Appy Hour 8 : Flipboard / Puppet Pals and Bible Buddies

Our session today had two key focuses:

- Flipboard

- Digital Storytelling using Puppet Pals and Bible Buddies

Flipboard is an iPad app that acts as your personal magazine. It is the most popular way to catch up on the news you care about, discover amazing things from around the world, or stay connected to the people closest to you. You can even create your own magazines on areas of interest. Make sure you subscribe to: Mindshift and iPads in the classroom.









Puppet Pals and Bible Buddies allow you to create interactive and engaging puppet shows using a range of characters and backdrops.

The following blog has some great resources for using Puppet Pals in the classroom.

http://tips2012.edublogs.org/2012/03/05/tips2012-ipad-app-guide-21-puppet-pals-hd/

Appy Hour 7 Follow-Up - Explain Everything Website

Hi All,

The explain everything website has some wonderful resources to further your understanding of the App . It also has some good examples of students and teachers using the app for various purposes.

Check out http://www.explaineverything.com for some great resources!! Check the EE Showcase and iBooks and iTunes U links

Thanks,
Sam.

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Appy Hour 7 - Explain Everything

Hi All,

For Appy Hour 7 we will be looking at the App - Explain Everything.

This is a fantastic app with many applications in the classroom - I will do a demo of the App and some of it's features and then we can have a go at making one ourselves!

Please download this app (cost is $2.99) - To download the app click here

Thanks,
Sam.

Our Habit Characters

Appy Hour 6 - Keynote

Hi All,

For our first Appy Hour in Term 2 we will be taking a look at the App Keynote!

Many of you will be familiar with Keynote on the computer, the iPad version is a little different, but shares some similarity with the version on the computer!

Your task this week is to create a keynote presentation to introduce your students to our 'Habit Characters'. You may choose to do an overview of the 7 characters OR a presentation focusing on Kylie Kookaburra.  You will find images of our 'Habit Characters' on the most recent post. You have 30 minutes to complete this task.

Please download the App by clicking this link - the App may take a while to download as it's a big one!

Keynote

Appy Hour 5 Recap

Hi All,

We had a busy Appy Hour this week with David Emery and Jeanette Davies coming in to help us setup Google Calendars in our Calendar App following the instructions here

And Jeanette ran us through how to access Overdrive on our iPads!

To access Overdrive:
1. Go to  http://dow.lib.overdrive.com
2. Enter your '01' username
3. Select your book and press Borrow - then choose Overdrive READ

Remember, you can mirror your iPad on to your SMARTBoard when reading a book to your class!

Keep up the great work!

Appy Hour 4 Apps

App	Cost	Link
Penultimate	Free	https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/penultimate/id354098826?mt=8
Stop Motion	$0.99	https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/stop-motion-studio/id441651297?mt=8
Tangram Free	Free	https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/tangram-free/id400629406?mt=8