Sonic Pics is a GREAT app for iPad or iPod. At McGowen, we have started using Sonic Pics for many things. This week, 1st grade is using Sonic Pics to publish their how-to writing. For example, this week some classes wrote about how to make a sandwich. First, they drew quick sketches of what items would go into their sandwich. Then, they wrote step by step instructions stating how they would put it together. To publish their how-to's, we used the iPads to take pictures of their drawings, and they used Sonic Pics to sequence their photos and narrate. It was a good lesson on sequencing, details, voice and speaking skills. This is just one example of a great use of Sonic Pics. If you think of a great use for this app, or if you've already used it, please share! Also, if you use it in class, you can earn a sticker for your tech super hero cape.
This app also has great sharing capabilities - you can email it (to yourself or parents, for example), save it to the iPad photo album, save it to You Tube, etc.
Below is an example of a finished Sonic Pics video made by a first grader. You'll notice that this group was making really silly sandwiches!
My students used Sonic Pics to record their writing. Then we were able to send the videos to their parents via email. Students were proud of their final "productions". The app is kid friendly!
ReplyDeleteI have put together a technology based review unit to help reinforce certain concepts before STAAR. For the "inference" concept, students scanned 5 different QR codes around that room that contained short passages. The students had to read each passage and infer what was happening. In groups they reenacted each passage based on their inferences and posed for pictures. Using Sonic Pics they uploaded their pictures and recorded their voices explaining their inferences, as they scrolled through each of the 5 pictures. Once competed, we viewed each presentation and discussed any inferences that were interpreted differently.
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