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Sizing Up the Best White Board Apps
Kim Boyd and Kay ColeFBISD Digital Learning Department
Objectives
Investigate the various features of seven white board apps.
Practice using each app.
Explore content connections.
Doodle Buddy
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Free - Apple and Android
Draw, paint, stamps, stencils, text, and backgrounds
Upload photos or diagrams for annotating
Shared through email or save to Camera Roll
Doodle BuddyAdvantages:
• Easy to use• Kids like it• Visuals• Can turn off sounds
Disadvantages:• Ads and in app purchases• Only one page• No record feature• Lots of “distractors”• Sometimes images load upside down
Content Connections:• Counting • Math Problems • Water or Rock Cycle Diagram• Patterns
Screen Chomp
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Free - Apple
Draw and write
Upload pictures from camera roll or Dropbox for annotating
Record voice and action on the screen
Saves as URL that can be shared by email or copying and pasting
Screen ChompAdvantages:
• Easy to use• Records• Very simple interphase• URL easy to share on teacher website or Edmodo
Disadvantages:• Not a lot of bells and whistles• Unable to add text• Only one page, but can scroll up and down• Cannot save without recording
Content Connections:• Math Problems • Drawing in places on a map• Science diagrams and processes• Annotate sentences and paragraphs
ShowMe
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Free - Apple
Draw and write
Upload pictures or diagrams from camera roll or Internet for annotating
Record voice and action on the screen
Share via URL or email
ShowMeAdvantages:
• Easy to use• Records• Multiple pages • Explore previously created ShowMes
Disadvantages:• Must create an account to share (Teachers can create
accounts for students)• Some options for paid accounts only – limited searches
for web photos and private vs. public• Cannot finalize and share without recording
Content Connections:• Timeline of events• Types of angles• Parts of an organ or organ system• Art from various artists – label, describe, etc.
EducreationsApp Icon
Free - Apple
Draw, write, and type
Upload pictures (Clip Art) and diagrams from camera roll, Dropbox, or Google Drive for annotating
Record voice and action on the screen
Multiple pages and backgrounds
Share link via email, URL, or post to their site if logged in
Swipe with 2 fingers to scroll for more space
EducreationsAdvantages:
• Records• Search for pictures (clip art) within app• Multiple Pages
Disadvantages:• Must create an account to share (Teachers can create
accounts for students)• Can only have one draft at a time• Limited storage space unless upgrade to paid version
Content Connections:• Graphing equations• Newton’s Laws• Compare and Contrast Branches of Government• Story Map
Skitch
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Free - Apple and Android
Draw, write, type
Upload pictures, PDFs, Maps, or Web Pages
Annotate, spotlight, or blur out
Share via email or save to camera roll
SkitchAdvantages:
• Do not have to create an account• Syncs with Evernote• Multiple ways to share and save
Disadvantages:• Unable to record• Only one page• Once in a note, cannot add additional photos, maps,
PDFs, etc.Content Connections:
• Evaluate a website• Trace the path of the Lewis and Clark Expedition• Annotate a primary source document• Create a postcard or poster
Explain Everything
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$2.99 - Apple
Draw, write, add shapes, and laser pointer
Annotate, Animate, Narrate, Import, and Export
Import almost anything from anywhere
Export MP4 movies
No account necessary
Explain EverythingAdvantages:
• Multiple pages or slides• Records audio and action on the screen• Multiple options for sharing, exporting, and importing• Merge two or more projects together• Too many to list all of them
Disadvantages:• Cost• Advanced functions
Content Connections:• A Trip through the Digestive System• Create videos that can be used for flipping or importing
into other apps• Real world examples of angles, lines, symmetry, etc.• Create multimedia presentations
Baiboard
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Free - Apple, Android coming soon
Online Collaborative Whiteboard
No account necessary
Real-time interaction
Draw or write
Import Maps, PDFs, and Images
BaiboardAdvantages:
• Do not have to create an account• Real-Time Collaboration• Multiple Pages• Can save and share boards
Disadvantages:• Users can delete items posted on the board• Pages easily get too crowded• Posts are anonymous
Content Connections:• Collaborative Graphic Organizer• Cause and Effect• Brainstorming• Analyzing photos
Contact InfoKim BoydDigital Learning SpecialistFort Bend [email protected]
Kay ColeDigital Learning SpecialistFort Bend [email protected]
