1. 3 Apps that will change your life
Paul H. Smith

2. Explain Everything
Explain Everything is an easy-to-use design, screencasting,
and interactive whiteboard tool that lets you annotate,
animate, narrate, import, and export almost anything to and
from almost anywhere.
Cost: $2.99
Publisher: MorrisCooke
App Store rating: ****

3. EXPLAIN EVERYTHING
The Good
•Powerful app that is very open ended
•Great for year levels from 1 - 12
•Wide range of tools to incorporate web, photos, videos
•Computer based player software available
The not so Good
•Takes a while to get the hang of
•Exporting can take a while from the iPad
•Videos can make files very large
Educational Value
•Students learn by explaining a concept
•Speaking, writing, sequencing, editing, publishing

4. Overview of how the app works

5. Explain Everything
Starting out:
Year 1 students teach each other how to draw

6. Explain Everything
Mathematical problems for assessment
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8. Explain Everything
Assessment:
Create a simple maths problem for Prep
Students demonstrate counting on from 5
Make a cloze activity
Record video and export as movie
Keep for assessment / parent interviews

9. Explain Everything
Project Work
Create an AE about a particular author
Include images and maps about the life of the author
Students give opinions about their books
Record video and export as movie

10. Explain Everything
Instructions :
Create an AE about how to use the schools library
borrowing system
Publish this on the schools Intranet

11. Book creator
The simple way tothem in your own beautiful iBooks, right
create iBooks, send them to your
on the iPad. Read them to the iBookstore. Ideal for
friends, or submit
children’s picture books, photo books, art books, cook
books, manuals, textbooks, and the list goes on.
Cost: $5.49
Publisher: Red Jumper Studio
App Store rating: ****

12. Book creator
The Good
•So incredibly easy! Prep students can create books
•Publish to iBooks, Dropbox, Good Reader, EPub, email, iTunes files
•Sound is easy to record
The not so Good
•No ability to take a live photo, have to use Camera Roll
•Can’t draw on it
Educational Value
•Create digital stories easily
•Sequencing events
•Good for struggling writers (record function)

13. Book creator
Overview of how the app works

14. Book creator
Excursion Recounts
•Use the app to recount a recent excursion or event with
the help of photos and audio.
•Great for those students who have difficulty in writing as
they can narrate.

15. Book creator
Student Portfolio
•Insert some images of key achievements
•Narrate important events and achievements
•Insert photos of key pieces of work

16. Book creator
Books to read with your class
•Create a book for students
•Customise to their reading levels
•Insert familiar text and images
•Make a meaningful text for them to read.
•A Prep Alphabet book

17. Book creator
Books to read with your class
Creating the Year 1 Rule Book
•Create a class book for students to share

18. Exporting the Year 1 Rule Book to iBooks

19. What is a qr code?

20. Advertising

21. A QR Code is a
Quick Response

22. How they work
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http://www.commoncraft.com/video/qr-codes

23. scan
A fast way to createby scanning a funny looking code.
links to Internet content, text, contact
details and anything
Cost: FREE
Publisher: QR Code City
App Store rating: **** 1/2

24. SCAN
The Good
•Free!
•Fast
•Picks up QR codes easily in variable light
•Keeps a record of past codes
The not so Good
•Not much wrong with this

25. scan
Overview of how the app works

26. scan to a website,
•Great way of creating a fast link
image, audio, google doc, dropbox file, text or
anything on the web
•Put them on the wall as virtual tours
•Display them near assessment pieces for further
information
•Library Book reviews (stick on cover)
•Information about a building
•Instructions on ICT Equipment
•Information links on event posters (Plays, Music
Gala)
•Guess the famous person

27. QR Treasure hunt Quiz
French Day QR Treasure Hunt

28. Artist Commentary

29. Meet the Artist

30. Year 6 Websites QR Codes on Display

31. Short Book Review
www.recordmp3.org