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Toontastic: FREE - Free Game - Review Gameplay Trailer for iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch

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Check out the playlist with best FREE Apple iOS iPhone iPad iPod Touch Games - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8wZKON07iXVZEzCi1AyAVV4dNftdIv4B iTunes - App Store Hall of Fame NY Times - Top 10 iPad Apps of 2011 Lights, Camera, Play!

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1. Open the app and tap “Create Cartoon.”

2. Tap “New Cartoon” on the screen that appears.

3. Listen to the app narrator who explains the concept of the “Story Arc.”  (Or, to bypass the narrator after the first time you use the app, tap the circle with the X in it located in the top left-hand corner of the screen.)

4. Optional: Click the + (plus) sign in the bottom left-hand corner to add a 6th story frame if you desire.  Note:  Each cartoon is limited to six frames. Students can choose where to add the frame.  Most often, the frame that they need to add will be another climax frame, to further explain the high point of the story.

5. Tap the “Setup” frame then tap the green paintbrush that appears.

6. Begin creating your first animation segment.

7. Choose a setting background; your choices include preloaded options or creating your own.  If creating your own, the tools you need are located along the bottom of the screen.

8. After choosing (or creating) the setting, tap the forward arrow in the top right-hand corner to continue.

9. Select or draw characters. If creating your own, the tools you need are located along the bottom of the screen.

10.  Tap the forward arrow again.

11. Tap “Start Animation” and have students retell the scene using narration and dialogue. Note:  The app will give a 3 second countdown to the start of recording.

12. Tap, hold, and drag to move characters around the screen as the app records.

13. Tap “Stop Animation” when finished with the scene, which will instantly begin replay.

14. If you need to rerecord your scene, then simply repeat the recording process

15. Tap the forward arrow to move on to music selection.

16. Tap to choose an emotion, then adjust the mood of the scene up and down on the screen to hear the variety of music within that mood.  Choose the most suitable music for your retelling.

17. Repeat these steps for each scene in the story arc.

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The following document is a lesson plan with Toontastic implemented into instruction.

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https://toontastic.withgoogle.com/tips

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Pinterest Ideas on How to Use ChatterPix in the Classroom

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Pinterest Ideas on How to Use ChatterPix in the Classroom

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https://www.pinterest.com/parko/chatterpix-ideas/?lp=true

http://www.duckduckmoose.com/blog/creative-ways-to-use-chatterpix-in-the-classroom/

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Chatterpix How to Video for the Classroom

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Welcome To The Zimmer Twins | Zimmer Twins

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The Zimmer Twins website invites kids to create and share their own animated stories.

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The Zimmer Twins website invites kids to create and share their own animated stories.

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A brief tutorial over how to make Animoto videos. For the teacher, Animoto can be used to create hooks, which help introduce material. For the student, it can be used as part of a project.

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Animoto is a wonderful way to make learning interesting and fun for our students. It is an ideal tool for creating videos and presentations. It takes just minutes to create a video which can bring your lessons to life.

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Our lesson plans are written and reviewed by educators using current research and the best instructional practices and are aligned to state and national standards. Choose from hundreds of topics and strategies.

Find the latest in professional publications, learn new techniques and strategies, and find out how you can connect with other literacy professionals.

Teacher Resources by Grade

Nearly one hundred years ago, John Dewey stated, "If we teach today's students as we taught yesterday's, we rob them of tomorrow." These words are particularly applicable to the utilization of technology in the classroom. If teachers fail to teach the new literacies, they are failing to prepare students for tomorrow, as well as missing valuable opportunities to engage student learning. According to Hagood, this practice consists of teaching "reading, writing, speaking, listening, viewing, and designing in print and nonprint media using pop culture and digital technologies." Through technology, students collaborate, communicate and create to learn. According to Werner-Burke et al., for many students, technology in the classroom provides much needed motivation as well as preparation for the daily digitized world outside of the classroom.

Hagood, M. (2012). "Risks, Rewards, and Responsibilities of Using New Literacies in Middle Grades." Voices from the Middle, 19 (4), pp. 10-16.

Werner-Burke, N., Spohn, J., Spencer, J., Button, B., and Morral, M. "Bridging the Disconnect: A Layered Approach to Jump-Starting Engagement." Voices from the Middle, 19 (4), pp. 45-49.

Animoto is a Web 2.0 tool that allows users to produce videos that blend photos, video clips, text and music. Examine your existing curriculum to decide where the use of Animoto will support your learning objectives. For example, Animoto could be used for the following ideas:

At the start of the school year, students could use Animoto to introduce themselves or their classmates.

Students can illustrate their own poetry using digital images they find on Internet or ones they take.

Animoto can be used to present research information to the class.

Students could illustrate step-by-step instructions for procedure writing.

Send students on a scavenger hunt, supplied with digital cameras. Have students assemble their digital images into an Animoto video to display what they found.

Familiarize yourself with Animoto before introducing it to your students. The short video The New Animoto Video Creation Process provides basic instructions.

Apply for an educator account at the Animoto Education page, where you can also see examples of how other educators are using Animoto in their classrooms.

You will receive a confirmation email from Animoto that will include a code for your students. This renewable code is valid for six months.

Next, set up your student accounts by following the instructions found at How Do I Set up Accounts for My Students? found in the Animoto help section.

Create a step-by-step tutorial for your students or use one such as Animoto Instructions.

Create an Animoto video for the students to view on a previously taught topic in your curriculum, such as this video on the news events of 2000-2009. Show the students this video as a sample of what they will produce.

Model for students how to create an Animoto video. Discuss the selection of music to create a mood for the video as well as choosing photos and videos that clearly relate to the topic. Talk about the use of text to help the viewer follow the ideas expressed in the video. Provide students sufficient time to create their Animoto videos.

Develop a rubric for evaluating students' Animoto videos. Consider "choice of music," "organization of photos and videos," and "use of concise text" as categories. For an example, see the Haiku Rubric used to evaluate a student-written haiku presented in an Animoto video.

Provide support and guidance for students who may have difficulty finding appropriate music or photos for use in their videos.

Allow time for students to evaluate a partner's Animoto video before the entire class views the videos. Additionally, allow students to revise after this evaluation.

Allow time for students to share their Animoto videos with the class.

Establish a class wiki--at Wikispaces, for example--where you can link the students' Animoto videos so that all in the learning community can view the students' projects.

Digital Reflections: Expressing Understanding of Content Through Photography
Striking images can leave lasting impressions on viewers. In this lesson, students make text–self–world connections to a nature- or science-related topic as they collaboratively design a multimedia presentation.

Shared Experiences, Individual Impressions: Buddies Create PowerPoint Stories
Stories and snapshots of school-related experiences are the perfect sources of inspiration for students as they create PowerPoint presentations with the help of an older student.

It's My Life: Multimodal Autobiography Project
Students express themselves verbally, visually, and musically by creating multimodal autobiographies, exchanging ideas with other students and sharing important events in their lives through PowerPoint presentations.
Students as Creators: Exploring Multimedia
Students are introduced to the genre of multimedia presentations through a review and analysis of online presentations. They then apply what they have learned to create their own multimedia presentations.
Making Memories: An End-of-Year Digital Scrapbook
Students reflect on their school year, creating a digital scrapbook consisting of images and text to present to their school community.
Animate that Haiku!
Following the traditional form of the haiku, students publish their own haikus using Animoto, an online web tool to produce slideshows that blend text and music.
Learning Clubs: Motivating Middle School Readers and Writers
Students participate in learning clubs, select content area topics, and draw on texts—including websites, printed material, video, and music—to investigate their topics, and share their learning using similar media.
Exploring Consumerism Where Ads and Art Intersect
Students add up the effect of images and persuasive language to analyze the art and words in advertisements.

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Bringing Lessons to Life with Animoto - ReadWriteThink

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Create Your Own Comic Strips Online with MakeBeliefsComix

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We Offer Support and Resources.

From Richard Byrne, editor of Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week -- ''Creating Comics for Comfort'' -- Living in Maine and father of two school-age children, Richard wrote the following item for teachers and students dealing with the terrible tragedy of the recent mass shootings in that state. He thought this an appropriate time to review and use Social and Emotional Learning resources, such as those offered by MakeBeliefsComix.com.

Make Beliefs Comix offers a library of fantastic, free ebooks for SEL. The library hosted by Make Beliefs Comix contains fillable PDFs that you can download for free. The latest addition to that library is 50+ Ways to Talk to Yourself and Find Healing. And for something a bit lighter, take a look at Pet Words: Conversations With Your Animal Friends.

"Here's a video overview of the Make Beliefs Comix ebooks and here's one about how to create comic strips on the Make Beliefs Comix website."

For many LGBTQ+ kids, especially when they're figuring things out, finding accepting spaces online can sometimes feel safer. Seek out creative opportunities and modes of self-expression, with this section in Make Beliefs Comix.

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MakeBeliefsComix encourages students to create their own visual pandemic diary.

ARTICLE #2: (click on the link below)
One easy way to start playing with ideas is through the free, online tool at MakeBeliefsComix.com.

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Create Comics Online, it's Fun & Free at MakeBeliefsComix!

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Create comics online at MakeBeliefsComix. A fun way educators & parents can empower students to express ideas and stories in comix!

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Creating Your Own Comics Using MakeBeliefsComix.com

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How to create a comic strip using Makebeliefscomix.com http://www.makebeliefscomix.com

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Using Make Belief Comix in the Classroom

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Download the NEW Shadow Puppet EDU app from the App Store on your teacher iPad and start playing today!

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Design and share beautiful flyers just like this one!

Spread the word with an online flyer. They're easy to make and impossible to mess up :)

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App Task Challenge

Shadow Puppet allows you to easily create videos in your classroom. You can use Shadow Puppet to tell stories, explain ideas or document the learning taking place in your classroom.

Integration Ideas

Have student create an infomercial.

Document an experiment and explain the results.

Summarize a historical event.

Have students create a book report.

Replace any paper/ colored pencil project you were using.

Have students use Shadow Puppet to create lab reports.

Math
* Explain steps to solve a math problem

* Find geometric shapes around your school. Take pictures, then add to Shadow Puppet EDU and have students explain.
Science
* Document an experiment and use to explain results

* Explain diagrams Art
Language Arts
* Sentence Diagramming

* Character analysis
Social Studies
* Have students create a public service announcement.

* Summarizing historical events

We Are Shadow Puppet Buddies!

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Design and share beautiful flyers just like this one! Spread the word with an online flyer. They're easy to make and impossible to mess up :) Try it now App Task Challenge Shadow Puppet allows you to easily create videos in your classroom.

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Go to Storybird.com Click "Sign up for free" Choose "Educator/Teacher" Fill in a username, password and email After you have verified your account, sign in and create a class You will need a class name, school name, your country, zip/postal code, grad level and subject From here

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Storybird - Read, write, discover, and share the books you'll always remember.

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Become a better writer with Storybird's creativity tools. Online courses, challenges, and reader feedback will help you improve your writing.

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Puppet Pals HD Director's Pass Lesson Ideas by Apple Education on iBooks

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Read a free sample or buy Puppet Pals HD Director's Pass Lesson Ideas by Apple Education. You can read this book with iBooks on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac.

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What is Powtoon - Find out what Powtoon is and what it can be used for

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Access Google Drive with a Google account (for personal use) or Google Workspace account (for business use).

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RubiStar is a tool to help the teacher who wants to use rubrics, but does not have the time to develop them from scratch.

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If you've ever looked at your PowerPoint or Keynote presentation slides and thought they looked pretty good, but then someone showed up with something that made yours look like they were​ made by a 5 year old, then this is for you.​ In this video Carl Introduces his next series of videos on presentation design. There will be four videos to teach you the four basic design concepts of contrast, repetition, alignment and proximity...​ also known as CRAP!

Learning about CRAP will help you avoid making presentations slides that look like, well...crap.
Watch next episode:​ Tip #1 - C is for Contrast

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Presentation tips from Powtoon - animated online videos for free

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If you've ever looked at your PowerPoint or Keynote presentation slides and thought they looked pretty good, but then someone showed up with something that made yours look like they were​ made by a 5 year old, then this is for you.​ In this video Carl Introduces his next series of videos on presentation design.