Tech Play 3

Tech Play 3 Technology Integration
App Name Clickable Link	Description	Likes	Dislikes	Student user	Teacher user
WeVideo	Video using voice over, specal effects, annotations, sharable on social media	Very easy to use	None found	Student create in order to show information learned in place of essay or PowerPoint.	Can be used to introduce a unit, concept or skill.
Canva	Drag and drop design for Web or print: blog graphics, presentations, Facebook covers, flyers, posters, invitations. Easy, some small fees but can use freely.	Very easy to use	Small charges for some pictures.	Student would use to info learned or could use to design their own ePortfolio or blog. (header etc)	Can be used to introduce a unit, concept or skill. Also for website headers.Flyers for clubs & organizations.
Book Creator Free (iOS)	Share photos, video, audio and text from other apps straight into Book Creator also import songs from Garage Band	Allows import or mashup from other apps	Limited number of books	Student could use to make an ebook over a specific topic.	Teacher could use as an intro to a new topic.
PicPlayPost	PicPlayPost is a video and editing tool that lets users combine videos and still images into a shared frame. With a tap of the screen, the videos will play simultaneously or sequentially, and the still images will be placeholders in the frame. It's a great tool for displaying a combination of pictures as an alternative to a traditional slideshow. Kids can manipulate the style of the frame and add music from their iTunes library to play in the background.	Allows import or mashup from other apps	None found	Student could use in place of a traditional slide show.	Teacher could use as an intro to a new topic. Could also use at Open House or as a way to highlight student work.
Show Me	I used this when teaching 8th grade math. I would use the video option and color coding for each new step. After it was recorded, I would upload to my website so that students could go back and review or remember after they got home.	Recording feature. Can take pictures of problems and import as background for use in Math.	None found	Student could also record while doing math practice so that teacher can easily see what steps they are doing. Could be used even for note taking and then shareable.	Mostly designed for teacher use in my opinion.
Caption Distraction Comic Strips	Lite version and Creative version. Quickly made comic strips from your pictures.	Looks like authentic comic strips. Fast & easy.	Creative version cost $3.99	Great way for student to show knowledge and have fun creating.	Mostly designed for student use in my opinion.
TouchCast iOS	Touchcast is a really cool website/app that merges videos and the web. Essentially, you can record yourself discussing a topic, and include images to makes a point, a poll for assessment, or another video to corellate with your topic. It's really cool.	Easy to use. Available from website or iOS app. Which can be good if not 1:1 ipads.	None Found.	I don't see many students wanting to use this just because of the face time / voice time involved. Especially shy students.	Teacher can record yourself discussing a topic, and include images to makes a point, a poll for assessment.
TouchCast website
Nearpod	A fantastic BYOD (bring your own device) resource for educators. Teachers can design interactive presentations that students can view on their iPads. When you embed elements like a quiz, poll, or drawing response, students can digitally interact with teacher-led presentations. It's a powerful tool for iPad classrooms and provides tons of free options for teachers.	You can mash up anything. Stop ask questions > Insert EdPuzzle	The only thing that is difficult for me personally is the subject I teach does not have resources in app.	Students would use interactively but would be teacher created.	Students would use interactively but would be teacher created.
Tellagami	Tellagami is a website that allows Ss to create characters and command what those characters say and do. This is a good app for Ss that are shy.	Easy to use. Available from website or iOS app. Which can be good if not 1:1 ipads.	None Found.	Students would use to create without the fear of their face being plastered on the big screen.	Fun tool for anything. Even Ice Breakers.
EdPuzzle	EDpuzzle is an easy and effective way to deliver videos in the classroom. Stop video and add questions for students.	Great to use with Google Classroom, Nearpod or Schoology.	None Found.	Students would use interactively but would be teacher created.	Students would use interactively but would be teacher created.
30 Hands	http://30hands.com is a super easy way to integrate sound, pictures, drawings.	Easily used for PBL and integrated into Schoology LMS.	None Found other than $6.99 for app	Students would use to collaborate and share. Evidenced learning.	Fun tool for both Ss and T.

Tech Play 3 (part two) Analysis

I have been collecting websites, apps and anything else I could get my hands on over the last several years that would aide me and my fellow colleagues to seamlessly integrate technology within our curriculum.  Although crude looking, as it came from a work in progress (Google spreadsheet), using only spare time. I plan to beautify it and make it more pleasing to the eye...soon.  For now it remains a work in progress but still accomplishes the task in which I need.  You may see my technology collection by clicking here: Leigh's Tech Resources

For the analysis portion of my learning, I want to address the use of the PicPlayPost app for iOS devices and how I believe it meets the requirements needed for TPack models.  When I reviewed my favorites, I had to really think about what they offered in a singular app.  Normally, I get what I need by using several apps to get the desired outcome.   I want something that provides engagement, a place to discuss, student creativity that will be used for the assessment portion and checking for understanding.  So, that means there are several passes back and forth or to other students that this app needs to be able to do.  PicPlayPost offers a place for all of the above, especially when embedded in the LMS I use, Schoology.  I like that because I make clickable links and the students know where to go daily (not a technology goose chase).

PicPlayPost has several windows that run simultaneously.  While one window could be the student talking or reporting research, the other window could be a photo slide show that incorporates visual information that would correlate with what the student is reporting.  Another window could show drawings, still shots or run video with or without audio.  It would take well timed synchronization.

In order for a student to make a report this way the content knowledge would have to be in place.  For a teacher to make an introduction or added content, pedagogy, technology knowledge and content knowledge would be a well balanced trio.

For this sample I used EDpuzzle to clip and post statements.  (A few choice words had to be cut out as this video was found on YouTube and is not made by myself or my family)  Although this is not an academic sample, you can see how versatile you could make a project using PicPlayPost.
Here is a sample of what PicPlayPost can do.  PicPlayPost