Creating a Book Trailer in iMovie

Students in Mrs. Donze's class created movie trailers based on a book their Book Club read during reading. Groups read Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, How to Steal a Dog, Because of Winn-Dixie, and City of Ember. They used the iPads and the app iMovie to create their movie trailers!  They did a great job with the limited time they had. Take a look!

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

How To Steal a Dog



The City of Ember



Because of Winn Dixie

Readers Theater with iMovie

Check out how Tracy Kiso, Sappington music's teacher, used iMovie to create this adorable Grandparents Day video.

Using Doodle Buddy for Primary Journal Writing

Have you downloaded the free Doodle Buddy app yet?  This app has lots of cool drawing tools such as a paintbrush, glitter, chalk, text, and stencils.

Encourage your class to use this tool during Writer's Workshop as a journal. Check out how this early childhood classroom uses the iPad + Doodle Buddy for writing time.

Sock Puppets

The Sock Puppets app lets you create your own lip synced videos to post to Facebook or YouTube.  Students can create a 30 second clip where they choose a setting and characters as they narrate their script.  How could you use this app?  

Feeling adventurous?  As a bonus, try it out today, send us the link to a creation, and we will post it on our blog!  Thanks in advance for sharing~

They Will Want You to Share Their Videos

Check out this new awesome app called YouTube Capture.  It allows you to shoot video directly from your iPhone or iPad and upload directly to YouTube.

✓ Easy, fast recording
✓ Touch up videos with color correction, stabilization, trimming, and music tracks
✓ Upload to YouTube, Google+, Facebook, and Twitter simultaneously

They Will Want to Use it for Digital Storytelling

Today Kennerly teachers spent their Professional Development time learning about Digital Storytelling using the iPad.  Here are some of the apps they explored and some sample projects they created.

Storyboard -  It is best practice to start with a plan before having the kids jump into the app.  Use this template to plan the story prior to recording.

Educreations - Teach what you know.  Learn what you don't.  This app allows you to create and share amazing video lessons from your iPad.

***Download the app here.***
Create a free account to make the uploading of your projects a snap.




Sample Creations:
Lewis and Clark
The Water Cycle
Character Development

Screenchomp - (scroll down the page a bit) An app that lets you create bite-sized video nuggets everyone can learn from.

***Download the app here.***






After Recording:

• The video will be sent to the ScreenChomp cloud
• Click the Share button on the bottom of the screen
• Email or copy the link
• Add to your blog or facebook page

Sample Creations:
Digital Kindergarten

Puppet Pals - create your own unique shows with animation and audio in real time!

***Download the app here.***




After Recording:

• Save and add a title.
• View the video.
• Export the video.
• The video will be in your camera roll on the iPad.
• Email or add to your YouTube account.

Sample Creations:

 Teaching Characters in a Story

Toontastic - Creating cartoons with Toontastic is as easy as putting on a puppet show - simply press the record button and tell your story.  Before you get started take a look at the teacher guide.  This will help you plan how to use the app in your classroom.

***Download the app here.***



After Recording:

• Enter the teacher's email.
• The first time you enter the email it will send you directions to create an account.
• Follow the directions in the email to complete the steps.

Sample Creations:
My ICT Journey

Students Will Create Lessons to Teach Their Friends

In Mrs. Kapodistrias's 5th grade classroom at Crestwood Elementary, students are creating lessons to reteach skills they learned previously in the week.  Their teacher lets them sign up to teach a lesson by putting a sticky note on her desk.  They choose a topic such as antonyms, homophones, etc.  They are then able to use the Educreations app to record their voice and illustrate their lesson.  Here are Abby and Faith to tell you more about how they use the app.


Click here to see a sample Educreations project created by Abby and Faith on how to.

In order to replicate this in your classroom, you will want to create a free account at the Educreations website.  Once the project has been created using the iPad app, you will then be able to share publicly by emailing the link or copying it.  Take this project to the next level by sharing your Educreations on your public portal such as your Schoolwires website, Facebook, or classroom blog.

Sharing the end result helps support student engagement by:

• Providing review for students who are absent.
• Providing an authentic audience.
• Strengthening the home/school connection as parents help with homework.