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A third free iPad application that can be used to create and share videos with verbal and written annotations. This app does not let you add text to the presentation either. What I do like about this app is that you can add backgrounds from your Dropbox account. (If you need a Dropbox account, I can invite you to get an extra storage space bonus for the both of us!) I can take screenshots of equations or graphs and include them in my presentations.

An online file storage website. This website is useful to sync your files between multiple devices as well as sharing files with others. I created a Dropbox account to be able to add images as backgrounds to my Screen Chomp presentation.

Doceri is an iPad application that allows the iPad to act as an interactive whiteboard. I would say that an application like Educreations is easier to use for this type of video creation, but what sets Doceri apart is the addition of Doceri Desktop. Doceri Desktop is a paid software for your computer that allows you to connect your iPad to the computer and use the iPad as the interactive whiteboard to write on whatever is on your computer's screen. This has come closest to what I was looking for. I was trying to find a resource that I could use at home to create videos instead of having to be in the classroom using the Promethean Board.

This is a fun mix of treasure hunting and forensics. In this simulation you are trying to track down potentially stolen gold. To solve the mystery students need intuition, logic through forensic science and the internet.

"Capture video files on your Mac or PC with this easy video recorder software. Debut is designed to be very easy and intuitive to use, giving you the ability to record essentially anything from capturing video from a webcam, your screen, or video input devices such as a VHS recorder within minutes of downloading."

An alphabetical listing of the the PhET project sponsored by The University of Colorado. This contains numerous fun, research-based, interactive website simulations for many common topics in science and mathematics,

This is a PDF that outlines an activity on the Declaration of Independence including handouts and useful websites.

Attention Mac Users: Garageband has a dedicated function for Podcasts! Here's a nice guide to creating a podcast using Garageband!

This is a very basic video on how to use Garageband to make a Podcast. It is for Garageband '08 but it is pretty comparable to any of the newer Garageband software to date.

A basic runthrough of how to create a podcast using Audacity.

This is a link to a video of the first Kennedy/Nixon debate in the presidential campaign of 1960. Although the video is split into four parts I still like it because outlines both party's platforms, which goes well with a project my students will be doing concerning party platforms throughout history.

This site provides a plethora of primary and secondary sources. Specifically, there are manuscripts of inauguration speeches that provide insights to a president's party platform. Again, this will be helpful for students researching party platforms and give students a chance to sift through primary sources and determine their importance

This website is a great information source for beginner podcasters. It provides links to sites that allow podcasters to start podcasting without any knowledge of coding or, in some cases, access to server space.

This is a student created video on how to create a screencast using a Mac and with free, pre-installed software.

A free software (there is a paid option as well) that can screen capture your desktop image and create videos for presentations. This software is limited depending on the version of operating system that you have.

A free iPad application that can be used to create and share videos with verbal and written annotations. I like this app; it is easy to use and self-explanatory. I don't like that you can't type anything into the presentation; everything must be written or spoken.

Another free iPad application that can be used to create and share videos with verbal and written annotations. I think I like this app better than ShowMe because you can add text to your presentation before you record. This was helpful for creating the equations for my videos.

This is the link to the website for the online version of our textbook. I plan to use example problems from this textbook throughout my videos. Each student creates an account so they will have access to this textbook as well. When I assign homework problems from the book, the students do not have to take the textbooks home, as long as they have internet access.

This simulation not only illustrates how a lab technician extracts DNA from a sample but it also shows a few different tissue samples that a technician can extract DNA from and walks the students through a click and move simulation. I like how it walks students through the steps of extracting DNA and discusses why the technician does the steps they do.

Projectile motion is a standard that all physics classrooms work on and many students struggle with. This simulation is actually a two-for-one. The first set allows students to manipulate some basic variables that affect the range of a motorcyclist based on his velocity and angle of ramp. The second allows students to manipulate a few variables in the hopes of getting an archer to shoot a falling coconut. It is a great illustration on how all objects, no matter their horizontal velocity, will fall at the same rate. Once the students finish shooting the monkey who drops the coconut, they can investigate the relationship and draw some impressive conclusions.