{"id":1040,"date":"2014-05-29T12:30:11","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T12:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/?p=1040"},"modified":"2022-03-13T17:01:11","modified_gmt":"2022-03-13T21:01:11","slug":"4-great-apps-for-creating-presentations-on-your-ipad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/4-great-apps-for-creating-presentations-on-your-ipad\/","title":{"rendered":"4 great apps for creating presentations on your iPad"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s that magical, magical time of the year again!<\/p>\n

No, not the end of the school year. (STOP THAT.)<\/p>\n

I meant it’s the time of year when your students have a lot of opportunities to share out their year’s worth of learning. And here are 4 great apps for\u00a0creating\u00a0presentations on your\u00a0iPad.<\/p>\n

1. Touchcast<\/h2>\n

Touchcast<\/a>\u00a0lets students pull\u00a0links, videos and even interactive polls directly into their videos, as well as letting them easily create scenes in front of a green screen.\u00a0Imaginary assignment:<\/em> Have your students file an on-the-spot “news report” from locations around the globe. Also underwater. And from the center of the earth. And in space.<\/p>\n

Seriously, someone should do this. Then send us the link, and we’ll showcase your students’ work on this blog. Is that a deal or what?<\/p>\n

\"8th<\/a>
8th grade scientists in Morrisville, VT, made this series of Touchcast presentations to illustrate distance over time. STEM-tastic!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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2. Aurasma<\/h2>\n

Check it out: you can now make auras directly from the iPad, inside the Aurasma<\/a> app. A great opportunity to app-smash: have the student video themselves with the iPad’s camera, edit it in holy of holies iMovie<\/a>, then embed the resultant polished product into a real-world artifact, like their school portrait, or a painting, or a hand-illustrated\u00a0map of the U.S.<\/a> Get a whole class-worth’s together and create an Aurasma-powered scavenger hunt around school for parents and visitors. Aurasma’s channel feature means that you control who sees the work, too.<\/p>\n

Boom! End-of-year project sorted! All before your second cup of coffee!<\/p>\n

Below, this music teacher<\/a> pinned sheet music up, then embedded videos of student performances in those sheets. Y’all, teachers are so. Clever.<\/p>\n