Scribble Press
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/scribble-press/id487300076?mt=8
Cost: Free!
Pros: This app gives a variety of different stories for students to add their own touches to. The main story is given to the students and they fill in the blanks. It also allows students to draw their own illustrations or take pictures and use them as illustrations. Students can also create a book all on their own by creating a "blank book". There are also stickers that can be added to the illustrations. They have a variety of markers and colors to chose from as well. If you create an account you can have order the books and have them printed. The books can also be shared through e-mail. Students can also look through books created by other students. Creating an account is free. The artwork from the book can be turned into a puzzle, notepad, or card.
Cons: The app its self is free but some the the features are not. It gives you a limited selection of stickers and the rest of them need to be purchased. It also gives your a selection of books but other ones can be purchased. The majority of the costs are around $1.99. In order to share or print the books you have to create an account.
Education: I feel this is a great app for students starting to write stories and also students that have had practice with stories. For beginners, I would have students create a story using the already created formats. This way students only have to focus on the nouns and the illustrations. For students that are more advanced, I would have them create their own book using the "blank books". Students would be responsible for writing the whole story and also creating the illustrations. Writing the story could be the end of a unit and then we could have students share their stories with the class.
Similar Apps: A similar app that I looked at is called "My Story-Book Maker for Kids". This app is not free and it looks more like it has more of a scrapbook feel than a book. Otherwise a lot of the features are similar. I feel the free Scribble Press is just as good of an app!
Another fun education idea could be to describe a vocabulary word or if you are learning nouns and he tridents could draw their guess and write the word on note card part. Or you can have students create narratives about famous people they learn about in History.
ReplyDeleteI think this is great to use for many different subject areas. I like all of the different coloring options there are and the different types of markers to use. I think students will love to have all of the options and they can create a book that is partially made or they can create their own. It is very interactive and easy to use which I love. This could be used in social studies, reading, English, math, science, any subject really. And it incorporates the art aspect to reach another level of learning.
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