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Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Adobe Spark

Zone of Totality - Eclipse - Video created with Adobe Spark
Images taken by Helen Maddox, copyright free images and videos from Pixabay.com
By: Helen Maddox

Adobe Spark is a very robust, free, video creation tool that is easy to use. Search through copyright free images, icons, and music to add to your Spark video project. Running on multiple platforms, and app for devices, makes this tool a great option for any classroom. Spark provides students the option to represent what they know in a different way, making Adobe SPARK ideal to add to personalized learning plans for students.

Sample projects:

1. Beautiful Butterflies

Beautiful Butterflies

spark.adobe.com

A story told with Adobe Spark Video.

2. My Immigration Story

How to access:

Web:
Spark.adobe.com - click login - choose School Account - then login with KSU ID
iPad/iPhone - iTunes Store - Adobe Spark - app

Resources:

Adobe Spark - Website

Adobe Spark Edu Guide ***

On Demand Training

Adobe Spark Getting Started Videos

Logging In - how to access Adobe Spark
Spark Video - link and video is also below
Spark Post
Spark Page

Adobe Spark Video In The Classroom - Tech Rabi

Previous training series - still valuable!

Adobe Voice in 30 Seconds

Adobe Voice - Tips & Tricks - Customizing Theme Colors

Adobe Voice - Tips & Tricks - Optimizing and Adjusting Sound

Adobe Voice - Tips & Tricks - Sharing and Embedding

Adobe Voice - Tips & Tricks - Drop-in Animation

Adobe Voice - Tips & Tricks - Pan and Zoom

Adobe Voice - Tips & Tricks - Extend Page Duration

Images, Photos, Copyright: you do not have to do citation on copyright free images or videos

Pixabay - https://pixabay.com/

Pexels - https://www.pexels.com/

Pexels (videos) - https://videos.pexels.com/

Photos for Class - Photos for Class

*New - Creative Commons CCSearch for Pictures - - https://ccsearch.creativecommons.org/

Additional Resources by Educators:

Blog Posts

How to create videos with Adobe Voice - by Cherylnn Low/Tom's Guide

How to use Adobe Voice on the iPad to make beautiful videos - by Stephen Ashby/iCreate Magazine

Digital Storytelling Rubrics

Kathy Schrock's Digital Storytelling Rubric (K-12) - by Kathy Schrock

Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Epic!

The first all-you-can-read eBook app for kids 12 and under.

www.getepic.com

Free educator account

@EpicKidsBooks

To register:
Go to www.getepic.com

Click on Educators - if you want the free account
Click Get Started - next screen click Get Started
Complete information and click Let's Read

Once you login you are under a guest profile - if you want to create profile - switch profile

Choose Teacher - you see Teacher profile

Students login thru my epic! Account. Teacher logs in - and then click on student profile - unlimited student profiles.

Setup name - optional PIN number - Enable Home Access - gives free month/no credit card required access w email address

Resources

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B0Sc9yjrWb1DbXUyQU1tMm95c2M?usp=sharing

Parent Flyer - https://www.getepic.com/assets/educators/ParentFlyer.pdf

6 Tips for Teachers - https://www.getepic.com/img/resources/6-tips-educators.pdf

Webinar

https://fccdl.in/sgEKQ85jr - Basics Webinar

Our social media pages

facebook.com/epic.books.for.kids/

https://twitter.com/EpicKidsBooks

https://www.instagram.com/epicbooksforkids/

https://www.pinterest.com/epickidsbooks

Support - https://getepic.zendesk.com/hc/en-us

Supported Devices

Devices: https://getepic.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/204259869-What-devices-does-Epic-support-

iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/epic!-books-for-kids/id719219382?mt=8

Google - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.getepic.Epic

Kindle - https://www.getepic.com/kindle

Educator resources - https://www.getepic.com/educator-resources

Epic! Reading Club

1. Your classroom earns Epic! Points for every family subscription connected to your class.

2. Your Epic! Points can be redeemed to purchase books and other supplies for your classroom from leading retailers such as Amazon and Target.

Epic! will now donate 20% of every parent's subscription back into your classroom. Once a parent account connects to your class, you will automatically earn points from their subscription.

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Support Reading with Animoto and Toontastic

How do you find quality apps?

Apps - Blooms Taxonomy

http://www.appitic.com/index.php/bloom-s/apps-for-bloom-s-taxonomy

Interactive Ladder to assign apps to Bloom's Taxonomy:

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/08/web-tools-to-use-with-blooms-digital.html

Kathy Schrock Bloomin Apps - http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.html
edtechteacher.org (Where do I begin?) - http://edtechteacher.org/apps/

Search for App by Content Area, Grade Level

Apps evaluated by Educators – http://www.graphite.org/

Common Sense Media - https://www.commonsensemedia.org/

Children's Technology Review - https://childrenstech.com/

Education Apps Store - https://www.educationalappstore.com/

Google Play - Education App Store - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=educationalappstore.eas&hl=en

Pinterest - search for Reading Apps, Reading Apps Lesson Plans

Lesson Plans using Inspiration -

http://www.inspiration.com/lessonplans/kidspiration#reading-and-writing-lesson-plans
20 iPad Apps to Teach Reading

http://www.teachthought.com/apps-2/20-ipad-apps-to-teach-elementary-reading/

15 Apps to Improve Reading Comprehension

http://www.teachthought.com/apps-2/15-of-the-best-educational-apps-for-improved-reading-comprehension/

50 Popular Apps for Struggling Readers

http://www.teachthought.com/apps-2/50-popular-ipad-apps-for-struggling-readers-writers/

Reading Comprehension Strategies Chart

http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/originals/bb/cd/f4/bbcdf44c839d04478e3a57d723c2aa1e.jpg

Animoto for Education - http://animoto.com/education
Sign up information - http://help.animoto.com/entries/20239847-Getting-Started-with-Animoto-for-Education

Six ways to use Animoto in the Classroom - https://animoto.com/blog/education/education-videos/

Free music - www.jamendo.com

Examples:

West Lake Students

Book Trailer

Great Gatsby

Elementary

Story of Me -Middle School

Flickr.com - For images
http://www.flickr.com/

Library of Congress - Prints and photographs online collection - For images
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/

Google Images - For images
http://www.google.com/imghp

Chicago Public Library - For book summaries, reviews, and book cover images
http://www.chipublib.org/

Amazon.com - For book summaries, reviews, and book cover images
http://www.amazon.com/

Toontastic

Lesson Plan 1: Pre-writing with Toontastic

http://www.launchpadtoys.com/edu/PDF/LaunchpadLeaders_KimberlySimpson.pdf

Lesson Plan 2: BrainPop Inspired Movies (Create using Toontastic)

http://www.launchpadtoys.com/edu/PDF/LaunchpadLeaders-AndrewGardner.pdf

Video: http://www.brainpop.com/educators/community/video/digital-storytelling-with-toontastic/

Story Design Worksheet:

http://www.launchpadtoys.com/edu/teacher-resources/StoryDesignWorksheetPortrait.pdf

Additional Toontastic Lesson Plans:

http://www.launchpadtoys.com/edu/learning-goals/#common-core

Ideas for Integrating into Classroom

Digital Book Reporter - http://classwithapps.com/2013/04/digital-book-reporter/

eBooks - www.wegivebooks.com (free ebooks!)

Whole group instruction - connect mobile device to projector, students take turns reading and discuss scene

Pairs - students read story together, take turns reading narration and dialogue

Reenact story

Ideas for integrating app on graphite.org - (check under How Can Teachers Use it)

Monday, June 23, 2014

Apps to Support Writing

Climbing the ladder to Bloom's Taxonomy - Writing

Naea Site: http://www.arteducators.org/learning/blooms-taxonomy

How do you find quality apps?

Apps for Bloom Taxonomy: http://www.appitic.com/index.php/bloom-s/apps-for-bloom-s-taxonomy

Interactive Ladder to assign apps to Bloom's Taxonomy:
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/08/web-tools-to-use-with-blooms-digital.html

Kathy Schrock Bloomin Apps - http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.html

How to find good educational apps that have been evaluated by educators – http://www.graphite.org/

Questions when evaluating apps for writing:

Does it have a story starter feature?
Does it walk the student through the writing process?

Can you add photos or drawings?

Can you add text?

Can you add voice recording?

Can you share or publish?

How do you see yourself using this in the classroom?

Resource List

Story Starters
Scholastic Story Starters
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/story-starters/

Build Content Knowledge
BrainPop – www.brainpop.com
netTrekker – www.nettrekker.com

Organization – Mind mapping - Brainstorming
Inspiration/Kidspiration
PC/Mac/iPadTemplates: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B0Sc9yjrWb1DeTJ0RUJWSEQ2Wjg&usp=sharing

Brainstorming Visually - grades 6 thru 12
http://www.inspiration.com/sites/default/files/filemanager/file/Brainstorming%20Visually.pdf
Mind Maps - tapping prior knowledge and Developing Ideas
http://www.inspiration.com/sites/default/files/filemanager/file/Mind%20Maps-Tapping%20Knowledge.pdf
Additional Inspiration Lesson Plans:
http://www.inspiration.com/lessonplans/inspiration

ReadWriteThink.org:

Story Map: interactive story planning tool

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/story-30008.html

Story Cube Creator: templates designed to break the writing process into six distinct parts. There are templates for writing biographies, mysteries, short stories, and a blank template that you can customize.

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/cube_creator/

Story Creation/Presenting

iPad

Toontastic: