)!
ā£Photos of students with projects!
!
ā£We used a free version (no longer
available)!
15. PHOTOGRAPHY APPS
Musical Slideshows
ā£Use this app to combine
images and video clips into
a movie with music and
cool eļ¬ects.!
!
ā£Direct upload online to
Animoto site or download !
to camera roll.!
!
ā£Free full featured account
for educators!!
Animoto
(free)
17. PHOTOGRAPHY APPS
Balloon Stickies Plus
!
ā£Add cartoon balloons to
an individual photo!
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ā£Variety of styles, colors,
fonts!
!
ā£Email or save to camera
roll!
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ā£Ads in free version!
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ā£From Nicole Nesbittās
second grade
18. Fall Poems
PHOTOGRAPHY APPS
using Phonto app
ā£4th graders combine their
photography with poetry (step by step
directions at blog link using Snapguide)!
!
ā£Ideas: adjectives, poetry, science
experiments
20. PHOTOGRAPHY APPS
New Year Goals using
LabelBox app
ā£Use front facing camera!
!
ā£Ideas: descriptions,
vocabulary, parts of
speech, poetry, science
experiments!
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ā£4th grade
22. PHOTOGRAPHY APPS
Using Photo Collage Apps
ā£Sequence/directions!
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ā£Field Trips!
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ā£Science Experiments!
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ā£Class activities!
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ā£Topic Posters:
!
download pictures
from internet!
using Safari app
23. PHOTOGRAPHY APPS
Color Collages using
Polyframe
(paid)
ā£Kindergarten - worked
with a partner!
!
ā£Polyframe lets you take
photos in app and add
text
24. PHOTOGRAPHY APPS
Pic Collage (free)
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ā¢ Digital Posters!
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ā¢ Search for photos for
project in app
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ā¢ Add text and backgrounds
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ā¢ Save to camera roll
!
ā¢ Example - Thank you
notes, Mark Steerās
second graders
25. GRAPHIC TEXT APPS
Pic Collage - Reports
!
ā¢ Reports - famous African
Americans, Africa, Bats,
Climate
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ā¢ Searched for images in app
!
ā¢ Examples - Nicole Nesbittās
and Ruth Bennefieldās 2nd
grades, Denise Bourqueās 4th
grade, Gwen Sullivanās 8th
grade
26. GRAPHIC TEXT APPS
Pic Collage (parts of speech)
!
ā¢ Fall adjectives and
pictures
!
ā¢ Example - Sheri
Veldmanās 3rd grade
28. PHOTOGRAPHY APPS
Pic Collage - Literacy
!
ā¢ Picture drawn with
Hello Crayons app
!
ā¢ Kindergarteners
worked with 5th
grade buddies to
write the stories
!
ā¢ from Jan Tetirickās
class
29. PHOTOGRAPHY APPS
Pic Collage (free)
!
ā¢ Vocabulary
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ā¢ Definition, synonym,
antonym, part or
speech, example
sentence
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ā¢ Searched in app for
photo or drew a picture
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ā¢ Example - Carrie Fairās
Fifth Grade
30. PHOTOGRAPHY APPS
Pic Collage (free)
!
ā¢ Fifth grade Common
Core Exemplar:
Sentences with
correlative conjunctions
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ā¢ Example - Carrie Fairās
Fifth Grade
31. PHOTOGRAPHY APPS
Pic Collage (free)
!
ā¢ Create a Quarter
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ā¢ Use camera in app to
photograph their quarter
drawing
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ā¢ Search for photos for
project in app
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ā¢ Add text description
!
ā¢ Example - Nicole Nesbittās
2nd grade
32. PHOTOGRAPHY APPS
Photo Art Generators
!
ā¢ Face on Coin Booth
(free)
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ā¢ Face on Stamp Booth
(free)
!
ā¢ Wanted Poster Pro
(paid)
!
ā¢ Example - Nicole
Nesbittās 2nd grade
33. PHOTOGRAPHY APPS
Trading Cards
!
ā¢ Famous African
Americans
!
ā¢ Print and fold
!
ā¢ from 5th grade
teacher Crystal
Voytal
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ā¢ Note: somewhat
inflexible template
(free)
34. MANAGEMENT/HINTS
How to Print or
Transfer Projects
ā£Save projects as photo/video to camera roll.!
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ā£Email projects.!
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ā£Use cord to sync photos/video to computer.!
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ā£Turn on Photostream, photos/video go directly to
iPhoto.!
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ā£Printing via wiļ¬ from iPad photo roll prints 4 x 6
size.!
35. MANAGEMENT/HINTS
Apps to Transfer Projects
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ā£Upload to a Dropbox account.
(Other
online storage options: Google Drive,
Copy, Box)!
!
ā£Use transfer apps - Photo Transfer and
Photosync apps.!
36. IMAGE NARRATION
Narrated Slideshows
Sonic Pics
Pixntell
(paid)
(free/$paid for EDU version)
30 Hands
(free) Lets you redo audio recordings!
Explain Everything
(paid)
38. DRAWING APPS
Favorite Drawing Apps
ā£Drawing Box (free/paid for full
version)!
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ā£Drawing Pad (paid) - text!!
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ā£Doodle Buddy (free) - also
add text!!
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ā£WowPaint (free) - simple!!
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ā£Hello Crayons (free) - great
for early elementary!
39. DRAWING APPS
Draw a Picture that
Begins with a .......!
(art and literacy)#
!
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Hello Crayons app!
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ā¢ Simple drawing apps - draw
with crayons, marker, paint,
pencils
ā¢ Includes a paint bucket fill
option
ā¢ Can open and save images
from and to camera roll
ā¢ Shop includes additional in
app features and coloring
pages for purchase
40. DRAWING APPS
All About Bats!
Hello Crayons app!
!
ā¢ Kindergarteners drew
picture of a happy bat after
field trip to Cranbrook
Science Center.
!
ā¢ No option to add text,
saved to camera roll and
opened in A+Signature to
add their name.
!
ā¢ Use in narrated slideshow
using 30 Hands or Explain
Everything apps
49. DRAWING APPS
Christmas Generator apps
!
!
!
!
(ALL FREE!)
ā¢ Christmas Tree Maker PRO
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ā¢ Make a Snowman
ā¢ Christmas Cookie Maker
!
ā¢ Gingerbread House Maker!
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ā¢ Happy Snowflake
ā¢ Paper Snow
ā¢ My Flake
!
ā¢ Mandalas FREE
50. MANAGEMENT/HINTS
WordPress
ā£
Blogging app lets you
take photos/images from your
camera roll on your iPad and
directly upload them to your
blog - huge time saver!!
!
ā£Let students photograph
and blog class activities!
51. GRAPHIC ORGANIZER APPS
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
ā£Popplet
!
(free/paid for full version)
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ā£Inspiration
!
(free/paid for full version)
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ā£Corkulous
(free/paid for full version)
!
ā£Grafio
(free/paid for full version)
52. GRAPHIC ORGANIZER APPS
New Yearās Goals with
Popplet
ā£Photo with front
facing camera!
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ā£Simple tools!
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ā£By fourth graders!
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ā£Use with book
covers, book
characters, science
concepts!
53. GRAPHIC ORGANIZER APPS
Food Chains with Popplet
ā£Images
downloaded from
internet using
Safari!
!
ā£By third graders
54. GRAPHIC ORGANIZER APPS
Note Taking
ā£Watched Discovery
Streaming Atlas videos on
Africa on computer!
ā£Took notes using Corkulous
and Inspiration Lite apps!
56. DRAWING APPS
Screencasting apps
ā£Show Me (free)!
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ā£Screen Chomp (free)!
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ā£Explain Everything (paid)!
Has many features not available in free apps!
!
ā£Educreations (free) - in app search for images!
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ā£Knowmia/Teach (free) - in app search for images!
!
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57. DRAWING APPS
Show Me Math Tutorials
ā£Fifth grade students
created as review for
MAP testing!
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ā£Free account!
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ā£Publishes directly to
ShowMe website!
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ā£Common Core:
explain your thinking!!
58. AUDIO APPS
Favorite Audio apps
ā£AudioMemos SE (free)
!
ā£iTalk RecorderĀ (free)!
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ā£Audioboo (free)
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ā£Songify (paid)
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ā£GarageBand (
!
!
free on new iOS devices
)
59. AUDIO APPS
AudioMemos SE
iTalk Recorder
!
(free)
(free)
ā£Fluency/Vocabulary!
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ā£Readerās Theater!
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ā£Create/record commercials - National Parks!
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ā£Recordings for band teacher (Jon Busch)!
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ā£Mail/transfer recordings to teacher!
60. IMAGE NARRATION
Fotobabble
ā£Snap a photo and
record a one minute
audio description.!
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ā£Instantly upload
online to free
Fotobabble account,
simple publication!!
!
ā£Easy for kids to use. !
!
ā£Students reļ¬ect on
their artwork
(free)!
61. Message
Posters!
ā£Pic Collage + Fotobabble!
!
ā£Students record
explanation, commercial, or
rap explaining their poster!
!
ā£Picture and audio
published to web!!
!
ā£Link to example
IMAGE NARRATION
62. Songify
AUDIO APPS
(paid)
ā£Turns talking into a song or a
rap! Easy and fast!
!
ā£Comes with 3 song styles for
free, additional styles for
purchase
!
ā£Note: can block public
published areas
!
ā£Example: Computer Lab Rules
!
ā£Fun way to review
63. AUDIO APPS
Audioboo
(free)
ā£Easy way to publish audio ļ¬les
directly to the web, ļ¬les can be
embedded on a blog!
!
ā£Free account!!
!
ā£Record ļ¬les up to 3 minutes long!
!
Record students!
talking about what!
they learned - top ten list!
style!!
66. AUDIO APPS
Audioboo QR Codes
!
!
ā£Create account for class!
!
ā£Go to your Audioboo
account online!
!
ā£Click QR code at
towards bottom left!
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67. AUDIO APPS
Audioboo QR Codes
!
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ā£Generates code!
!
ā£Print in large (full page)
or small (good size for
corner of project)!
!
68. AUDIO APPS
Audioboo in iTunes!
!
!
ā£Click iTunes - will open
ļ¬les as a podcast in
iTunes!!
!
ā£Can download the ļ¬les
for other uses!!
!
69. AUDIO APPS
Audioboo Book Reports
(free)
ā£Second grade book reports
from Nicole Nesbitt!
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ā£Snap photo of book cover
(or student artwork/project)!
!
ā£Record audio!
!
ā£Link to example!
Add Audioboo to projects that
you already do!
70. AUDIO APPS
Election Posters
with QR Code
Speeches
!
ā£Fifth grade students made
election posters and recorded
a related speech using
AudioBoo which was linked
to QR code.!
!
ā£From Crystal Voytal!
!
!
72. Body System
Tours with QR
Codes
!
AUDIO APPS
ā£from 5th grade teacher Crystal
Voytal!
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ā£Link to example of audio!
73. AUDIO APPS
Poetry with QR Codes
!
ā£from 4th grade
teacher Maria Long!
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ā£Photo + Drawing App
+ Audioboo + QR Code!
!
74. VIDEO APPS
Favorite Video apps
ā£Splice (free/paid)
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ā£iMovie (paid)
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ā£Vintagio (paid)
!
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!
!
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75. VIDEO APPS
Video Camera Hints
ā£Use horizontally, like
the shape of a TV
screen!!
!
ā£Take short clips of
students in action, edit
into a simple video at
night while watching TV.!
!
ā£Assign students to take
videos of class activities.!
76. VIDEO APPS
Splice
(free/additional features for purchase)
ā£Easy and fast app to edit
multiple video clips and images
together!
!
ā£Add simple titles, transitions,
record audio, and add music!
!
ā£Free version contains ads!
!
ā£Export projects to camera roll!
!
!
78. VIDEO APPS
VidRhythm
(free)
ā£Take short video clips
to create wacky music
videos!
!
ā£Variety of templates
to use!
!
ā£Limited educational
value, but oh so fun!
Link to examples
79. VIDEO APPS
Create Video Tutorials
ā£Easy way to give
multiple directions
for projects.!
!
ā£Use iPad case as a
tripod when
recording.!
!
ā£Can replay video
as students work.!
!
ā£Let students
create tutorials!!
link to view video
80. DIGITAL STORYTELLING APPS
Favorite Digital Storytelling Apps!
ā£Book Creator!
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ā£Puppet Pals!
!
ā£Facejack!
!
ā£PhotoComic!
!
ā£30 Hands
Presentation link at Creative APP-titude!
!
81. DIGITAL STORYTELLING APPS
ChatterPix Kids (free)
ā£Talking
Biographies!
!
ā£From 2nd grade
teacher Nicolle
Nesbitt!
!
ā£Can add text to
the ļ¬nished
video!!
!
82. DIGITAL STORYTELLING APPS
ChatterPix Kids!
ā£Talking artwork!!
!
ā£Talking snowmen by
second graders!
!
ā£Picture drawn with
Drawing Pad app, but
could also take a photo
of student artwork!
83. BOOK CREATION APPS
SPOKEnPHOTO (free)
ā£Create free account!
!
ā£Add photos, record
audio for each image
(no text)!
!
ā£Saves to account,
view online or in app!
!
ā£Example: Snowmen
All Year
Use projects that!
you already do, turn into a book!
84. DIGITAL STORYTELLING APPS
Book Creator for iPad ($4.99)
ā£Add text, pictures
(from camera roll),
record audio, add
video, hyperlinks!
!
ā£Export as epub
document directly to
iBooks or to Dropbox!
!
ā£ Link to our
elementary collection
of eBooks!
85. GRAPHIC TEXT APPS
Write About This
!
ā¢ Photos with
story prompts
!
ā¢ Write story,
record audio
!
ā¢ Save to camera
roll
!
ā¢ Can create your
own prompts
(free/$2.99)
86. BOOK CREATION APPS
Haiku Deck (free)
!
ā£Haiku Deck - presentation
maker!
!
ā£Search for images in app!!
!
ā£Beautiful text !
!
ā£Save online!
!
ā£Export as a Powerpoint/
Keynote ļ¬le, can import into
other apps!
!
ā£Link to Jerboas Example!
!
87. MANAGEMENT/HINTS
Publish to your Digital
Hallway!
ā£Publish to blog using Wordpress app.!
!
ā£Upload video projects directly from iPad from camera roll to
Vimeo or YouTube !
!
ā£Use apps with accounts that publish to web: Fotobabble,
Audioboo, Toontastic, Showme, Educreation, Knowmia,
SPOKEnPHOTO!
!
ā£See my Elementary APPtitude blog for examples of iPad
published projects!
88. MANAGEMENT/HINTS
Student Publication
ā£Edmodo
- Free online educational community
similar to Facebook. Students can post many kinds
of projects directly from iPad. Free app.!
!
ā£Kidblog - Free blogging platform geared for
students. Students could post projects to their blog.
Free app.
91. PHOTOGRAPHY APPS
Start of School Project
ā£Use PicCollage to make
a āWhat I did this
Summerā collage!
!
ā£Add text titles and
sentences!
!
ā£Bonus: superimpose a
photo of yourself into the
image!!
92. PHOTOGRAPHY APPS
Start of School Project
ā£Use Labels or LabelBox
app!
!
ā£Use front facing camera!
!
ā£Write adjectives or
phrases that describe
yourself!
93. PHOTOGRAPHY APPS
Start of School Project
ā£Use Poppet,
Corkculous,
Inspiration, or Graļ¬o!
!
ā£Use front facing
camera!
!
ā£Write out goals for
the school year:
mental, physical,
social, emotional!
94. PHOTOGRAPHY APPS
Start of School Project
ā£Use Audioboo to talk about
what you want to learn this
year!!
!
ā£Share a way you could use
Audioboo in your classroom.!
!
ā£Label with the hashtag
#wwaudioboo!