Shadow Puppet

Shadow Puppet – Ipad app

Subject: Digital Technologies

Year Level: F-2

Strand: Digital Technologies – Processes and production skills

Sub-strand: Collecting, managing and analysing data

Content description: Collect, explore and sort data, and use digital systems to present the data creatively (ACTDIP003).

Elaboration: Using common software to present data creatively, for example as a slideshow, movie, sounds, image, chart, word art, poster or drawing.

(As per Western Australian Curriculum – SCSA)

 

What is Shadow Puppet?

Shadow Puppet is free downloadable app for students to create their own digital resource as video slideshows. Students can use a combination of photos, videos, narration, music, text overlay, and drawings to design and customise a presentation on any given topic. This app includes an abundance of features on a visually attractive interface that makes it extremely user-friendly.

 

Link to the resource:

 

Cross-curriculum priorities and general capabilities:

  • Literacy
  • Critical and creative thinking
  • Information and communication technology

 

Links to other learning areas:

  • English
  • The Arts

 

Using this resource in the classroom:

This app can allow students to tell a story, explain an idea or document their learning. It would be ideal in producing a summative final product for any unit of learning or project. It can formulate a combined collection of resources in a single digital resource for easy viewing. For example, students that undertake a project in the visual arts learning area which requires them to document the process from design to creation, can easily utilise this technological resource to demonstrate their sequence of work in a clear and attractive manner. This would be easily achieved by combining photos of their artwork and voice recordings explaining their step-by-step thought process. Students can add their personal touch and creative flair to the presentation by further adding emojis and background music. Alternatively, this app can also be a useful tool for teachers to create fun and engaging teaching resource for explaining concepts.

Shadow Puppet supports many critical and creative thinking skills that are valuable to children’s learning and development, such as:

  • Strategic use of digital media and technology
  • Organisation and presentation of ideas
  • Reasoning and decision making
  • Expression of thoughts, feelings and ideas

 

How to use this resource:

  1. Download the app by visiting the website (http://get-puppet.co/).
  2. Launch the app and follow the tutorial walk-through that covers all the features and how to use them.
  3. Tap the ? icon to access help anytime.
  4. Refer to the “Quick Start Guide” downloadable PDF and other helpful documents available on the website.

Requirements:

  • Wifi
  • Ipad or iphone

 

Links to a video tutorial for this technology:

  • http://s3.amazonaws.com/stories.shadowpuppet.co/522079BC-402C-42B8-8DCB-FEF711EE3AE5/exports/story.mp4
  • http://s3.amazonaws.com/stories.shadowpuppet.co/E79C94B1-25A5-4647-A46B-E3550AAC67A1/story.mp4

 

 

 

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