Green Screen by DoInk is a green screen app for the iPad that actually works! It looks awesome and easy to use making it well worth the $2.99 price tag. Students shared how to use the app in a session I attended. There are so many possibilities for using this app with my production technology classes. Once we get it figured out and create on location videos my students can help teachers in their core area classes who choose to use green screening for "on location" video projects. I became even more excited about this app after reading an online post that discusses using Green Screen by DoInk with Aurasma. Watch the YouTube video to see an overview Green Screen by DoInk.
Another app that caught my attention is Klikaklu. This app allows users to create treasure hunts and scavenger hunts by linking trigger images with clues. Immediately my mind jumped to the beginning of the school year tour our new sixth graders take and how much more engaging this tour could be using Klikaklu. I also thought about our upcoming community resource fair and the possibility of creating a contest to reward participants for visiting each organization. Klikaklu does appear to be a free/paid scenario. It sounds like the scavenger hunt creator will need to pay otherwise ads will appear, but the cost for participants is free. Watch the video to see how it works.
I co-presented at the conference with Kay Leroy and Lindsey Insalaco. Our session titled Powering Up: Integrating Tech in the LMC was well attended. All the seats were taken, people were sitting in the floor, standing in the back, and hovering outside the door. Our session focused on meeting our district's call to redefine the role of the library media specialists and take a leadership role in regard to instructional technology. The feedback from our session was overwhelmingly positive. We could not have been more thrilled with how things turned out.
