UCC Prep ICT: iPad Apps added October 23

The following Apps have recently been added to all iPads (except those in SK). They can be used for a variety of purposes in almost any subject area. Please remember that for students under 13, it is recommended that teachers set up classroom student accounts and/ or monitor students' use of Apps. In other words, for students under 13 years old, teachers should be able to view and access what the students are doing with the App and students should not have to sign up using anything unless they use their school email address and passwords that we know.

Explain Everything

Explain Everything is an App that allows you to create screencasts using pretty much anything. You can annotate, animate and/ or narrate and then play back what you did like a movie. You can:

import pdf, ppt, xls, rtf, Pages, Numbers and Keynote from Evernote, Dropbox, WebDAV, iPad photo roll or iPad camera
write or draw on them
use a "laser pointer"
add shapes like stars and arrows
type text
insert images from the picture library, camera, Dropbox or Evernote
rotate or resize images
export or share finished products as mp4 movie, png image file, pdf to Picture Library, YouTube, email, Dropbox or Evernote

Students at all grade levels can easily show what they know and explain their thinking with this app and then share their explanations with others. There are many examples of student work created with Explain Everything on this uvic site.

Popplet Lite

Popplet is a mapping App that allows you to easily record and sort ideas visually. It can be used for mind-mapping, brainstorming, planning, collecting information, story-boarding, organizing notes or even creating galleries.

With Popplet Lite, only one popplet can be created. Students can save their work as an image with a screen shot (hold down the home and power buttons at the same time). If there is a lot of interest in Popplet, we can consider getting the full version (which allows for an unlimited number of popplets,, online popplets and collaboration between users) and/ or student accounts.

Khan Academy

The Khan Academy App allows studnets to access the thousands of videos on the Khan Academy website. Topics include K-12 math, science and the humanities. The app also allows for: