Shakespeare in bits provides animations as well as the text with reading tools to understand Shakespeare. This one works for Romeo & Juliet, but there are also editions for Macbeth, A Mid Summer's Night Dream, and Hamlet. While it's $14.99, it does come under the VPP so it comes as the same cost as the book.
Free "for a limited time", this app quickly lets you add speech bubbles and other shapes to photos. This could be a great tool for quickly creating help files, digital stories, or simple comics.
This is a great tool for sharing files. Drag the file into the browser and Pastelink creates a URL to share. This works for files up to 250 MB and does not require a login or email address.
This digital note taking tool leverages annotation features, audio recording, the ability to combine multiple document types and easy sharing via Dropbox or Box.
This app, intended as a way for parents to create narrated bedtime stories for their children, could be a great digital storytelling tool for a broader audience. Students can create a movie that incorporates clay-mation figures and their own narration. It's Free and has potential.
The Audio Memos app, mentioned here at Free Technology for Teachers, is a great audio recording option. The Free version is a bit limited, but the Pro version ($9.99) includes editing tools.
"FreeSpeech is a communication tool based upon research in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and human-computer interaction, as well clinical insight and expertise in speech and communication disorders." This free app could also be used to support early readers.
Animoby is a sort of screencasting tool, but not really. The idea is to instantly create and publish products that include voice, drawings, and images.