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App Smashing Intro
Created By: Kristi
Druvenga
What is App Smashing?Content created in one app transferred
to and enhanced by a second app and sometimes third. Preferably the final product is then published to the web – remember, digital presence is the new résumé!
App Smashing Tutorial
Reasons to App Smash:
1. It demands creative thinking2. Students are CREATING!!!!!!
3. It demands more from the technology (value for money)
4. It turns the issue of not having a ‘wonder app’ into a positive
5. It removes any restrictions to take a topic as far as it can be taken.
6. It often results in more engaging learning products
7. It’s a fun challenge for ‘digital natives’
Key rules for successful App Smashing:
1. Use the Camera Roll as your main conduit between
Apps.
2. Leave the app choice to the students.
3. Have a list of apps capable of smashing content together. (recipes)
App Smashing Steps1. Create a goal or an essential
question (start with the end in mind)
2. Conduct research
3. Organize (use a storyboard)
4. Find or take pictures/video
5. Choose your app smashing recipe
6. Publish and share your piece
Publish Your Work
Smash #1
Ideas: Plant/Animal reports, Book summaries, Book Retellings, Book recommendations, Science and S.S. reports, vocabularyWords, sight words, Author’s Purpose, biographies………..
Take a picture or save an image off of the internet
Import to
Chatterpix
Create an
Aurasma+ =
Chatterpix + Aurasma Tutorial
Biography Example
+
Chatterpix + Aurasma
Smash #2
Ideas: Advertisements, Book summaries, Book Talks, Reports, Promotion of activities, foreign language/ESL, go back in time, Digital Storytelling, fluency reading, CGI problems
Create a tangible object
or poster Import to
Tellagami EDUCreate
an Aurasma
+ =
Aurasma Tutorial1st grade example
+
TellagamiEDU + Aurasma
Take a picture or import image from internet
Smash #3
Ideas: Book reports, Biographies, Social Studies topics, Creating images, summaries, narrative writing
Toontastic Storyboard
+Save to Cameral
Roll
+ +Print a
Screenshot
Toontastic 3rd
Grade Example
Create a Toontastic
Create an
Aurasma
Toontastic + Aurasma
Smash #4
+
Trading Cards + Explain Everything + AurasmaDesign a set of cards based on characters, places or
even words themselves then import into Explain Everything to screencast, sharing more information
about each card or even telling the story they are part of. Another variation of this smash would be to replace
ExplainEverything with Chatterpix.
Trading CardApp Tutorial
Explain Everything Tutorial
Create an
Aurasma+
Smash #5
+
Google Earth or Google Maps + Pic CollageDesign a collage to showcase landforms, or places of
Interest. Have students plan a vacation or give Directions. Design a map of planets.
or
=
Google Earth tutorial
Google Maps tutorial
Pic Collage tutorial
or +
Rainforest ThinglinkThinglin
k
Smash #6
Ideas: Math problems, story problems, shapes, patternsScience projects, procedural writing, sequencing……….1st
Grade ideasMiddle School ideas
+ +Internet
Upload into
Explain Everything
Import into Book
Creator
Explain Everything + Book Creator
Explain Everything + Book Creator Example
=+
Publish
Popplet
Smash #7
Ideas: Math equations, story problems, shapes, patternsScience projects, procedural writing, sequencing, emotions,Writing prompts, character traits, descriptive writing……….
+ + =
Upload photos to Pic Collage
Save to
Camera
Roll
App Smashing Challenge
Upload Pic Collage
into Tellagami
2nd
Grade Example
Pic Collage + Tellagami
Publish
Smash #8
Ideas: Genius hour, weather reports, animal reports, bookSummaries, book recommendations, book reports…….
+ + + +
Upload imagesFrom the
internet
Record your
Message-use
a green background
Upload into Green Screen
App
Print out a picture
that relates to your project
Create an
Aurasma
5th
Grade Genius hour examplesGreen Screen lesson plan
Green Screen + Aurasma
Smash #9
Ideas: Genius hour, weather reports, animal reports, bookSummaries, book recommendations, book reports…….
+ + + +Upload imagesFrom the
internet
Record your
message
Upload into Green
Screen App
The Camera
Roll
Import toiMovie/
addMusic
Elementary ideas
Middle School ideas
Green Screen + iMovie
Green Screen Tutorial with Do Ink
Smash #10
Ideas: Science and Social Studies reports, current events,Book summaries, character traits, non-fiction retelling,Research reports, biographies, landforms, animals, planets
+ +Pic Collage + Youtube + Thinglink
Create a Pic
Collage
Find Youtube videos
That relate to yourimages
Upload into ThingLink
Thinglink Tutorial
Pic Collage tutorial
Smash #11