Create Picture Stories With PicView
PicView is a free iPad app that makes it easy to create simple photo stories. PicView allows you to create an audio recording about a picture. You can add narration to pictures that you take with your...
View ArticleDoodlecast for Kids Offers an Easy Way to Create Video Stories
Doodlecast for Kids is an iPad app that allows students to create short whiteboard videos. Students can create short videos by drawing on a blank whiteboard. Students can record their voices as they...
View ArticleBook Creator 2.4 for iPad Allows You To Combine Books
Earlier this month I wrote a glowing review of the Book Creator iPad app. Book Creator allows you to create narrated books on your iPad. Today, Book Creator 2.4 was released with some nice new tools....
View ArticlePixnTell – An App for Creating Simple Picture Stories
Pixntell is an iPad app for quickly creating simple narrated photostories. To create a story using Pixntell all that you need to do is start a new project, select some images, place them in order, and...
View ArticleMyHistro – Create Location-Based Timelines On Your iOS Device
MyHistro is a service that allows you to create location-based stories. The best way to describe it is as a timeline builder and map creation tool rolled into one nice package. On myHistro you can...
View ArticleStory Creator – Create Your Own Narrated Picture Books on Your iPad
Last week I attended one of Kathy Schrock’s excellent presentations about teaching with iPads. I quickly filled up five pages in a Penultimate notebook while listening to Kathy. One of the apps that...
View ArticleRead and Create Your Own Stories With the Collins Big Cat iPad Apps
The Collins Big Cat iPad apps are part short story and part story creation tool. Each of these free apps, produced by Harper Collins, contains a short story that students can read to themselves or...
View ArticleFunSlides HD – Create HD Video Slideshows On Your iPad
FunSlides HD is a nice iPad app ($0.99 USD) for taking your pictures and putting them into a video slideshow. You can import pictures from your iPad’s camera roll or take new pictures with the...
View ArticleWith Book Creator 2.5 Released With a Fantastic New Sharing Option
Book Creator is currently my favorite iPad app for creating multimedia books on your iPad. The app costs $4.99 (less with volume purchasing), but it is well worth it. The latest updates to Book...
View ArticleStory – A New Photostory App from Disney
Story is a new, free app from Disney. The app is designed for iPhones, but I tried it on my iPad anyway. It worked well on my iPad. Story allows you to pull in pictures and videos from your device’s...
View Article5 Digital Storytelling iPad Apps for Elementary School Students
Reading stories, watching videos, and listening to podcasts is one way to learn with an iPad. But a more fun way to learn with an iPad is to create things. Here are five iPad apps that elementary...
View ArticleNarrate Slideshows With 30hands for iPad
30hands is a free iPad app that makes it very easy to create a narrated slideshow. To create a basic narrated slideshow on 30hands all you need to do is import images from your iPad’s camera roll then...
View ArticleSonicPics – Turn Photographs Into Narrated Movies
SonicPics is an iPad app that I learned about just after writing yesterday’s post about the digital storytelling tool 30hands. SonicPics, like 30hands, is an iPad app that allows you to take your...
View ArticleFotobabble – Turn Pictures Into Stories
Fotobabble is a fun service that I’ve featured in the past on Free Technology for Teachers. The web version of Fotobabble makes it easy to turn pictures into short, narrated stories. The iOS app for...
View ArticleTellagami – Create Narrated Animations on Your iPad
Tellagami is a free iPad that elementary school students will enjoy using to create narrated animations. If you have ever used Voki or GoAnimate, Tellagami will feel familiar to you. Tellagami allows...
View Article27 Good iPad Apps for Elementary School Students
As the new school year starts many teachers and their students will have iPads at their disposal for the first time. If you’re one of those teachers getting iPads in your classroom for the first time,...
View ArticleDrawp – Kids Can Safely Send Digital Greetings to Family Members
Drawp is a nice iPad app that I recently learned about from Jo Villis. Drawp allows children to create drawings, take pictures, and create audio recordings to send to parents, grandparents, and other...
View ArticleShadow Puppet – A Nice iPad App for Telling Stories
Shadow Puppet is a nice new iPad app for creating short audio slideshows. It is quite easy to use the app to create and share your stories. To get started just select a set of pictures from your...
View ArticleBook Creator for iPad Now Supports Handwriting
The very popular iPad app Book Creator recently received a couple of updates of note. The first update was a new look for iOS 7 users. iOS 6 users will be happy to see that even though the app has...
View ArticleDoodlecast Pro Is Free Right Now – Grab It While You Can
Thanks to Tony Vincent, I just learned that Doodlecast Pro is currently available for free. Usually, this awesome app costs $3.99. Doodlecast Pro is an excellent iPad app for creating instructional...
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