{"id":96,"date":"2013-06-09T23:38:23","date_gmt":"2013-06-10T06:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ipadsforliteracylearning\/?page_id=96"},"modified":"2013-06-10T21:09:14","modified_gmt":"2013-06-11T04:09:14","slug":"storytelling-apps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ipadsforliteracylearning\/literacy-apps\/storytelling-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Comprehension Apps"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following apps have been reviewed and are applicable for\u00a0reading strategies (including retelling events, visualizing, summarizing, storytelling etc.) purposes\u00a0for students. \u00a0Clicking on the picture will take you directly to the iTunes store where you can buy and\/or download that particular app.<\/span><\/p>\n

As we are building a shared community of knowledge, should you come across another valuable app for this purpose, please add it to this page by leaving a comment!<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

\"\"<\/a>Doodle Buddy<\/strong><\/p>\n

Created By<\/em>: Pinger Inc.<\/p>\n

Cost<\/em>: Free<\/p>\n

Description<\/em>: This app can be used to assist students with demonstrating the reading strategy \u201cvisualizing\u201d. \u00a0Students can use multiple colours, stamps, stencils, glitter and text to \u201cpaint; with their finger on the screen and create their visualization. \u00a0It encourages students to alter their visualization as they read or re-read as it is easy to \u201cerase\u201d as opposed to restarting on paper. \u00a0Completed images can be exported through email. (Hutchison, 2012)<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Kid in Story Book Maker<\/strong><\/p>\n

Created By<\/em>: LocoMotive Labs Inc.<\/p>\n

Cost<\/em>: $6.99<\/p>\n

Description<\/em>: This app is specially designed to engage struggling readers and makes it easy to create, read and share \u00a0fun and visual stories that support learning with the student as the main character. \u00a0Students can record their own voice reading the story, or it can be used in combination with a free app (Kid in Story Reader) which will read the stories out loud.<\/p>\n

Watch a demonstration<\/em>:\u00a0click here\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Pictello<\/strong><\/p>\n

Created By:\u00a0<\/em>AssistiveWare<\/p>\n

Cost<\/em>: $18.99<\/p>\n

Description<\/em>: Allows students to create talking books with pictures. \u00a0This way, students can make personalized stories to read that are meaningful to them. \u00a0This app can be used to retell stories or events to demonstrate reading comprehension. \u00a0Each page in a Pictello Story can contain a picture, up to five lines of text, and a recorded sound or text-to-speech using high quality voices. \u00a0The app includes male, female and children’s voices in English, French, Spanish, German, Turkish and Dutch and over 25 additional languages and dialects may be downloaded free of charge.<\/p>\n

Watch a demonstration<\/em>:\u00a0click here<\/a><\/p>\n

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Toontastic<\/strong><\/p>\n

Created By:\u00a0<\/em>Launchpad Toys<\/p>\n

Cost<\/em>: Free<\/p>\n

Description<\/em>: A storytelling and creative learning tool where students can create, animate and share their own cartoons to demonstrate reading comprehension strategies before, during and after reading.<\/p>\n

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Puppet Pals HD<\/strong><\/p>\n

Created By:\u00a0<\/em>Polished Play LLC<\/p>\n

Cost<\/em>: Free<\/span><\/p>\n

Description<\/em>: Students can create their own puppet shows with animation and recorded audio. \u00a0This can be used to demonstrate their understanding of the events in a story, depict character traits, make predictions and more.<\/p>\n

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