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iPod touch StoryKit Books

One of our favorite apps is StoryKit. It is a very simple book creator app but the students really love using it. And the teachers lover the ease of use along with the ability for students to write and record their books. Over the years we have used it to create a wide variety of books. Students have created math books about geometric shapes and finding items that are "about" a yard long or "about" an inch long, both using images of real world objects to represent the math concepts. And of course students have used it to create books to share their research and understanding of different animals or planets for science. We have created holiday books to illustrate learning about Thanksgiving or highlighting students favorite holidays. StoryKit was even used for students to really deepen their learning about the organizational features of informational text by creating their own books with a title page, table of contents, index, and glossary. As the students ...

App of the Week: Bill Atkinson PhotoCard

The Bill Atkinson Photo Card app is designed for creating graphically beautiful postcards to send to friends and relatives. But we ae finding it to be a great app for students to share their learning. Students have created photocards to share what they have learned about planets, animals, and more. It is a great tool for our English Language Learners since they can both type in text and record an audio narration. Download the App of the Week: Bill Atkinson PhotoCard