Karen Wright-Balbier, Instructional Technology Specialist

Literacy

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AR Flashcards - FREE Awesome augmented reality abc and dinosaur flash cards. Classroom Ideas
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iBooks - FREE There are many great Read Aloud books in iBooks.  Search often to find free Read Aloud picture books for your students.
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Toy Story Read Aloud - FREE great read aloud story with games, record feature, and coloring pages

Creation

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Video Star FREE - Using the free version, students can get creative by starring in their own music video.  Use a toy microphone and educational songs students sing in the class.  Save them to your camera roll and try playing their music videos when the song would be sung in class.
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Voices 2 $1.99 - Recording audio with Voices 2 can make any podcast, retell, story, song, ect. fun.  Students will enjoy singing their favorite educational songs and listening to their voice transform into a chipmunk, alien, or a cyborg voice.  There are 27 different voices to choose from.  Save the audio and share it on Twitter, Facebook, email, or as an SMS.

Using Pictures, Video, Voice

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Camera
 

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Photo Booth
Students can take pictures of learning concepts like patterns, shapes, letters, that they see at school.  Use video to record a retell,  explain a concept, or act out stories.


Creating albums of the pictures students have created makes it very easy to share with the class by pressing the slideshow button.