Digital Storytelling and Audio Recording iOS Apps
Explore my Symbaloo for apps that support language acquisition, World Readiness Standards, and Common Core Standards. Read more about the alignment on ACTFL's Web site.
Mobile app and device resources
Capture student learning and save it to an online digital portfolio. students can narrate and draw on a picture or video of their work.
Adobe Spark Video - Free
Create engaging videos with text, pictures and videos.
Buncee - Free
Use photos, text, stickers, animations, and drawing to make a wonder-filled creation.
Bookcreator - $4.99 iOS/$2.50 Google
Create engaging books filled
with images, videos,
narration, and music a
nd share across devices
and platforms.
Little Bird Tales & Web site - Free Create engaging, narrated books with hand-drawn or captured pictures.
Shadow Puppet & Shadow PuppetEDU - Free
Question-led chat tool
MySchoolAvatar Free / Edu version - $2.99
Customize an avatar and add a message (voice or computer generated) to share via various social networks.
FotoBabble - Free
Take or choose a picture from your device's camera and record a message.
Sock Puppets - Free
Add Puppets, props, scenery, and backgrounds to create lip-synced videos.
Talkr- Free w/in-app purchases
Import a picture (person or animal), choose a mouth, and bring your character to life.
ComicBook!- $2.99
Import personal or Flickr pictures to create comics.
Free & in-app purchases
Create comics from your pictures, add stamps, and voice bubbles.
Strip Designer - $3.99
Create personal comic strips using the photos from your photo album or iDevice camera.
- $4.99 (Check Apple Volume Purchasing for discount.) Add
pictures, text, voice, and drawings to create personalized stories.
Voice Record Pro - Free
Record voice memos in a variety of formats including Mp3 and Mp4.
Share memos via Google Drive, Dropbox, iCloud, email, and SMS.
Flip - Free
Engage students in video conversations through this app and Web site. Create a question for students/groups.
Explain Everything Free & Paid
Screencasting, and interactive whiteboard tool that lets you annotate, animate, narrate, import, and export almost anything to and from almost anywhere.
Create slides, draw in any color, add shapes, add text, and use a laser pointer. Rotate, move, scale, copy, paste, clone, and lock any object added to the stage.
Educreations Free & Paid
Much like ShowMe, Educreations allows users to build video lessons that can be shared online and through iPads. This recordable whiteboard app offers teachers the option to customize learning for different learning styles.