Puppet Pals is a truly wonderful app for Primary age students. They are asked to select from some "paper cutout" cartoons, then a background. A screen appears with the background in place and the cartoons lined up on the side. The student(s) then press "record" and move the puppet cutouts around. They can be rotated, slide over the background, and zoomed larger and smaller. While they do this, the students can speak any lines they want and make any sound effects. When done, the end the recording and immediately press "play" to see the whole show played back. Just to make things more interesting, the latest version allows you to bring a picture or photo (from the camera) into the program, then draw around it with your finger. It will then remove the background thus creating your own paper cutout puppet.
This app creates huge interest in the library at lunchtime and much hillarity. As with any audio recording you will need to monitor it for ill intentioned folks leaving nasty messages. The potential, however, for all sorts of learning activities is simply huge. Anyone for a scene from Hamlet?
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