Veescope: Green Screen Images and Video

If you're looking for a free green screen app, check out Veescope! Currently it's only available in iTunes. There is a watermark on the video/picture but it's free!

If students have access to a Mac (desktop Mac or MacBook, not iPhone or iPad), iMovie also does green screen. 

Google's Science Journal App

Google’s Science Journal App looks to be a new and promising app. The students’ phone features limit the data that can be collected through it but it could be fun to see what they can do.

Check out this article talking about the app and read more on the app download pages for iTunes and Google Play.

Google Forms on iPhones

If you or your students ever receive this message when trying to open a Google Form on an iPhone, open the link in Chrome instead of the default Safari. Also make sure the user is logged in to an FISD Google Account and not a personal Google/Gmail account.

To switch accounts: https://myaccount.google.com/

30 Ed-Tech Apps to Inspire Creativity and Creation

These 30 Ed-Tech Apps to Inspire Creativity and Creation are recommended by librarians so the list has got to be good! It includes:

• Adobe Capture
• Adobe Spark
• Photo Editor by Aviary
• Edpuzzle
• Flipster
• Goodreads
• Kiosk
• LEGO Movie Maker
• Lucidchart
• Nearpod (highlighted at the Fall Into Great Ideas expo last October)
• Quizlet
• Shadow Puppet
• Skitch
• Storyboard That
• What Was There
• and many others... 

#DeviceFreeDinner

Combining Common Sense's #DeviceFreeDinner with The Family Dinner Project's Conversation Starters and Dinner Games is sure to make some lasting memories this holiday season. Give it a try at your house!

App: PhotoScan by Google

If you're looking for a way to scan old photos without a scanner, check out Google's PhotoScan app (iTunes, Google Play) mentioned in this DMN article. 

iPhone Users -- Medical ID Set-Up

If you or someone you know uses an iPhone, it's a good idea to set up your Medical ID in case of emergency. You never know when an emergency may arise. This post from technology rocks. seriously. shows you how.

CISD's 10 Must-Do's Before Giving a Kid an iPhone or iPod

If you have children at home, I highly recommend you check out CISD's post 10 Must Do's Before Giving a Kid an iPhone or iPod. It includes several fabulous tips that everyone should know about!

65 Things You Can Do in iOS 9 That You Couldn't Do in iOS 8

If you have an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, check out 65 Things You Can Do in iOS 9 That You Couldn't Do in iOS 8. 

My favorites are the iPad options for Slide Over, Split View, and Picture-in-Picture at the bottom of the article. 

Help... I'm out of storage on my iPhone!

Carroll ISD put together a great article full of suggestions on how to save space on your iPhone. 

Read the article

Android users, sorry, I don't have an article for you now but if I come across one I'll share!