Student Created Books in the iClassroom
by Eanes Ind School District
This course material is only available in the iTunes U app on iPhone or iPad.
Course Description
This is an educational workshop focusing on the iPad and its many uses in the classroom. Participants will explore and discover many ways to use the iPad as an instructional tool and also as a student-centered personal learning device. Participants will be required to familiarize themselves with a variety of book creation apps in order to integrate them into an instructional setting. Participants will create and share an "apptivity" using the apps listed within the course.
| Name | Description | Time | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pirit Story 1 | -- | 1:22 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 2 | StoryMaker Second Grade Example | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 3 | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y and Z | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 4 | Book Creation App Matrix | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 5 | math_all_operations | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 6 | Bat Project.pdf | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 7 | Enlightenment.pdf | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 8 | Rockysseus.pdf | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 9 | iBuild iPad Lessons_lessontemplate | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 10 | iBuild iPad Lessons_lessontemplate | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 11 | I Like Books - 37 Picture Books for Kids in 1 App | "WOW... 37 stunning picture books for kids in one app. This is a MUST have for every parent with kids!" Brought to you by popular demand from thousands of parents.... the "I Like Books" collection which contains all 37 stunning I Like books in one single app. The "I Like" children's picture books are a magical way to enjoy stories with your child. Not only are the stories and pictures fun... they also help your child learn about the world they live in. It is a fantastic learning experience for kids of all ages from 0 to 6. The little ones will enjoy listening to lovely stories while looking at gorgeous pictures that are carefully chosen. Toddlers will love the interactivity of the picture books and click on items to discover new words. Young kids will enjoy these books to learn how to read as they see each word individually highlighted in red at the exact moment the audio is played back. If your little one loves hearing new stories and learning about new things, then the "I Like" picture books will become one of their most treasured apps and soon they will even be able to read them on their own! I Like Books Included: I Like Animals, I Like Boats I Like Cats, I Like Colors I Like Dad, I Like Dogs I Like Drawing, I Like Fall I Like Grandma, I Like Grandpa I Like Horses, I Like Leaves I Like Letters, I Like Math I Like Mom, I Like Montessori I Like Music, I Like My Body I Like My Brother, I Like My Sister I Like Numbers, I Like Pets I Like Planes, I Like Reading I Like School, I Like Shapes I Like Snow, I Like Spring I Like Sticks, I Like Stones I Like Stories, I Like Summer I Like Trains, I Like Trucks I Like Water, I Like Winter I Like Writing FEATURES ● Add your own voice - record the entire story in mommy's or daddy's voice ● Auto highlights - each word highlights in red as it is being read ● Word highlights - click on any word and hear it being read out loud ● Supports three playback modes - read to me, read by myself, and auto-play which automatically turns from page to page ● Uses real, crisp professional images that are carefully designed vs. cartoonish illustrations ● Fun & engaging voice artist keeps kids engaged ● Multi-sensory learning tool - combining seeing, hearing, and tactile feedback ● Multi-language support - since you can edit all existing items and sounds so you can record everything in your native tongue CUSTOMIZATION ● Customize story - you can fully customize the entire story and even change it! ● Record your own voice - you can record everything in your own voice ● Change the story - want to personalize the story and change it, no problem, everything is customizable ● Add picture highlights - if you want your child to learn a particular object in the photo, just click on it and add the word and recording. You can even adjust the area of what can be highlighted and make it bigger and smaller ● Playback mode - at any time you can either play back the original story or the one that has been customized by you ● Story highlights - Turn on / off the ability to have each word is highlighted as the story is being read ● Word highlights - Turn on / off the ability to highlight words ● Picture highlights - Turn on / off the ability to click on picture highlights to make the story either more immersive or less distracting ● Page swiping - Turn on / off the ability to move from page to page by click vs. by finger swiping too HEROIC SUPPORT Heroic Support is not just what we do. It's really what makes us, well, us. It's that drive to make a difference in your life - no matter how big or small. Really, it's our way of life because we want you to be our customer for a lifetime of fun and learning. Have questions? We are here to help. Email us at support@grasshopperapps.com | -- | $1.99 | View in iTunes |
| 12 | Book of Me | Book of Me for iPhone is a series of entertaining and educational stories that places your child in the center of the adventure. - 'New And Noteworthy' in Books Category. - 'Book of Me is a very lovely and quite special collection of interactive storybooks in which one can create custom avatars of children that are then used to customize these stories' - www.giggleapps.com - 'The Book of Me is a definite winner in my book. It has a simple interface that makes it easy for young users to navigate. I love the concept and it’s been wonderfully executed. This one is a hit at our house!' - www.theiphonemom.com See a video of the app in action at http://www.bookof.me Have you ever had trouble getting your child to eat different foods or stay in his or her bed at night? You and your child can jump in, create a cartoon avatar in the Book of Me, and save it in a personalized bookshelf that holds special stories just for your child, featuring your child! Voice recording allows you or your child to record audio on each page to personalize your stories even further. Book of Goodnight is designed to help establish a bedtime routine by telling an exciting bedtime story and then encouraging your child to stay in his or her bed all-night-long. Your child can choose to explore space as an astronaut or protect the city as a superhero. Book of Food teaches your child about the four major food groups and the special nutritional power of each group. Each story has pages that come to life - pirate ships float, stars twinkle, muscles grow, and an x-ray machine reveals strong calcium-rich bones. You and your child can easily narrate any page of a story giving it your own personal touch. It will automatically play back every-time your child flips back to that page. Update a favorite color or change a hairstyle and each story will reflect those changes immediately. You can easily share your child’s avatar or a page from each book with friends and family via email or Facebook. If you have more than one child, no problem! With Book of Me you can create and save up to three different bookshelves so each child will have his or her own personalized series of books! Recommended for 2-6 year old children, although older children and adults can also have fun building avatars and sharing them online. | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 13 | Book Creator for iPad | * THE No.1 Book app for the iPad in 90+ countries. * Common Sense Education Top Pick for Learning 2018 * AASL Best website for Teaching & Learning 2018 Book Creator is the simple way to make your own beautiful ebooks, right on your iPad. With over 30 million ebooks created so far, Book Creator is ideal for making all kinds of books, including children's picture books, comic books, photo books, journals, textbooks and more. And when you're done, easily share your book, or even publish to the iBooks Store! - Book Creator makes e-book publishing easy - Wired - One of the Top 50 Apps for the iPad - The Guardian - Winner of a Parents' Choice Gold Award FEATURES * Add text, choosing from over 50 fonts * Add photos and images from your iPad's photo library, from the web, or use the iPad's camera * Resize, rotate and position content as you like with guidelines and snap positioning * Add video and music, and even record your voice * Use the pen tool to draw and annotate your book * Choose from portrait, landscape or square book sizes * Add super powers to your books with comic templates, stickers and styles * A quick tap and you're reading your book in iBooks! MANY WAYS TO SHARE YOUR BOOK * Publish your book online (teachers only) * Send your book by email * AirDrop to iPhone, iPad or MacBook * Use a cloud service such as Dropbox, Google Drive, iCloud Drive (and more) * Save your book as a movie file and upload to the web * Print using AirPrint or other printer apps, or export as a PDF * Ability to send via WebDav server, or simply connect your iPad and transfer to iTunes BECOME A PUBLISHED AUTHOR! Book Creator ebooks are created using the international ePub standard, so you know they will be readable now and in the future. Book Creator books are optimized for easy publishing to the iBooks Store. See examples of published books at pinterest.com/bookcreator NOTE - FIXED LAYOUT EBOOKS: Book Creator supports iBooks' fixed layout format, including double page images and soundtracks. Fixed layout books are not suitable if you want to create novels, where text flows from page to page. You will not be able to copy in large amounts of text from other documents. FIRST CLASS SUPPORT The app includes a Getting Started manual, plus we have an online support forum at bookcreator.com/support with how-to articles and email support. We love to talk via Twitter - say hello @BookCreatorApp PERFECT FOR THE CLASSROOM: Book Creator is open-ended, creative and cross curriculum, and is one of the most popular iPad apps for teachers across the world. “Book Creator sits atop my list of the best educational apps. I’ve used Book Creator with learners of all ages, from kindergarten to adults. Its simplicity is refreshing, allowing authors to focus on their content.” - Tony Vincent, Learning and Technology Consultant, learninginhand.com “In my opinion the essential education app for the iPad!” - Andrew Rhodes, Apple Distinguished Educator and Director of Technology, International School of Stavanger “I love this app. It’s an incredibly powerful app with a deceptively easy to use interface. One of the three iPad apps every elementary school should buy.” - Dan Callahan, Instructional Technology Specialist K-5 with 1:1 iPads Read case studies and lesson plans from teachers using Book Creator at bookcreator.com/blog TESTIMONIALS: "What a great tool! It’s sleek, intuitive, and easy. Being able to design a fixed layout picture book right on the iPad makes total sense. Highly recommended." - Liz Castro, Author of ‘EPUB Straight to the Point: Creating ebooks for the Apple iPad and other ereaders’ "The app is super intuitive! I was working on a book for my 7 year old niece (who lives in Brazil) in no time. It took me about 30 minutes to put together a book for her, publish in iBooks and email the ePub file to my brother…to open it up on his iPad…. for my niece to read it." - Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano, langwitches.org | -- | $4.99 | View in iTunes |
| 14 | bookPress - Best Book Creator | Create your own quality books in print or eBooks on your iPad From cookbooks to story books, photo books to yearbooks, bookPress allows you to tell your story or memorize the best moments of your life the way you want! Use your photos, PDF documents, Word documents, or blog posts to create beautiful printable books in minutes. Any files that are stored on your device, email, Cloud, Dropbox, or Flickr can be used. Highlights: ● Use Files (.pdf, .docx, .pptx) Stored On Your Device or Main Clouds ● Create Book Pages Directly From A Blog Or Existing Website ● Edit Your Book Online or On Your iPad ● Work In A Secure Environment ● Generate eBook downloadable as PDF file ● Share Your eBook On Social Media Social Media ● Order And Receive Your Product In Hardcover Or Softcover ● Protect Your Work With Privacy Settings Edit your book anywhere! Edit on your iPad or on our website, whatever is more convenient for you. With endless customization options, you will constantly be wanting to edit your creations. Change the page backgrounds using your own images or using pre-made templates and designs. Share your book with friends and family! You can email it to them or share it on Twitter and Facebook. Open your creation in iBooks or other eBook readers. If you want a lasting, high quality keepsake, you can print it! Books can be ordered in black and white or full color, hardcover or softcover. The final copy will look like it came right out of a bookstore! With bookPress there is no obligation to buy. You can choose to purchase one copy or hundreds of copies! Download bookPress now to start creating photo books, story books, cookbooks, and more! For more information, visit our website at http://www.bookemon.com/mobile-app. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Bookemon1 Twitter: @bookemon | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 15 | Book Writer | Take Note, Organize Thoughts, Make a Book. Share with the World. Make your own book with Book Writer. Anyone can easily make a book. Make an interactive book and enjoy making and reading the books you made! You can use it in school, work, and at home to make all types of books such as photo book, recipe book, diary, PR booklet, PDF documents, and etc. Making a multimedia book You can add pictures, text, voice recordings, songs, and videos on the page. You can use the camera to take pictures or videos and add them right on to the book. You can draw image and edit image using Pen Tool. Provides interactive functions such as item connection and auto play to make your book more fun. Easy and intuitive interface Children of all ages can easily use the interface. Use the Item Bar to add items to the page by drag&drop. All text are shown on the page in real time with the In-Page text editor that is provided. Use the Undo function to return to the previous work. Share your books You can share your book with others using Book World. Join the Book World and upload your book to Book World, and follow your favorite author. Books in Book World can be read on diverse smartphone, PC and Mac. You can share your book with Book Writer on Dropbox, iTunes or via E-mail. Read through iBooks The books made with Book Writer can be read through iBooks. You can read your book in Book Writer directly, or Book World web reader. Paperbook publish service You can publish your book to paperbook using Paperbook publish service. Published books can also be seen in Book World via smartphone, PC, Mac. In Class Book Writer is being used in many countries by thousands of people for educational use. Book Writer helps students to make a book by organizing their thoughts. With an intuitive interface, anyone can easily express and organize their thoughts. 50% discount for educational institutions. Use App Store Volume Purchase Program to purchase Book Writer. For more details - http://www.apple.com/itunes/education/ Main Functions Templates are provided to make books of different styles and formats. Choosing a layout style automatically relocates your items. Use drag & drop to easily add items. You can use the photos from Photo Library to add to the book, or can add pictures taken directly from camera. Pictures can be moved, the size can be adjusted, and you can rotate or crop the pictures by touching. Text box item can be added to the page to input text. Supports fonts and styles of various types. You can draw image and edit image using Pen Tool. You can add videos from your album or you can directly record videos with your camera to add them. Use recorder to record your voice and add to the book, or add music from Music Library to your book. Bring any music from Music Library to add as your background music. Use the auto play function to automatically play the media at the time you want. Item connection function is provided to connect your pictures or text to sound items. The Undo function allows you to return to your previous work. Use the Page Editor to add or delete pages or change the order of the page by using drag & drop. You can combine two books together. The completed book can be read in ‘Reading Mode’. Books that have been created can be shared via Book World, iTunes, E-mail, Dropbox, etc. Share your book with others using Book World. And can be read on many smartphone, PC, Mac. You can publish your book to paperbook using Paperbook publish service. Save your book as a PDF document or you can use AirPrint or use Export to print the books The standard E-book format, epub, is supported to read the made books with iBooks and you can register your books on iBookstore. Book Writer supports the fixed-layout format of iBooks. The fixed-layout format is not ideal for books with long text like novels. Online support is included. Please visit our homepage - http://goodeffect.com | -- | $3.99 | View in iTunes |
| 16 | Little Story Maker | ★★★★★ A pure joy! My kids and I love turning our pictures into stories ★★★★★ Approved by parents, teachers, and kids the world over. The only story book maker of its kind. Little Story Maker offers a magical way to enjoy your personal pictures and stories with your child. The little ones will love to hear stories with pictures of people and places they are familiar with. Older kids, will love the stories and the ability to easily create stories all on their own. WHY PARENTS AND TEACHERS LOVE IT - Creating your own story with Little Story Maker is as simple as a click - Click to add a new story - Give the story a name - Add photo, text and record - Voila, your first story is ready to be shared In Little Story Maker, you can create an unlimited number of personal stories. The only limit is your creativity. WHY KIDS LOVE IT - Kids love looking at pictures of familiar faces and places - Kids love hearing stories in mommy's or daddy's voice - Kids love hearing stories of their own adventures - Kids love hearing their own voice too - Older kids will love how easy it is to create their own stories Features: ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡ ✔ Add as many stories as you can like ✔ Select one of two gorgeous story book templates ✔ Add your own voice - now your toddler can listen to the entire story in mommy's or daddy's voice ✔ Add word highlights - Customize word highlights and make your stories interactive. Once added words are highlighted in red and respond to touch ✔ Add picture highlights - Click on any picture within the edit mode to add picture highlights and make your stories interactive. Great for adding names or describing objects ✔ Supports three playback modes - read to me, read by myself, and auto-play which automatically turns from page to page ✔ Add your own photos in a click ✔ Multi-sensory learning tool - combining seeing, hearing, and tactile feedback ✔ Multi-language support - since you can edit all existing items and sounds so you can record everything in your native tongue Heroic Support ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡ Heroic Support is not just what we do. It's really what makes us, well, us. It's that drive to make a difference in your life - no matter how big or small. Really, it's our way of life because we want you to be our customer for a lifetime of fun and learning. Have questions? We are here to help. Email us at support@grasshopperapps.com | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 17 | My Story School eBook Maker | ----- My Story is a Parent's Choice Award Winner! ----- Storytelling is a fantastic way to promote literacy, comprehension, creative thinking, and self-driven learning. My Story is an amazing way to engage your K-5 students. * Create and share ebooks and movies of your stories by adding drawings, photos, and stickers. Export to iBooks! * Record your voice on every page and share your story with friends, family and classmates! * Choose from hundreds of fun stickers already included in the app, no extra downloads needed. * No in-app purchases, hidden ads, or additional costs. * Share your storybooks to the web, on Facebook and Twitter, and standard ePub format to be viewed in 3rd party apps or edited in iBooks Author. Export as a movie to Mp4 format straight to YouTube! Now you can export as PDF as well (no audio). * Teacher friendly: allows for multiple authors in one interface! WHAT EDUCATORS ARE SAYING ---------------------------------------------------------- "Every teacher of primary/elementary children should use your app. Outcomes are breathtaking." - Chris Williams, Mr Andrews Online “My Story belongs in every early childhood teacher’s toolbox. Bright Bot, Inc. is opening the potential for creative expression and literacy to children who speak any language.” - Karen Nemeth, author and co-founder of ecetech.net and languagecastle.com “So many youngsters have trouble creating stories because spelling words can block the path. This app encourages the telling and encourages children to create a full story, which is marvelous.” - AppAdvice.com YOUR STUDENT, THE AUTHOR ---------------------------------------------------------- My Story combines drawing, stickers, photos, voice, and text to promote literacy, language development, and creativity in ebook format. Share the book on the web, social networks, email, or directly to iBooks. Your child’s story, art, coloring, photos, ideas, and voice recordings are saved forever! FEATURES ---------------------------------------------------------- * SIMPLE INTUITIVE AND CLEAN DESIGN - The modern and simple design makes for a really great experience for kids. There are no confusing interfaces, everything is a tap away and colorfully highlighted. * MULTIPLE AUTHORS FOR THE CLASSROOM AND HOME - Hundreds of thousands of teachers are already using My Story in their classroom, alongside parents who love using it at home. * DRAWING, STICKERS, PHOTOS, AND TEXT - Simple, friendly interface. We’ve made My Story as simple to use as possible. Young kids will love just coloring and using stickers. Older kids will love to illustrate, add text (with over 50 fonts), and make more complex books. - Multiple Brushes & Shapes: Pencil, paint brush, marker, backgrounds, and shapes. - Stickers: We’ve included hundreds of stickers like dinos and farm animals to help jumpstart creativity without taking away from creative expression. - Photos and Backgrounds: Add photos from your photo library or take a photo with your iPad’s camera and place it on the canvas. * VOICE RECORDING AND WRITING - Easy-to-use button lets you start and stop voice recording for every page of the book - Voice recordings are integrated when your book is published! - Each page can have a page caption or as an object right on the canvas. * PUBLISHING & SHARING - Create an unlimited number of books. - Share your story book via the Web, Email, Facebook, Twitter and to anyone on any device or computer! - Publish your story book to iBooks (+ apps that can read ePub files) and read your book alongside other books from the iBookstore! - Export Mp4, PDF, ePub, and .mystory template formats. OUR VISION ---------------------------------------------------------- We love kids. My Story is a product of Bright Bot, which is focused on creating classroom friendly creativity apps for kids. We believe storytelling is an integral part of the learning, and we want to make it as simple and fun as possible! | -- | $4.99 | View in iTunes |
| 18 | Story Creator - Easy Story Book Maker for Kids | "This is the future of sharing stories! Fun, Simple, and Easy!" With Story Creator you can easily create beautiful story books containing photos, videos, text, and audio all in one gorgeous collection. Story Creator truly brings your best stories to life and easily allows you to retell and share your most memorable moments. Story Creator offers a magical way to enjoy your personal pictures, videos, and experiences with family and friends. Even kids will love this app because it is so easy to use. WHY PARENTS AND TEACHERS LOVE IT • Creating stories is fun, simple, and easy… even a child can do it • Supports gorgeous photos and videos • Add Photos from device, Dropbox, Flickr, Picasa, or Facebook • Can add text and audio recordings with every page • Supports text highlights - which makes is it easy for kids to learn how to read • It's super easy to share stories with others and copy stories across devices • Share stories via email with one click With Story Creator, you can create, save, and share your favorite moments. WHY KIDS LOVE IT • Kids love looking at pictures of familiar faces and places • Kids love hearing stories in mommy's or daddy's voice • Kids love hearing stories of their own adventures • Kids love hearing their own voice too • Kids love drawing on pages and personalizing their stories • Older kids will love how easy it is to create their own stories WHY FRIENDS AND FAMILY WILL LOVE IT TOO • Sharing stories is 100x more personal than posting a picture on Instagram or Facebook • Everyone loves to hear from their friends and family • Sharing stories via email FEATURES: • 100% FREE • Add as many stories as you like • Sharing stories with friends and family is as easy as email • Backup stories online so kids can't accidentally delete your hard work • Download stories on multiple devices - create once, experience anywhere • Can add photos, videos, audio, and text • Can add photos from device, Dropbox, Flickr, Picasa, or Facebook • Supports drawing tool to make stories truly your own • Create a personal book cover for every story • Add your own voice - bring stories to live by adding your own narrative • Add audio highlights - highlights makes it really easy for kids to learn how to read • Leave comments on stories shared by friends Heroic Support Heroic Support is not just what we do. It's really what makes us, well, us. It's that drive to make a difference in your life - no matter how big or small. Really, it's our way of life because we want you to be our customer for a lifetime of fun and learning. Have questions? We are here to help. Email us at support@alligatorapps.com | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 19 | Catch a Dragonfly | This story is all about how to catch a dragonfly. I learned how to do this in my village on the edge of Lake Toba in North Sumatra, Indonesia. You need to be patient and move very slowly or else the dragonfly will fly away. I am 10 years old and I like to write stories. This is my first published story and I hope that you enjoy it. | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 20 | Little Fish | This is the first book in the series of 'Our Stories in English'. This series is all about the things that we do as a family in Indonesia. This first book is about John and how he likes to collect little fish from the local river to keep for a few days before letting them go again. | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 21 | Strip Designer | Make your photos come to live and tell a story you can share with friends and family. With Strip Designer you will create comics from beginning to end: Sketch, draw, mask, add warped 3D lettering, balloons, and combine everything with complex panel layouts. No in-app purchases -- Everything is included! You'll begin by selecting one of the many included comic book page templates or create your own custom layout. Next, you'll add photos from the camera, your album, or download directly from your Facebook account. Apply filters, or even paint on and mask your photos for atmosphere, style and retouching. Add balloons and text anywhere you want and in any direction and size. Play with the colors and fonts until you get the perfect look. Add stickers like "Boom", "Splash", or "Bang" to spice up the action -- Even create your own library using photos from your photo-album and the built-in masking and drawing tools. Use 3D warped text with thick borders and gradient color-fill to give your comic the extra super-hero look. Download and add additional free fonts easily within the app, to give your text a unique look! While you work, you can freely pan and zoom to control even tiny details. Once you have finished your masterpiece you can save it to your photo album, email it to your friends, upload it to Facebook or Flickr, or create a tweet with Twitter and Twitpic. Use PDF to share entire comic books in high-quality. -- All from within Strip Designer. Features: • More than a 100 page templates with 1 to 9 photo cells • Multipage books • Create your own layouts with up-to 12 photo cells • Many different balloon types (tails and heads) • Balloons can have multiple tails and be combined • Text with per-letter colors, fonts • Change ballon size, rotation, color, and transparency • 3D, warp and perspective text • Use any iOS font or install additional fonts • More than 150 stickers to insert for additional impact • Page effects to give your pages old look • Dropbox and WebDAV download/upload support • Easy publish on Facebook, Flickr and Twitter • Download and insert photos directly from Facebook • Export to PDF to create real comic books • PDF import (for both cells and custom stickers) • Control scale, position, and rotation of photos • Integrated drawing and masking tools to create your own drawings, paint on photos, or make your own stickers • Many different cell styles • Photo filters • Freely pan and zoom while you work • Insert maps • iCloud sync across devices • Support for iOS's third party document providers • Layers view to lock or reorder layers • Shared iPad (for education) setup through MDM configuration No in-app purchases -- Everything is included! - What the reviewers say - "Strip Designer is worth every penny it costs, and then some. I would pay a couple more bucks for Lifestrips. It's stable, it's easy, it's fun, and for all that I couldn't come up with anything witty for my comic text, I love the look of my comics. Someone with a better imagination than I apparently have could really do fabulous things with this app. I rate it a solid five stars out of five.", Pamela Flora, iPhoneography - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "We were simply blown away by this application and the detail that has gone into the editing options and templates. We enjoyed the fact that a comic can be created very easily with photos and simple text effects, however there is real opportunities to really drill down into the editing options where the user can explore the apps true potential. There are many comic strip applications available on the Appstore but this is by far one of the best and great value for money. This app comes highly recommended by The Educational Appstore.", - See more at: http://www.educationalappstore.com/app/strip-designer#sthash.2KqjbU5Q.dpuf" -------------------------- | -- | $2.99 | View in iTunes |
| 22 | "Transportation, Communication, Recreation" | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 23 | The Life of an Eanes Pioneer Child | Travel back in time and learn about Texas pioneer history with this interactive book created by Ms. Wright's third grade students at Eanes Elementary School. The students use photo and video reenactments to share what life was like in our community over a century ago. | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 24 | Creatures, Plants and More! | Creatures, Plants and More is an interactive field guide of Northwest Florida.  The stories and photos are a collection of what students  from Woodlawn Beach Middle School have compiled for everyone to enjoy.  If you are interested in visiting Florida's Best Kept Secret, look no further, the answer lies within the pages of this book!  Enjoy fascinating interactive photo galleries and videos that will AMAZE you! | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 25 | Family Pumpking Patch Project | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 26 | Enlightenment | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 27 | Rockysseus | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 28 | Peter Goes On Vacation | This is an original story inspired by Ezra Jack Keats' stories featuring Peter, one of the first African-American characters in picture books. These Peter stories include classics such as "Peter's Chair," "A Letter to Amy," "Goggles," and, "Whistle for Willie," and "The Snowy Day." PS 347's 1st grade students dictated the story after reading many of Keats' books, examining his collage artwork, and discussing Peter's character traits during library class. The facilitator for the story writing project was Library Media Specialist Sara Lissa Paulson. 1st grade teacher Cheritha Saulsby added direction and support. 1st grade teacher Adam Stone coached the students (the majority of whom use ASL as their home language) on presenting the story in American Sign Language. Dave Bowell, current principal of PS 347 The ASL and English Lower School, actively supports the library's digital book publishing efforts, as well as the school's ASL-English dual language program. Our school is located in New York City. | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 29 | Math Our Way | Welcome to Math Our Way, a textbook written completely by sixth grade students to demonstrate all they have learned throughout the year.  This book contains videos, photos, screencasts and interactive quizzes to help you learn what we learned.  We hope you enjoy this book as much as we enjoyed making it. | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 30 | Creative Book Builder | Creative Book Builder is a powerful, flexible, and professional ebook generation tool. No matter you create book from scratch or existing content, no matter your content is simple or complex, CBB enables you to build your own content in an efficient way. Comprehensive EPUB Generation * Create different kinds of layout for EPUB: Classic (re-flowable), Fixed Layout (WYSIWYG), Landscape, Portrait, and Square books. * All generated books should pass EPUB validation with EpubCheck and should be read in any EPUB readers. * Edit cover image and configure book information including book title, author, publisher, etc. * Change book style including font, indentation, direction (left-to-right, right-to-left or vertical text). * Add soundtrack, your own font, and custom stylesheet to the book. * Customize page size of fixed layout books. Powerful & Flexible Widgets * Besides title, paragraph, photos, videos, audio recording, markdown, and other basic elements, CBB offers a lot of powerful widgets: Read Aloud, Quiz, Slideshow, Table, Chart, Question, Equation (LaTeX), Drawing, Shapes, Checklist, Expandable Content, Screen Recording, Panorama, 360 Degree Image, QR Code, Online Image, Online Video, YouTube Video. * Popup footnotes and glossary can be defined and linked from content. * All widgets can be customizable. Multiple Output Format * Besides EPUB, CBB offers other types of output to maximize your content usage: HTML5, PDF, Audio, Photo & Video. * HTML5 books can be read in any browser on any platform without EPUB limitation, e.g. embed html code and iframe. HTML5 books can be hosted on Google Drive and exported as zip file for offline reading. Reuse Your Existing Content * Import your great content from Evernote, Blogger, WordPress or RSS/Atom feed directly. * Convert your web apps generated by TouchAppCreator into books. * Specifically, Google Documents, Slides, Sheets, and Drawings can be imported into CBB as easy as possible. * Import any files from iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive & FTP Server. * Smart Merge: define place holder and merge with different values. Editing Tools * Edit image directly (filters, add text, etc). * Cut, copy, and paste elements from page to page. * Lock element to avoid movement. * Find and replace string for elements. * Mark pages as draft version. * All paragraph, title, markdown & HTML elements are saved automatically. * Backup book to Dropbox automatically after generating book. * Synchronize books with iCloud. * Deleted books can be restored until the books are deleted permanently. * Navigate whole book while recording audio. Sharing Tools * Share page or whole book via iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, FTP Server & WebDAV Server. * Share book between devices via browser by using QR code. * Transfer book to desktop via iTunes File Sharing (USB without WiFi). * Batch upload your books to cloud services. | -- | $3.99 | View in iTunes |
| 31 | StoryKit | Create an electronic storybook. Make use of the little gaps in life - on the sofa after dinner, in the back seat of the car, or on a train - to do something creative together. To create your story: * Write some text. * Illustrate by drawing on the screen, taking a photograph of something you see, or drawing on paper and then photographing the paper, or attaching photos from your album. * Sounds can be recorded for telling your story or as sound effects. * Layout the elements of your story (text boxes, images, and sound clips) freely by dragging them or pinching to resize. * Add, reorder, or delete pages from your book. Your story is always saved in your iPhone. Carry it with you and work on it any time. Upload your story to the StoryKit web server and email a link to the story from within the app. No account is necessary. Stories are private. The application includes four public domain children's books that you can rewrite and rearrange into your own new story. These are scans of the original bound books that have been specially processed for use on the iPhone. Take "The Three Bears" and make them four. Rewrite "The Three Little Pigs" with the wolf as the victim. Or, start with a blank book and write whatever story is on your minds. Send us feedback at storykit@childrenslibrary.org. --- In order to improve StoryKit, the application sends us anonymous usage data. The usage data contains no personal information or content from your stories. However, if you upload stories to our website, we may look at those to see how StoryKit is being used and understand what kinds of features would be useful to add in the future. We will not share your stories with anyone outside our research group without your express permission. StoryKit was designed by researchers at the University of Maryland's Human-Computer Interaction Lab as a basis for studying how mobile devices can be a conduit for children to work with their family members doing creative and educational activities. The idea is that by creating stories on iPhone - as opposed to paper and pens - you can find time to work on these activities anytime and anywhere. When you're done, you can carry it with you in your pocket, show it to friends and family you meet in your daily life, or send it electronically to people who live further away. Supported by the National Science Foundation www.childrenslibrary.org www.cs.umd.edu/hcil | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 32 | eBook Creator | ■ ‘eBook Creator’ is the simplest and easiest ebook creation application. Its interface is designed for all ages and skill levels so that young kids are able to make ebooks using the app. ■ You can make good quality ebooks using the functions such as image brightness and contrast adjustment, voice recording, background musics, etc. ■ If you have printed books at home, the books can be transformed into ebooks on iPhone just in minutes. Record your voice reading pages, the app turns pages and play the recordings just like you do the same thing. ■ 'eBook Creator' helps yours kids develop good “reading habit”. Furthermore, the kids will get to feel that reading books is pretty enjoyable if they record their own voices. ■ With ‘eBook Creator’, you can make various things such as ebooks, photo albums, kids art albums, scrapbooks, and so on as per your needs. ■ ‘eBook Creator’ gives you various graphical effects and sound clips. For instance, page transition, page frames, and background musics. ■ You can share ebooks, which are made by you, via email. ‘eBook creator’ automatically compresses the ebooks, attaches the files to iPhone email composer, titles subject, and fill in email body. You can just send the email after setting recipients only. ■ ‘eBook Creator’ offers 11 bookcases which are beautifully designed. You can name a bookcase according to your needs. How to create an ebook is described as follows. Step1> Setting up basic information of the ebook. For example, title, author's name, book orientation, page transition, page frame, and background music. Step2> Taking pictures of the pages in the book or select images from iPhone Photo album. Step3> Adjust brightness and contrast of each page. Step4> Record your voice reading the book. Final step> Preview. [Features] - Snap photos - Select images from iPhone photo album - Adjust brightness and contrast of an image - Record voice or music - Various page transition, page frame, and background music - Automatic play - Export ebooks into another apps for sharing; email, dropbox, etc. - Export ebooks into videos to share with people who do not have the app. - iTunes App Sharing - Create a bookcase - 11 beautiful bookcase themes - Manage bookcase - Set recording and background music volume - Set font and, one ebook included. | -- | $0.99 | View in iTunes |
| 33 | "Forces of Nature" | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 34 | Family Pumpkin Patch Project | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 35 | Eanes iBook Release scrapbook | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 36 | My Story | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 37 | Bat Project | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 38 | Hot Apps 4 HOTS | In this interactive resource, readers will cycle through 9 stations focusing on each level of Bloom's Taxonomy (from remembering to creating). Each station will include an apptivity with a specific app, example products, and additional resources to support iPad integration in the iClassroom. | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 39 | A Memoir | The life Story of Marjorie A. Bocks | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 40 | Extreme Environments | The aim of this eBook is to help facilitate revision and synthesis of the Extreme Environments optional theme of the IB Diploma Programme Geography course. | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 41 | Pictello | Everyone loves to tell fun, engaging, and imaginative stories. Go ahead and make a social story or visual schedule for a child with autism or a slide show of holiday pictures for your friends - Pictello makes it a breeze to create and share! Whether you use the included natural-sounding Text to Speech voices, or record your own voice, Pictello is the perfect tool for visual storytelling. Each page in a Pictello story consists of a photo or video and some text, which can be read aloud by a Text to Speech voice or your own recorded audio. Develop literacy skills - Support reading with word-by-word text highlighting - Develop writing and spelling with built-in word prediction and Speak as You Type - Create stories to teach academic and social skills - Import free early literacy and adapted academic books from Tar Heel Reader Create and playback with ease - Let students use the wizard to create stories - Play stories page by page or as a slideshow - Use Text to Speech voices to read the story - Turn on switch access for story playback Integrate multimedia - Add your own photos - Include short video clips - Record your own voice or sound Share your stories - Share with other Pictello users through our free sharing server - Use Dropbox to exchange stories - Export to PDF or print to share with non-Pictello users Speak your language - Pick English, Spanish, German, French, Italian or Dutch for the user interface - Select from over 110 free Text to Speech voices in 29 languages - Use genuine American, British, Australian, American-Spanish, Swedish, French, Italian, German, Norwegian and Swedish children's voices - Create interest with fun character and specialty voices Customize to fit your needs - Pick between Wizard or Expert creation modes - Swipe or automatically turn pages - Adjust speech rate and pronunciations Read more at www.assistiveware.com/products/pictello Additional Note: Educational institutions can get a 50% discount if they purchase 20 or more licenses through Apple’s Volume Licensing Program for Education. | -- | $19.99 | View in iTunes |
| 42 | The Corns Visit the 13 Colonies | Join Damitria the Unicorn, Henrietta the Hippocorn, and Willamina the Shnoopacorn on an exciting trip back in time to visit the original 13 American colonies! This book features an interactive, student-created glossary, copyright-free authentic pictures, 3D images, and an imaginative narrative. Each chapter and section is the result of collaboration from Matthew Farber's 2012-13 2nd period seventh grade social studies class. | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 43 | 5th Grade: Reflections On Our Year | This is our second eBook this year.  We are a 5th grade class of special education students who love to write and publish books.  We hope you enjoy our eBook.   Thank you to all of our readers of our first eBook. | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 44 | Inspiring Young Authors | The Backpack Classroom was an initiative led by ADE Jane Ross. Jane spent two weeks in the Tambunan Lumban Gaol Village near Balige in Indonesia teaching story writing on the iPad. The Tambunan village is located at the southern end of Lake Toba in North Sumatra. The people there are known as Bataks and their language is also called Batak. | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 45 | The 7 Simple Machines | This is a book about simple machines and how to identify the simple machines in school, at home and in the playground. In my book you will find interactive images, 3D images and fun quizzes using pictures. I think that this book can be used as a classroom resource for students to learn about simple machines. | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 46 | How Much is 77 Million | -- | 1:14 | Free | View in iTunes |
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