App Smashing & Creativity
FETC 2015
tom@edtechteacher.org
Warmup & Framework
iPad “Warmup” Challenge
1. Take a picture of yourself (”selfie”) with the Camera App. Find the picture.
2. Take a screenshot. Find the picture.
3. Shoot a 30-second video of a colleague(s) talking about how they’re using iPads in the classroom -- or might like to.
4. Go to: http://padlet.com/tom22/ett-fetc2015. Add your name, position, and your picture to the wall.
5. View Control Center on iPad (hidden at bottom of screen). Check that Wireless and Bluetooth are turned on.
6. Go to http://vimeo.com/edtechteacher in Safari and Add to Home Screen. Add http://edtechteacher.org/apps to Home Screen. Add http://tinyurl.com/ett-usd259 to Home Screen. Put three in “ETT” folder on home screen.
7. Go to http://edtechteacher.org/app-smashing-from-greg/ and copy second sentence in paragraph. Open Notes app and paste sentence into Note.
Bonus: Select sentence you pasted into Note and "Speak" it. (Hint: "Accessibility")
Working with Padlet Notes
Educators shouldn’t think of iPads as repositories of apps but rather as portable media creation devices.
“Evergreen” & One Screen
Creativity & “App Smashing”
Smashable Apps
1. PUSH to Camera Roll
2. PULL from Camera Roll
Smashable App?
APP | TYPE | PULL? | PUSH? |
Skitch | image editing | YES | YES |
PicCollage | image presentation | YES | YES |
Tellagami | speaking avatar | YES | YES |
Thinglink | interactive image | YES | NO |
Explain Everything | screencasting | YES | YES |
Notability | annotations | YES | NO* |
Book Creator | multimedia book creator | YES | NO* |
iMovie | video editing | YES | YES |
App Fluency
Create X
Add a Layer
Upload / Share
App Fluency Examples
1- BookCreator
Challenge: Create a 3-5 page report or tutorial
Use Landscape orientation
Insert Images
Insert Video
Insert Audio
Insert Text & adjust / edit text
Bonus Challenges:
Challenge
Steps:
Exporting Options:
App Smashing 1
Open Tellagami and PULL picture from Camera roll. Create content and PUSH to Camera Roll
Take picture with Camera App. (PUSH to Camera Roll)
Open Book Creator and Pull Tellagami movie from Camera Roll
App Smashing 2
Open Skitch and PULL picture from Camera roll. Create content and PUSH to Camera Roll
Take picture with Camera App. (PUSH to Camera Roll)
Open Telligami and PULL Skitch content from Camera Roll
Open Book Creator and PULL Gami movie from Camera Roll
App Smashing - 3
Open Skitch and PULL picture from Camera roll. Create content and PUSH to Camera Roll
Take picture with Camera App. (PUSH to Camera Roll)
Open PicCollage and PULL Skitch content from Camera Roll
Open Book Creator and PULL Collage from Camera Roll
Solve!
Collaborative Global Book
What if students created...
• Book trailers for reading books
• Screencasts or videos of their active reading
• VIrtual tours of historical places
• Book Creator lab reports that include photos, video, and audio
• Screencasts of their problem solving for math
• Screencasts of peer editing to support the writing process
• Video flash cards for English or world language
• Infographics to explain a concepts
Share
AirDrop Files / Projects
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Role of Drive
Enter individual Google email accounts to share
Share first & then get link to file
See who can access the file & sharing settings
Format | Opens in | Available Tools |
iBooks | | iBooks can ONLY be read in the iBooks app on Apple products: iPad, iPhone, iPodTouch Highlight, Underline, Sticky Notes, Embedded Audio, Video & Images |
ePub | | ePub is a generic file format for eBooks that can be read on an iPad, Kindle, Nook, etc. Full annotation tools include: highlight, underline, sticky note tagging pages |
| | PDF can be opened but NOT annotated in the iBooks app. PDF can be opened and annotated in PDF annotation apps. The user's finger / stylus can write in free-hand on the PDF. |
Word / Pages | | Word or Pages documents can be opened in the Pages app and annotated with inserted, typed text. The new Word is subscription only. |
App Smashing: Explain Everything
Image Source: Explain Everything Help Page
Creation Strategy
1. Create slides
2. Add content
3. Record in small segments, 1 slide at a time
4. Duplicate slides & delete unnecessary content
5. Insert extra slides & rearrange later if needed
Voice & Hand gestures recorded
Ideas to Consider:
Take photos of offline work & use in a screencast
Capture images from the web & crop
Move images while talking & recording
PDF documents can "Open in" Explain Everything
Creating Video Content:
Explain Everything
2- Explain Everything
1. Create 3-6 page draft screencast with minimum:
2. App Smash the following:
2- Explain Everything
3. Enhance your screencast (20 minutes):
4. Publication & Settings (15 minutes):
Creation
Vikings - Explain Everything
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App Smashing - Challenge 4
Open Explain Everything and PULL content from Camera roll. Create content and PUSH to Camera Roll
Open Tellagami and create content. PUSH to Camera Roll.
Open Book Creator and Pull EE movie from Camera Roll
App Smashing - Challenge 5
Open Skitch and PULL picture from Camera roll. (Picture may come from Web.) Create content and PUSH to Camera Roll
Open iMovie and PULL EE content from Camera Roll. Create content and PUSH to Camera Roll
Open Book Creator and PULL iMovie film from Camera Roll
Open Explain Everything and PULL content from Camera roll. Create content and PUSH to Camera Roll
Open iMovie and PULL Skitch content from Camera Roll. Create content and PUSH to Camera Roll
App Smashing - Challenge 6
Open Skitch and PULL picture from Camera roll. (Picture may come from Web.) Create content and PUSH to Camera Roll
Open Thinglink and PULL content from Camera Roll. Create content.
Video Editing & Publishing: iMovie
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3- iMovie & Thinglink
1. Insert EE file and into iMovie (30 minutes):
2. Thinglink (10 minutes):
iMovie Trailer
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Food Producers
Video
What could your students do?
What is your path from Substitution to Transformation?
Courtesy: Carl Hooker
http://hookedoninnovation.com/2013/12/10/taking-a-dip-in-the-samr-swimming-pool/
What will we do tomorrow?
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