App of the Week: Sonic Pics

App of the Week: Sonic Pics

What is it?

SonicPics makes digital storytelling fun and easy! Turn your photographs or pictures of student drawings or work into narrated slideshow movies to share! 

• Add images from your photo library or snap new ones with your camera. 
• Arrange your photos however you would like. 
• Record a voiceover narrating your images as you swipe through them. 

Once you are finished, you have a movie with your images synchronized to your narration. You can share your recording with students and parents. 

What can it do?

• Create and narrate custom photo slideshows.
• Records your voice while you flip through your images. 
• Automatically synchronizes your images to the audio recording.
• Present your stories on the SMART Board or projector
• Make movies of your images and narrations from the iPad.
• Record up to 60 minutes per session! 
• Easy image selection and editing. 
• Give images unique names and descriptions that can optionally be shown during recording.
• Build slide shows with photos from photo albums, camera roll or built in camera (great for taking pictures of student work). 

Who is it Good For?
This app is good for all ages.   Students in primary can take pictures and reflect on their work or build slideshows multiple images (pictures taken or drawn).   This app can be used more complex in intermediate with inserting images from the internet, students own photos, or drawings.  If you are interested in trying this with your students, let me know!  I'm happy to help!

CCSS Connection
Click here to see the connection to CCSS for ELA.

App of the Week: American Revolution Interactive Timeline

American Revolution Interactive Timeline

What is it?
This award-winning, graphically rich timeline, developed by The American Revolution Center, a non-profit educational institution working to build The Museum of the American Revolution, offers information and access to rare treasures from the Center’s collection that will be displayed in the new museum.  Designed specifically for iPad, the app offers beautiful imagery, video, and information through an interactive, zoomable timeline showcasing artwork, weapons, clothing, objects, and manuscripts from the Center’s collection. Image captions and video podcasts provide an overview of key milestones of the American Revolution.


Who is it good for?
5th grade for your American Revolution Unit.  This would work great with your Airserver too!

Want to see it in action or need help figuring it out?  Let me know and I'd be happy to help!

Air Server

Today, I introduced at team meetings Air Server, an amazing application downloaded on to your computers that enables you to stream or mirror your iPad onto your computer.  With my PTO teacher stipend, I was able to purchase licences for all of our computers that are connected to the SMART Boards.   This is an amazing alternative to a dongle to project what is on the iPad onto the SMART Board.     At the conference I attended a few weeks ago, they also had another use for Air Server, a document camera!   Simply use the camera app on the iPad while connected to the Air Server, and you have a portable document camera.  

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