iPadpaloozaMN - Reporting Live From Here, There, and Everywhere!

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Tap into the award-winning power of TouchCast's easy-to-use free iPad app to create an engaging, interactive mobile recording studio featuring multi-cam control of extra iPads, green screen, onscreen pop-up documents, and screencasting whiteboard. With the help of a simple green screen, empower your students to share their learning live from within the structures of a cell to the surface of the moon or the depths of the ocean and other amazing locations that will get your students excited to share their learning. Ditch classroom newsletters and replace them with simple-to-create student-produced videos that build students' speaking and presentation skills and make learning fun.

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Resources
TouchCast
TouchCast Studio
TouchCast is available for iOS and for Windows.

TouchCast Quick Reference Guide


Making Your First TouchCast


TouchCast Tutorial Green Screen

Examples Of Principal TouchCasts:

http://www.touchcast.com/tosaelem/principals_october_message

Greenwood Elementary Principal Brad Gustafson

http://www.touchcast.com/tca2015/greenwood_elementary_brad_gustafson

Examples Of Teacher TouchCasts:

Lesson On Earthquakes

http://www.touchcast.com/stcscience/earthquakes

Examples Of Student TouchCasts:

Gregor Mendel

http://www.touchcast.com/flipsci/gregor_mendel_

Radioactive Elements in Chemistry

http://www.touchcast.com/chem_talks/Radioactive-2

More student videos
SAPVideos Channel

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Reflector 2
Reflector 2 - Mirror your iPad screen to your computer.
Available for Apple, Windows, and Android.

iPadpaloozaMN - App Smash Superhero Buddy Books With Book Creator

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Looking for ways to inspire and publish student writing? Come explore how to use the amazing Book Creator For iPad app in combination with a handful of other free apps to app smash a superhero buddy book to publish student writing and build a relationship between upper and lower grade elementary students. Follow the epic journey of book buddy superheroes as you walk through the features of the easy-to-use Book Creator app, explore image editing and drawing apps and app smash your own book. Export options allow the book to be shared and read on a variety of devices.

Resources
Presentation

App Smash Superhero Book Creator Books from cturnbull

Student Examples
St. Anthony Park Elementary 5th Grade Book Buddy Books

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Book Creator
Book Creator for iPad
Book Creator Free - Try it out - you will love it!
Book Creator is also available for Windows and Android.

Book Creator Basics - How to get started creating your first book.
Book Creator Support - Help topics and tutorials for iPads and Android devices.

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Paper by FiftyThree
Paper by FiftyThree - Sketch, draw, take notes, and more

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PicCollage
PicCollage - Photo collage editor and grid layout
Pic Collage For Kids

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Reflector 2
Reflector 2 - Mirror your iPad screen to your computer.
Available for Apple, Windows, and Android.

Reflector 2 Support - Help topics for iOS, Android, and Windows.
Mirroring iPad Screen
Recording and Narrating iPad Actions


Alternative Mobile Learning Apps
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iPadpaloozaMN 2016 - Presenting on App Smashing With Book Creator & TouchCast

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I will be doing two presentations at iPadpaloozaMN on August 4 on App Smashing Superhero Buddy Books and also on Reporting Live From Here, There, and Everywhere With TouchCast.

Come join me to learn about how these powerful apps can propel your students' creativity and communication skills while having
fun, fun, fun! 

I will be highlighting how Reflector 2 is a great tool in combination with both of these apps for your 1:1 device classroom management tool belt - allowing you to be mobile and projecting to the whole class at the same time!

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Resources
Book Creator
Book Creator for iPad
Book Creator Free - Try it out - you will love it!
Book Creator is also available for Windows and Android.

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TouchCast
TouchCast Studio
TouchCast is also available on Windows.

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Reflector 2
Reflector 2 - Mirror your iPad screen to your computer.
Available for Apple, Windows, and Android.

iPadPaloozaMN: Turn Your iPad Into A Document Camera

Are you thinking about purchasing a document camera for your classroom? If you have an iPad, then this session may change your mind completely and save you hundreds of dollars!

Turn Your iPad Into A Document Camera With The Stage App

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iPlay Midway Session Description:
Learn how to use the free Stage app to transform your iPad into a document camera. Annotate on top of a live image, add labels to draw attention to things, and snap a photo that can be posted on a website or airdropped to students. 

Resources:
AppsStage: Interactive Whiteboard and Document Camera  - free

Stage Pro: Interactive Whiteboard and Document Camera - Paid app - $4.99*

Quick Tutorial Video

Belkin Portable Tablet Stand
Amazon listing

Belkin Overview of Portable Table Stand


*Price listed reflects the price at the time this blog post was written. App prices may change in the App Store.

iPadPaloozaMN: Create Metacognitive eBook Coaches

Ever wish that you could whisper in your student's ear while they are reading or working a math problem? What if every iBook you created had a personalized instructor or eCoach that could prompt students with metacognitive questions or remind them to use particular strategies? You could provide just-in-time support to your students even when you're not at their elbow or looking over their shoulder. If this sounds like a way to clone yourself and provide extra support to your students, then this session is just what you need.

Meet Your Personalized Instructor

Session Description:
Learn how to create talking metacognitive eBook coaches with free and low cost iOS apps. Snap a selfie or use a photo of a pet or even a cartoon, add a movable mouth, and record directions, homework hints, timely tips, and encouragement, and then app smash these recordings into your eBook creation app of choice. Voila ~ you have a personalized metacognitive coach to guide your students through tasks or to create a read aloud eBook.

Apps:
Download some or all of the apps below to play along today.
Book Creator for iPad

Book Creator Free

Camera App - Video - Use the camera app on your iPad in video mode to record yourself giving directions or hints.

Photos and built-in audio tool in Book Creator - Take a picture of something with your camera app on your iPad  and add narration with the audio tool in the Inspector in Book Creator.

Paper Fifty-Three 

ChatterPix

ChatterPix Kid

Tellagami - free and in-app purchases

My Talking Avatar - free and paid versions

Crazy Talk Free

My Pet Can Talk

iFunFace

Animate Me

Photo Talk Free

PhotoSpeak

Green Screen by Do Ink

Explain Everything

Photo Blather - In order to save need to pay $0.99 in app fee for Extras

Morfo - In order to save need to pay $0.99 in app fee for Extras

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Extra:
Book Creator for iPad App Giveaway
Click above if you want to be entered into a random giveaway for the Book Creator for iPad App
courtesy of Book Creator and were present for the session.