Monday, June 25, 2012

iLearn: Creativity meets the iPad

iLearn:Creativity meets the iPad https://sites.google.com/site/iste2012ipadworkshop This workshop reviewed tools used by students to create their own content on the iPad. Creativity Apps used for student publishing. Kids create ebooks (ePub documents) and share them with each other through the wifi. They use drawing cad apps, and create journals, stories, and chapter books. HERE ARE APPS DEMONSTRATED (see link at top of page for complete list): One easy tool is called "book creator for the iPad", it's an app that you can use to create the books. Can also use "pages" app for typing and "drawing pad" for illustrating. iBooks author can be used for publishing and sharing. Some brainstorming tools include: iThoughts, corkulous, inspiration maps, Some photography apps include: adobe photoshop express, photo gene, iPhoto For movies, use iMovie. Can create stop motion movies with app "iStop motion" For podcasts, use garageband on the iPad. A video was shown of first graders making podcasts about a book they read. For creating comic books use strip designer, comic touch, or comic lab, or toontastic. One high school used comic touch app to create a comic, Keynote app to out it together, and graphing apps.

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