#Mybrushes app youtub movie

demonstrated our patterning knowledge by using the drawing tools provided to create patterns

demonstrated our patterning knowledge by using the sticker tools provided to create patterns So how have we used it in my grade one class? With Draw and Tell we have: For a sequencing activity this many not be the best choice of app. You can create video, but you can't import video. In addition you can't add video to this app. Some of the apps mentioned above allow more than one snapshot to be uploaded. My students are encouraged to touch the specific spot on the screen that they are talking about so that the blue pointer light appears and is added to the recording.Īnother draw back is that you can only add one photo so it's really just a one snapshot look at their learning.

This hasn't been a problem for us though because the app has a built in pointer light and if you touch the screen while you are recording it follows your finger. One of the draw backs I see with Draw and Tell vs some of other apps mentioned above is that with Draw and Tell you can't record as you go. The less I have to do for them the more time I have to do other things with them. The more they can do on their own, the less I have to do for them. That's huge for me as a grade one teacher. However once the KidBlog app is available my students will EASILY be able to add this documentation of their learning to their individual blogs, INDEPENDENTLY - no need to upload to You Tube.

#Mybrushes app youtub movie

At the moment I am sending their movie creations to our YouTube channel when I find the time. From there you can easily select your pictures or movies to save to your iPad's photo album. In addition the app saves what you create in an area called Your Drawings.

The stickers provided in the app can be moved during recording too so stories or other concepts can be animated. The app also has colouring pages which can serve as backdrops to oral stories if my students don't want to draw their own backgrounds. So it's possible to add their thinking to anything they have created digitally or otherwise, and all independently. In addition for their non digital work they can easily take of photo of it, and then retrieve that photo from the album on the iPad. If an app doesn't save to the iPad photo album then they just take a screen shot of their work so that there is a picture of it in the iPad photo album that they can bring into Draw and Tell. It's easy for my students to import a picture from the photo album on an iPad independently too so if they have made something in another app and that app saves to photos then the photo of their work is there to be imported. It is so simple to access the camera roll on the iPad. As their teacher that's something I LOVE! When things make sense in grade one then they can do things on their own. Even when they record the microphone button makes sense. The eraser looks like what they see on their pencils, and the stickers are there too. If they want a coloured pencil, or crayon they choose those options. If they want a paint brush type tool they choose the paint brush option. First off it's grade one friendly because the tools make sense at their level. However as a teacher of grade one students Draw and Tell is by far the number one app we go to share our learning. There are many apps that will allow my students to do this and they include Explain Everything, Screen Chomp, Show Me, Educreations, and Draw and Tell. As often as we are able, I encourage my students to talk about what they have done as a way to document their learning. Having said that one of my goals for this school year is to make my students' thinking behind their learning more visible. We look at what we are trying to do, then match the app that best fits that need.

For me my choice of app is more about what type of learning I'm looking for from my students (or they are looking to show me) than a specific app. People often ask me what my favourite app in my grade one classroom is and I'm often hesitant to answer that question.