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Explain Everything is another useful iPad app to create lessons/lectures for your students. Use fingers to draw, add images or video, record what you do on the screen as a movie with audio, and export the resulting video to, i.e., YouTube. In this YouTube tutorial, a teacher explains how students can use the app for their projects.

Part of a lesson from Modern Lessons (EdTechTeacher): shows how to put a pdf file into a background, then add to /write on by importing into Explain Everything. The teacher using a Know-Want to Know-what I learned graphic for her example. Excellent tutorial with pedagogical implications.

Evernote for iPad seems to have a new interface, and this video is the most up-to-date I coud find--by J. Hannam 10/31/13. The introductory video covers just about everything, including note creation, sharing with other apps, annotating images using Skitch (built-in), and connecting with Explain Everything to create lessons. Evernote has always seemed a little more trouble than it's worth, but maybe after more trial and error, I'll get to like it. Might be useful for student projects, if the teacher is allowed to share the notes and can skillfully organize them when received. The information age really demands organization skills.

Each of these is explained in detail: "#1 How to manage money #2 How to manage emotions (especially worrying) #3: The importance of a healthy lifestyle #4 To question everything #5: To respect other peoples' rights to an opinion #6 To value creative arts #7 To respect the natural environment #8 Public speaking #9 Manners and etiquette #10: How to teach themselves"

A variety of examples of teachers using EE to teach or have their students create projects. App for iPad.