Two Apps are Better Than One

For students or teachers, our iPads are fantastic tools. But sometimes we feel limited with what a certain app can or cannot do. If you've ever felt this way, I invite you to App Smash.

What is App Smashing, you ask? It's creating content in one app, then transferring and enhancing your creation in a second app and perhaps a third.


Let me give you an example.

1. A student creates a graphic organizer in Popplet like this one above.
2. The student exports the graphic organizer as an image and saves it to Photos on the iPad.
3. The student starts a new book in Book Creator. The student adds the image from Popplet, along with other elements, to create a ebook teaching people studying to become naturalized US citizens what they need to learn.
   

Our fourth graders are creating similar projects to this one. Ask a fourth grade teacher or student for more info!

There are many times that an image or video can be created, saved to Photos, and then inserted into a project in another app.

How Can I Use This?

Students with iPads can App Smash to create more detailed, engaging, and creative projects. Giving students choices about which apps to use or how to create an end product will lead to these types of projects. Teachers can App Smash to create tutorials, attention grabbers, or even share student work with families. Since you can install any apps you'd like on your teacher iPad, the possibilities are endless! Check the blog later and look for posts with the label "App Smashing" for more ideas. 

How have you used App Smashing or seen it used?