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=Elementary Presentation Apps =

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[|Adobe Voice]
 Adobe Voice is an amped up slideshow & simple animated video creator that creates stunning videos with simple ease. When you first create an story, the app helps you along with providing a few prompts to get the creative process going. Simply pick an structure, which will change the type of questions it asks you as you record your narration. Then add choose a picture from your device or search images from a gallery. You can add layers to the slides with text & icons. There is a straightforward timeline editor, & it is effortless to change layout, theme, & music. The final product is professional looking that makes an impact.

I am blown away with the quality of the video & how easy it was to create. It fills a gap that Keynote & PowerPoint misses, & it is so streamlined of a process that even elementary students can use it. This app is great for student presentations or storytelling. This video can be made public or private. The video can be shared through email, but you first have to sign up for a free Adobe account or sign-in to a Facebook account. **(iPad - free)**

ChatterPix Kids
Take a picture, add a mouth, & record your message! Photo effects are included, along with adding stickers, frames, & text to your image. Record for 30 seconds & export to your camera roll. Absolutely the easiest animated voice app! Great for K-2 age students. **(free)**

Fotobabble
Create an audio photo story in 3 easy steps. Once you create an account, select & edit a photo, record, & share. Easy to make private & share from the app in Facebook, Twitter, email, or by text. Go to the **Fotobabble** website to grab the link to share, or the embed code to place in a classroom blog, wiki, or website.

Pros
 * With the app but not the website, simple photo editing can be done to make a unique & creative picture.

Cons
 * The downside of this app & of Fotobabble is that you can only use one picture at a time. I would like to have students upload or select multiple photos to create more of a story &/or timeline.
 * Students need a to create an account, which most elementary students do not have an email address. Multiple students can be logged in to a teacher created account.

Classroom Ideas,
 * Students use a picture from a news article & summarize the news story.
 * Have students practice speaking stills or fluency in reading.
 * Use images & narration to illustrate vocabulary & create a visual classroom dictionary.
 * Sharing pictures from a field trip.
 * Using pictures from a landmark, students can record facts about those places & place the links or embed code in Google Maps.

Here is a classroom idea to try using QR codes,
 * **Book Report Project** - After students read a book, they fill out a book report sheet in which they write a summary & a recommendation for their book. Once they have it approved by the teacher, the students upload the cover of the book into Fotobabble & record their report. The students then create a QR code in **GOQR.ME** to share with others.
 * Adding QR codes to pages of a book, students can scan the codes & listen to the story being read to them.
 * Create QR codes from Fotobabbles to create an interactive word wall.

**(iPod – free)**

PixnTell
Allow students to add a voice to their pictures & create a video they can share. Have students share stories with old photos, create a time capsule or timeline, explain a math problem, make an animal report, & more.

Tellagami
Tellagami app is a fun, new way to share animated messages. Customize your character. Change its mood or outfit. Record your voice or add dialogue. Then share your Gami. ** (free) **

YAKiT Kids
Snap or select a photo, add a mouth, record your message, & play it back. There is an option to change the voice pitch, add more than one scene, & kids protected web photo search. The total recording time is 30 seconds altogether, but export to your Camera Roll & input it to iMovie to stitch the different scenes together. Our teachers use this app to share information about a person they researched. **(iPhone - free)**

//Last Updated - May 2014//