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LEGO® Movie Maker
Available from: Apple App Store and Android Store
Description:
This app is very child friendly and allows children to create and edit stop motion animations. Children can add titles, credits, sound effects, filters and music to make their video even more exciting. Videos can then be saved to the camera roll and shared.
Cost: Free
Rating: 5/5
Available from: Apple App Store and Android Store
Description:
This app is very child friendly and allows children to create and edit stop motion animations. Children can add titles, credits, sound effects, filters and music to make their video even more exciting. Videos can then be saved to the camera roll and shared.
Cost: Free
Rating: 5/5
Stop Motion Studio
Available from: Apple App Store and Android Store
Description:
This is a very versatile app which is great for introducing stop-motion animation to children of all ages. The free version allows children to capture frames, stitch them together and add a title to their production. Unfortunately, editing capabilities are limited unless you avail of the various in-app purchases which are available. This app could be used for generating stories, drama or retelling historical stories.
Cost: Free/various in-app purchases
Rating: 5/5
Available from: Apple App Store and Android Store
Description:
This is a very versatile app which is great for introducing stop-motion animation to children of all ages. The free version allows children to capture frames, stitch them together and add a title to their production. Unfortunately, editing capabilities are limited unless you avail of the various in-app purchases which are available. This app could be used for generating stories, drama or retelling historical stories.
Cost: Free/various in-app purchases
Rating: 5/5
Skitch
Available from: Apple App Store and Android Store
Description:
This app can be used to annotate photographs and add stickers such as arrows, shapes and emoticons. It could be used for a variety of purposes including labelling maps and aerial photographs, creating Maths Eyes posters, self-assessing work and lots more.
Cost: Free
Rating: 5/5
Available from: Apple App Store and Android Store
Description:
This app can be used to annotate photographs and add stickers such as arrows, shapes and emoticons. It could be used for a variety of purposes including labelling maps and aerial photographs, creating Maths Eyes posters, self-assessing work and lots more.
Cost: Free
Rating: 5/5
Lightbot One Hour Coding
Available from: Apple App Store and Android Store
Description:
This app was designed for use during Code Week and is great for introducing coding to kids. It is child-friendly and works on sequencing, logic, positional language and spatial awareness.
Cost: Free (18 levels) or €2.99 (40 levels)
Rating: 4/5
Available from: Apple App Store and Android Store
Description:
This app was designed for use during Code Week and is great for introducing coding to kids. It is child-friendly and works on sequencing, logic, positional language and spatial awareness.
Cost: Free (18 levels) or €2.99 (40 levels)
Rating: 4/5
Toontastic
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This app is excellent for creating animations and can be used across a range of subjects. Children can choose from a range of themes, characters and objects to create their story. They can then structure their story by including the setup, conflict, challenge, climax and resolution. Children can move the characters on screen and record their voices. They can then add theme music which will set the mood for each scene. This app could be used for retelling stories, creating stories, exploring themes in S.E.S.E. and much more. Thematic and seasonal backgrounds, characters and images are available also which can be used around Halloween, Christmas etc.
Cost: Free
Rating: 5/5
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This app is excellent for creating animations and can be used across a range of subjects. Children can choose from a range of themes, characters and objects to create their story. They can then structure their story by including the setup, conflict, challenge, climax and resolution. Children can move the characters on screen and record their voices. They can then add theme music which will set the mood for each scene. This app could be used for retelling stories, creating stories, exploring themes in S.E.S.E. and much more. Thematic and seasonal backgrounds, characters and images are available also which can be used around Halloween, Christmas etc.
Cost: Free
Rating: 5/5
Show Me
Available from: Apple App Store and Android Store
Description:
This app is also open-ended and therefore can be used for a variety of purposes including as a mini-whiteboard and to record short presentations. The students can import images from the camera roll and the internet and can record their voices over the images where necessary.
Cost: Free
Rating: 4.5/5
Available from: Apple App Store and Android Store
Description:
This app is also open-ended and therefore can be used for a variety of purposes including as a mini-whiteboard and to record short presentations. The students can import images from the camera roll and the internet and can record their voices over the images where necessary.
Cost: Free
Rating: 4.5/5
News Booth
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This fun app can be used as a writing prompt for students from 1st to 6th Class. The teacher or students can insert a photograph or video and insert text to make it look like it is on a news programme. Students could have lots of fun with this app by writing about events that have happened in school or basing their News Booth creation on class novels or historical events. This app could also be used for exciting drama lessons.
Cost: Free
Rating: 4.5/5
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This fun app can be used as a writing prompt for students from 1st to 6th Class. The teacher or students can insert a photograph or video and insert text to make it look like it is on a news programme. Students could have lots of fun with this app by writing about events that have happened in school or basing their News Booth creation on class novels or historical events. This app could also be used for exciting drama lessons.
Cost: Free
Rating: 4.5/5
Comic Life
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This is a fantastic app which students can use to make their own comic strips. Children can input their own photographs and turn these into a comic strip by adding speech bubbles and comic style lettering. This app could be used for creating or retelling stories, as well as writing recounts and sets of instructions.
Cost: €4.99
Rating: 4.5/5
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This is a fantastic app which students can use to make their own comic strips. Children can input their own photographs and turn these into a comic strip by adding speech bubbles and comic style lettering. This app could be used for creating or retelling stories, as well as writing recounts and sets of instructions.
Cost: €4.99
Rating: 4.5/5
Pic Collage
Available from: Apple App Store and Android Store
Description:
This app is open-ended and therefore can be used for a variety of purposes including annotating pictures and sorting images. This could be used in a Maths Trail or for capturing images of different materials for Science etc.
Cost: Free
Rating: 4.5/5
Available from: Apple App Store and Android Store
Description:
This app is open-ended and therefore can be used for a variety of purposes including annotating pictures and sorting images. This could be used in a Maths Trail or for capturing images of different materials for Science etc.
Cost: Free
Rating: 4.5/5
Popplet Lite
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This app is an idea-mapping app that can be used in many different ways in the classroom. You can create up to 5 Popplets using the Lite version of the app. The app is simple to use and involves adding images or text to produce a mind map. This could be used to make a family tree, phonics posters, story maps and plans, projects about space, countries etc. and much much more.
Cost: Free/€4.99
Rating: 4.5/5
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This app is an idea-mapping app that can be used in many different ways in the classroom. You can create up to 5 Popplets using the Lite version of the app. The app is simple to use and involves adding images or text to produce a mind map. This could be used to make a family tree, phonics posters, story maps and plans, projects about space, countries etc. and much much more.
Cost: Free/€4.99
Rating: 4.5/5
iMovie
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This is a great app that can be used for editing video clips. Choose to create a movie from scratch or else use the preloaded templates to create trailer style short movies. This app allows you to create extremely professional looking videos in a short time frame and is relatively easy to use but is most suitable for Middle and Senior Classes.
Cost: €4.99
Rating: 5/5
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This is a great app that can be used for editing video clips. Choose to create a movie from scratch or else use the preloaded templates to create trailer style short movies. This app allows you to create extremely professional looking videos in a short time frame and is relatively easy to use but is most suitable for Middle and Senior Classes.
Cost: €4.99
Rating: 5/5
Explain Everything
Available from: Apple App Store and Android Store
Description:
This app is incredibly versatile and can be used for a vast array of purposes in the classroom. Explain Everything is basically a mini interactive whiteboard on which you can insert images, text, pictures, video and more. One of the best features of this app is that you can record your voice and move different elements on the screen at the same time. For this reason, this app can be used by students for a variety of purposes. Make talking books by inserting photos of the book and record your voice over them. Explain to a friend how to complete a type of operation in Maths by carrying out the calculation on the screen and record yourself as your work through the process. This app could also be used for project work in S.E.S.E.
Cost: €3.99 iOS/€4.40 Android
Rating: 5/5
Available from: Apple App Store and Android Store
Description:
This app is incredibly versatile and can be used for a vast array of purposes in the classroom. Explain Everything is basically a mini interactive whiteboard on which you can insert images, text, pictures, video and more. One of the best features of this app is that you can record your voice and move different elements on the screen at the same time. For this reason, this app can be used by students for a variety of purposes. Make talking books by inserting photos of the book and record your voice over them. Explain to a friend how to complete a type of operation in Maths by carrying out the calculation on the screen and record yourself as your work through the process. This app could also be used for project work in S.E.S.E.
Cost: €3.99 iOS/€4.40 Android
Rating: 5/5