Video Presentations: Shadow Puppets
Don't let the title fool you into thinking this is just a cool tool for young elementary students.
This powerful Apple app for your Iphone or Ipad is a powerhouse. While it is easy enough for a five year old to do, it has enough "OOMPH!" to use at the high school level and for teachers as a flipped classroom activity. You may use this activity both online and offline (off line would provide less picture choices, but there are ways to get around that)
HOW TO?
___Open your app.
___ Click CREAT NEW box.Use the list of photos on the left to pick your photo choices, then click on the pictures you want. Use your Camera Roll or the links they provide (see ACCESS BELOW for more details), you may also do a picture search using the search bar at top.
___You may add a video (it allows you to select a 30 second clip from the video.
___Once you have put the slides in place, you may click REORDER box on bootom to reorder.
___DONE? Click NEXT.
You will see your slide show, a microphone, a start buttom, T for text and music notes.
Click the T to add text, Click iTunes library or background music (8 choices: 1-Americana, 2-Bluesy, 3-Electro Indie Pop, 4-Indie Bubbles, 5-Indie Grass Roots, 6-Indie Winter Breeze, 7-Piano Ballad, 8-Ragtime
Advance using the right triangle or left triangle. Finished? Click START. See Recording in 3..2..1...Record your voice and add music
YOU CAN...
Add pictures from the Internet, take your own photos, add your own pictures, animated gifs, add text, record your own voice, use the preselected music they provide (about 8 songs) OR add songs from your Itune account. This activity is only limited by your imagination.
GREAT FOR: any age level (ANDROID apps supposed to be coming next).
SHARING: Seesaw (a new product by Shadow Puppet, iCloud, Twitter, Youtube, Email, Message, Copy Link
MORE: Grownup section for Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, email puppet file and Open in...
SETTINGS OPTIONS : You may select which items you want to be available.
-Save to camera roll, Auto-zoom to square, auto-play videos, show watermark, Show Image Credits, Video Size (Can adjust from HD-720 p, Large-480 p, Medium 320 p.
ACCESS TO:
___Camera Roll ___Map Search ___Famous Landmarks
EDUCATION SEARCH:
___Library of Congress ___Met Museum of Art ___The British Library ___NASA ___NOAA
IMAGE SEARCH:
___Web Images ____Flickr Creative Commons ____Wikimedia Commons
____Open Clipart ___ Backgrounds
ALBUMS:
___Panoramas ___Camera Roll ___Bursts ___Time-lapse ____Favorites
___Photo Stream
USE IN CONJUCTION WITH...Seesaw, Camera apps, camera setting, Time Lapse, Panorama options, ITunes, Drawing programs, etc. Garage Band-could create own music and transfer it over to the iTunes.
IDEAS:
QUICK MOMENTS: Have a student teach a concept (vocabulary definitions, pronunciations, phonics help, music note teach or practice, personal narration, aftwork of a famous person, cool tool, multiplication drills, solve a math problem and share it with class, travelogue, etc.
Work as groups, individuals; student or teacher created.
Create a mystery item, mystery word, mystery location,
BIG PROJECT: Create a vacation guide for your favorite biome, introduce new vocabulary words, Book report-introduce cover, characters, etc.
Stay tuned...this article is a work in progress.
LINKS:
Class Tech Tips Shadow Puppets:
This powerful Apple app for your Iphone or Ipad is a powerhouse. While it is easy enough for a five year old to do, it has enough "OOMPH!" to use at the high school level and for teachers as a flipped classroom activity. You may use this activity both online and offline (off line would provide less picture choices, but there are ways to get around that)
HOW TO?
___Open your app.
___ Click CREAT NEW box.Use the list of photos on the left to pick your photo choices, then click on the pictures you want. Use your Camera Roll or the links they provide (see ACCESS BELOW for more details), you may also do a picture search using the search bar at top.
___You may add a video (it allows you to select a 30 second clip from the video.
___Once you have put the slides in place, you may click REORDER box on bootom to reorder.
___DONE? Click NEXT.
You will see your slide show, a microphone, a start buttom, T for text and music notes.
Click the T to add text, Click iTunes library or background music (8 choices: 1-Americana, 2-Bluesy, 3-Electro Indie Pop, 4-Indie Bubbles, 5-Indie Grass Roots, 6-Indie Winter Breeze, 7-Piano Ballad, 8-Ragtime
Advance using the right triangle or left triangle. Finished? Click START. See Recording in 3..2..1...Record your voice and add music
YOU CAN...
Add pictures from the Internet, take your own photos, add your own pictures, animated gifs, add text, record your own voice, use the preselected music they provide (about 8 songs) OR add songs from your Itune account. This activity is only limited by your imagination.
GREAT FOR: any age level (ANDROID apps supposed to be coming next).
SHARING: Seesaw (a new product by Shadow Puppet, iCloud, Twitter, Youtube, Email, Message, Copy Link
MORE: Grownup section for Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, email puppet file and Open in...
SETTINGS OPTIONS : You may select which items you want to be available.
-Save to camera roll, Auto-zoom to square, auto-play videos, show watermark, Show Image Credits, Video Size (Can adjust from HD-720 p, Large-480 p, Medium 320 p.
ACCESS TO:
___Camera Roll ___Map Search ___Famous Landmarks
EDUCATION SEARCH:
___Library of Congress ___Met Museum of Art ___The British Library ___NASA ___NOAA
IMAGE SEARCH:
___Web Images ____Flickr Creative Commons ____Wikimedia Commons
____Open Clipart ___ Backgrounds
ALBUMS:
___Panoramas ___Camera Roll ___Bursts ___Time-lapse ____Favorites
___Photo Stream
USE IN CONJUCTION WITH...Seesaw, Camera apps, camera setting, Time Lapse, Panorama options, ITunes, Drawing programs, etc. Garage Band-could create own music and transfer it over to the iTunes.
IDEAS:
QUICK MOMENTS: Have a student teach a concept (vocabulary definitions, pronunciations, phonics help, music note teach or practice, personal narration, aftwork of a famous person, cool tool, multiplication drills, solve a math problem and share it with class, travelogue, etc.
Work as groups, individuals; student or teacher created.
Create a mystery item, mystery word, mystery location,
BIG PROJECT: Create a vacation guide for your favorite biome, introduce new vocabulary words, Book report-introduce cover, characters, etc.
Stay tuned...this article is a work in progress.
LINKS:
Class Tech Tips Shadow Puppets: