Tools that empower students to be more creative and be more connected. Students can use these tools to demonstrate mastery through content curation and creation, such as videos and infographics. These apps and websites can be used across most subject areas.
Adobe Spark Page is a free online web page builder. No coding or design skills needed. Students can create their own visually appealing web story using videos, pictures and text. Monthly webinars available.
Free iPhone app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id968433730?mt=8&at=10l6SU
Free iPad app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id968433730?mt=8&at=10l6SU
Adobe Spark Video combines motion graphics, audio recording, music, text, and photos and is used to produce short animated, narrated videos. Spark Video includes several features intended to scaffold storytelling and media literacy concepts.
Free iPhone app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id852555131?mt=8&at=10l6SU
Free iPad app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id852555131?mt=8&at=10l6SU
Website: https://spark.adobe.com/
Adobe Spark Post makes it easy to design and lay out stunning social media graphics.
Free iPhone app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id1051937863?mt=8&at=10l6SU
Free iPad app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id1051937863?mt=8&at=10l6SU
Inspire creativity through intuitive graphic design. Canva provides teachers and students with a simple new way to design. Its drag and drop functionality enables them to create presentations, posters, one-page documents, and social media posts.
Website: https://www.canva.com/
Free iPad app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/canva-graphic-design-photo-editing/id897446215?mt=8&at=10l6SU
Free iPhone app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/canva-graphic-design-photo-editing/id897446215?mt=8&at=10l6SU
Free Android Phone app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.canva.editor
Free Android Tablet app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.canva.editor
Puppet Pals HD offers an easy way for students to create and record their own storytelling scenes and develop fun voice-acting skills. The app includes one set of characters and sets, Fairy Tale, and there are others available for purchase at $0.99 each (or $4.99 for the full Director's Pass).
Free iPad app: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/puppet-pals-hd/id342076546?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
With Kidspiration, students use graphic organizers to express thoughts and explore ideas and relationships. They create graphic organizers including webs, concept maps and Venn diagrams to clarify thoughts, organize information, apply new knowledge and build critical thinking skills.
Free iPad app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kidspiration-maps-lite/id675831529?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Paid iPad app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kidspiration-maps/id675321195?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Give your photos a voice with ChatterPix! Chatterpix can make anything talk -- pets, friends, doodles, and more! Simply take any photo, draw a line to make a mouth, and record your voice.
Free iPad app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chatterpix-kids-by-duck-duck/id734046126?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Free iPhone app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chatterpix-kids-by-duck-duck/id734046126?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Put together awesome slide decks, taking advantage of an library of over 40 million free images to use as backgrounds. It features simple, elegant themes and layouts to keep your presentation looking attractive and entertaining, and it's available for PC, Mac, Chrome OS, and the iPad.
Free iPad app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/haiku-deck/id536328724?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Website: http://www.haikudeck.com/
Storybird is a unique language arts tool. It uses illustrations to inspire students to write stories: picture books for K-5, longform chapter books for Grades 5-9, and poetry for everything in-between. You can also use Storybird for a class fundraiser, where students can purchase their students' books and poems online and your class gets 30% of the proceeds.
Website: https://storybird.com/
Create stop motion videos
Free iPad app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/stop-motion-studio/id441651297?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Free iPhone app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/stop-motion-studio/id441651297?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Paid iPad app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/stop-motion-studio-pro/id640564761?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Paid iPhone app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/stop-motion-studio-pro/id640564761?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Interactive whiteboard that records students written work and audio. Great tool to check for understanding.
Free iPad app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/showme-interactive-whiteboard/id445066279?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Website: http://www.showme.com/
Free iPhone app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id687451368?mt=8&at=10l6SU
Free iPad app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id687451368?mt=8&at=10l6SU
Paid Android Phone app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.photoinpress.friendstripkidspro
Paid Android Tablet app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.photoinpress.friendstripkidspro
Free iPhone app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id989843523?mt=8&at=10l6SU
Free iPad app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id989843523?mt=8&at=10l6SU
Free Android Tablet app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nextwave.comicsheadlite
Paid iPad app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/comics-head-create-your-own/id480969185?mt=8&at=10l6SU
Paid Android Tablet app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nextwave.comicsheadpro&hl=en
Paid Android Tablet app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nextwave.comicsheadpro
Free iPad app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/shadow-puppet-edu/id888504640?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Free iPhone app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/shadow-puppet-edu/id888504640?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Audacity can record live audio through a microphone or mixer, or digitize recordings from cassette tapes, records, or minidiscs. With some sound cards, Audacity can also capture streaming audio.
Free Mac program: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/
Free Windows program: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/
Website: http://timeline.knightlab.com/
Website: https://storymap.knightlab.com/
Website: https://www.autodraw.com/