App Smackdown 2017
Roland, Dwight, Brian, Heather, Joan & Janet
What are your favorite apps?
Roland Rios, Fort Sam Houston ISD
@drrios
Blippar - Bring the physical world to life with this Augmented Reality app. (Google Play Store)
Adobe Spark Video - Easily create amazing videos for social media or the web
Expeditions - Take a virtual reality field trip to places around the world. (Google Play Store)
Chwazi - Want to take the luck randomly? Touch your iPhone or iPad screen and the choice will be made. (Google Play Store)
Enlight ($3.99) - An all-in-one photography app for iPhones and iPads.
The Bohemian Rhapsody Experience - Experience Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" in Virtual Reality. (Google Play Store)
Heather Kilgore, Commerce ISD
Dwight Goodwin, Denton ISD
IFTTT - Helps you do more with the services you love. Connect Amazon Alexa, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Fitbit, Slack, Skype, and hundreds more. Google Play Store
Lucidchart - Lucidchart is the simplest way to build diagrams on your deice. Google Play Store
Awesome Screenshot App for Safari - Provides a screenshot extension for Safari on iOS 8. Google Play Store
Pixlr - Free photo editor! Capture any moment and make it beautiful with over 2 million combinations of free effects, overlays, and filters. Once you’re done, share your finished work directly to Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, or your other favorite social networks! Google Play Store
Destiny Discover - Follett’s Destiny Discover app replaces our BryteWave K-12 app and allows you to browse, search and access your school’s library resources with ease. Search your library’s Destiny catalog or Follett eBook and audiobook collection in a single, familiar and easy to use environment. Google Play Store
Joan Gore, J2 Training
@joangore
Quizizz - Quizizz has a new feature that allows the question and answer choices to be read aloud using the Quizizz app. Only available for IOS devices.
Socratic - Take a photo of your homework question and get explanations, videos and step-by-step help instantly.
Discovery VR - a new way to see to see the world. Choose from a variety of series, such as VR Atlas, Shark Week, Our World. (Google Play Store)
Quiver Fashion - Become a fashion designer by coloring in your outfits and then have a fashion show on the runway. (Google Play Store)
Fyuse - 3D photos - take 3D images with your phone. (Google Play Store)
Teledoodle - Take turns drawing guessing until you reveal the funny outcomes. 2 - 8 players, one device, drawing skills not required. (Google Play Store)
Janet Corder, J2 Training
@corderj
Selfie Mic - Karaoke meets Selfie Stick
Talk about fun! This microphone on a Selfie Stick is available from Amazon and Target for less than $15 uses the free StarMaker app (Google Play Store) or any Karaoke app.
Recap - From the makers of Swivl, is a video response reflection app that lets students respond to prompts from their teacher.
Office Lens - Have you been taking pictures of the screens at the front of the room so you don't have to write everything down and the image is not very good? This app will auto-correct your picture. (Google Play Store)
awwapp - This web whiteboard is so simple to use and it works on all devices. Now for the cool part...they are looking for ambassadors who will promote their app at various places and you get the Premium version for free! Here's a link to the info.
PixnTell - Quickly tell animated stories with pictures from your device. Limit of 5 photos in the free purchase. 99 cent in-app purchase allows up to 70 photos.