This presentation was delivered as part of TeachMeet Leicester: Digital Literacy #TMDL14, held at Crown Hills Community College on 18th March 2014. For our round of the event, see: http://lccdigilit.our.dmu.ac.uk/2014/03/20/tmdl14

1. Using apps/internet to support
independent learning
Pete Sanderson @LessonToolbox

2. @LessonToolbox – Apps for Learning, Feb 2014
Picture/Video Enhancers
Video Apps
Vine (free) Create short, (9
second) looping videos
Imovies (installed) video making
and editing, with movie trailer
features
Blogging Apps
Glogster (free) – interactive
posters which can include
videos, text, web links etc
Blogger (free) – online text with
embedded images, and links
Wordpress (free) - online text
with embedded images, and links
Video Blogging
Touchcast (free) - Enhanced video
that is fully browsable, responsive,
and can include webpages, images,
and videos inside the live stream
Interactive
Pictures/Posters
Thinglink - Use ThingLink to
instantly add video and text to
images
Podcasts
Audioboo (free) - Record up to 3
minutes for free. Post your clips
easily to the web,
Spreaker (free) - Create and
share LIVE audio broadcasts on
the go from your mobile device
Soundcloud (free) - Record audio
with one touch and easily share it
to Facebook, Twitter, Google+
and Tumblr etc
Voicethread (free) - Add images
and videos from your camera or
photo library. Flip through pages
and annotate them while you
narrate. Share by sending email.
Sharing Ideas & Resources
Evernote (free) Create and edit
text notes, to-dos and task lists
• Save, sync and share files
• Record voice and audio notes
• Search for text inside images
Pinterest - Pin images from
around the web. Explore pins and
boards on different topics
Twitter - Get real-time stories,
pictures, videos, conversations,
ideas, group discussions
Edmodo - Secure classroom
discussions, Posting assignments
Animation
PuppetPals/PuppetPals 2 (already
installed on all ipads)
that lets you create animated
cartoons
Tellagami (free ) - create and
share a quick animated video
Shadow puppet £1.99
Record a puppet and talk through
your photos. Quickly and easily
create a narrated slideshow to
share your stories
In-Class Assessment
Socrative - Short Answer
Questions, Quick Quiz, Multiple
Choice, class voting (Essential app!)
Mind Maps
Popplet – installed – mindmapping
software (VERY easy to use)
Memegenerator – Makes memes
(pictures with text)
Quipio – Also make memes, but
with better quality finish – looks
professional
Office 365 (subscribers only) -
Secure classroom discussions,
sharing resources
Coach's Eye – review video with
slow-motion playback and drawing
tools
Pete Sanderson @LessonToolbox
Please find below some apps I have been trialling with groups this month. If you
know of any more or different ways of using them please share with me
@LessonToolbox on twitter. Thanks, Pete :)

3. Homework Objectives:
Digital Homework Menu
Pen & Paper 
Use a pen to write a response
to the homework objectives in
your book or on a worksheet.
Take a picture and email it to
me (or just hand it in)
Use a the
Audioboo.fm website or
app to record your
response to the
homework objectives
verbally and email it to
me.
Audio 
Video 
Use the Vine or
YouTube app or
website to make a clip
based on the
homework objectives
and email the link to
me
Blogg  Use the
Wordpress, Blogger or
Glogster websites or apps
to write type your
response to the homework
objectives and email the
link to me
Visual  Use
the memegenerator
website or app to add
text to images linked to
the homework
objectives
Interactive 
Use the Thinklink website
or app to add
links, pictures or YouTube
clips to images linked to
your homework objectives
and email the link
Email digital homework
to (teachers email address here)

4. Audioboo – Device Agnostic
Pete Sanderson @LessonToolbox

5. Audioboo
Pete Sanderson @LessonToolbox

6. Audioboo
Pete Sanderson @LessonToolbox
https://audioboo.fm/boos/1910261-cfcsExample 

7. Audioboo
Pete Sanderson @LessonToolbox

8. • Device agnostic (works on
phone, tablet, laptop and desktop)
• Can leave feedback on the account as a post
• Post a “boo” as feedback, write on the
webpage, or write feedback in the students
book
Pete Sanderson @LessonToolbox
Audioboo

9. Digital Homework
Student Examples

11. • http://www.touchcast.com/rlj1981/punk_sub
culture_

17. • http://rlj1981.edu.glogster.com/punk-
subculture

19. • https://mobile.twitter.com/caesar_augusti

21. • https://vine.co/v/hT7XVEviKHg

23. • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l7aM4
M6CvA

25. • http://www.pinterest.com/cmilburn3854/vint
age-project-hma-jhncc/

27. • https://www.thinglink.com/scene/480390631
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