Handout from my workshop at NJECC's Digital Learning Institute on the best content creation apps for the iPad.

1. Presented by:
Meredith Martin
www.techforteachers.com
mmartin@techforteachers.com
@geekyteach

2. Skitch allows you to mark up and annotate
any image.
Add text, arrows, shapes, stamps, and
highlighter.
Use to edit photos or screenshots
easily.
Simple photo editing with zoom, crop, and
pixelate.
Share via email or Evernote, or any app
that accepts images.
Skitch Ideas:
Snap photos of student work and use
Skitch to annotate.
Create graphics for lessons or
handouts quickly and easily.
Share blank images (maps, diagrams, etc)
and have students annotate.
Students can snap photos of physical
projects and annotate to explain in more
detail.
Also available as desktop version for
Mac & PC and as an Android app.

3. Simple, elegant presentation creator.
Multiple themes available.
Search for creative commons images or
import your own.
Add graphs, public notes, or private
notes.
Easily share via web, email, or download
as PowerPoint/Keynote file.
Haiku Deck Ideas:
Great for simple student presentations -
limited text requires them to be concise
and focus on important points.
Use to create booklets or guides.
Students can present via projector and
private notes will appear only on their
screen as speaker notes.
Create student portfolios.
Create how-to presentations.
A great collection of examples:
http://pinterest.com/haikudeck/

4. Quickly and easily create lip-synced video
clips.
Choose from a variety of puppets,
backgrounds, and props.
Record your own voice, plays back in
'helium' mode.
30 second recording limit for free
version.
Sock Puppet Ideas:
Create videos to introduce lessons.
Students can create videos to show
understanding.
Create video book reviews.
Review vocabulary words.
Act out appropriate behaviors or
responses.
Use to retell stories.

5. A great way for students to share
information. Create trading cards for
people both real and fictional, places,
events, and more. Add text and images to
your cards. User management system
lets students save cards in their own
collections. Export cards to photos or
Share via email.
Trading Card Ideas:
Create cards for characters or places
in a book.
Create cards for local landmarks or
for those you are studying.
Create cards for vocabulary words as a
review.
Create cards for an event in history.

6. Educreations is a recordable interactive
whiteboard. Draw, add text, insert images
and animate by dragging them around
while recording. Create multiple pages.
Narrate as you record your drawing.
Share via email, the educreations website,
or embed in your site or blog. Web
interface also available with course
creation tools for teachers.
Educreations ideas:
Use to flip classrooms lessons.
Create video lessons for long distance
tutoring.
Explain concepts in more detail.
Show how to solve sample problems.
Students can create peer-teaching
lessons.
Students can explain concepts and show
work as they solve problems.
Create courses for students, including
Q&A.

7. Beautifully simple mind mapping app. Just a
few quick taps will create elegant mind
maps. Add text, drawings, and images, link
ideas together. Free version is limited
to a single popplet at a time. Export via
email as an image file or PDF. Export to
camera roll.
Popplet Lite Ideas:
Use for brainstorming and mind mapping.
Create diagrams and charts.
Use as a journal or note taking device.
Create portfolios, photo albums, or
presentations.
Create story maps or character maps.
Create scrapbook type of projects.
Use to outline and plan out reports and
presentations.

8. A recordable interactive whiteboard
similar to Educreations, but with a simpler
interface perfect for younger students.
Use a few simple pen tools to draw and
annotate blank pages or a background
image from the photo rolls. Record
drawing and voice to create videos of
lessons and activities. Share to
screenchomp.com to get a link to share,
or download to your computer. No
account needed!
Screenchomp Ideas:
Use to flip classrooms lessons.
Create video lessons for long distance
tutoring.
Explain concepts in more detail.
Show how to solve sample problems.
Students can create peer-teaching
lessons.
Students can explain concepts and show
work as they solve problems.

9. A creative storytelling tool that lets
students draw and animate their own
cartoons. Choose from a variety of
backgrounds or import your own from the
camera roll. Record voice and animation
as you move characters around the
screen. Import your face to characters
via the camera. Use the story arc
prompts to improve storytelling skills.
Create a class account on TuneTube for
private sharing.
Toontastic Ideas:
Students can retell a story from class.
Use to tell original stories.
Create conflict resolution videos.
Create a video to explain a concept.

10. A puppet style storytelling app similar to
Toontastic. Choose from a variety of
backgrounds or import your own from the
camera roll. Record voice and animation
as you move characters around the
screen. Import pictures and cut out to
create your own custom characters.
Export videos to camera roll for
sharing, or to embed in website or blog.
Puppet Pals Ideas:
Students can retell a story from class.
Use to tell original stories.
Create conflict resolution videos.
Create a video to explain a concept.

11. Combine your photos and videos with
Animoto's themes and music to create
easy, eye-catching videos. Import photos
and videos, arrange, add captions, edit,
and trim clips. Select from a variety of
themes. Choose from Animoto's huge
music library or import your own.
Requires free animoto account. Basic
free accounts are limited to 30 seconds
of video, but teachers can apply for a
free education account for up to 20
minutes of video and pro features. Sign
up at http://animoto.com/education/
classroom
Animoto Ideas:
Create introductions to lessons to hook
learners.
Students can create video presentations.
Explain a concept or idea.
Retell a story.
Create review videos.

12. A game of 'Telephone' for the iPad.
Students begin with a common saying. THey
pass to another student to illustrate the
saying. The next student creates a title
for the illustration without seeing the
original saying. The next student
illustrates the title, and so on.
Storylines for Schools builds on
Storylines by adding grade level
appropriate vocabulary, quotes, and SAT
words.
Storyline Ideas:
Great for enhancing creativity.
Use as a vocabulary builder or test prep
station.

13. A great way to plan out a story. Easy
interface lets you plot out characters,
locations, scenes, and novels then
combine them to create your plot. This is
a great way for students to outline and
plan their stories or to review stories
read in class. Pro version provides
export to iTunes or Dropbox.
A Novel Idea Ideas:
Students can use it to plot out stories
they are writing for class.
Use it to learn about the parts of a story
by plotting out a book read in class.

14. Diagramming app similar to Popplet Lite.
Allows students to create mind maps with
just a few taps. You can copy and paste
text from other apps into Idea Sketch.
Easily converts your diagram into a text
outline, and also allows you to turn text
outlines into diagrams automatically.
Share diagrams via email, or save to
camera roll. Simpler interface then
Popplet Lite - great for text only
diagrams and outlines.
Idea Sketch Ideas:
Use for brainstorming and mind mapping.
Create diagrams and charts.
Use as a journal or note taking device.
Create story maps or character maps.
Use to outline and plan out reports and
presentations.

15. http://edu.symbaloo.com/mix/
dlicontentcreation

16. Meredith Martin is
an educator with 15 years experience
teaching in elementary school. She is a
tech junkie who loves learning about new
ed tech tools to use in the classroom. She
is a Google Certified Teacher, a Google Geo
Educator, a Discovery Star Educator, a
SimpleK12 Ambassador, a Symbaloo PD Pro,
and a Haiku Deck Guru.
She is also a professional development
provider who presents workshops and
webinars on technology in education both in
and out of her school district. She is also
on the p l anning committees f or two
conferences, St. Hacktrick's Day and EdCamp
STEAM.
Email:
mmartin@techforteachers.com
Web: www.techforteachers.com
Twitter: @geekyteach