Paper 53

Price: Free
Category: Visual Arts, Integration across curriculum
Grade(s): k-12
Devices: iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch
Standards:
Use of this app can be integrated across curriculum.
Visual Arts:
Grades k-12: Artistic Perception, Creative Expression, Historical and Cultural Context, Aesthetic Valuing, Connections, Relationships, and Applications

App Description: 
This app can be used as a tool for artistic expression.  You can create a book or a single paged creation.  For additional purchase you can buy a variety of tools including; pencil, paint brush, thick marker, and a fine-tipped pen.  

Home Screen:

Can choose from one of three books to work with

 Buttons on the bottom of the screen: Trash, Share, Add

Middle Button Share can be used to send work in an email

Paint tools on the bottom of the screen:

Uses in the Classroom:
Teachers can integrate this app into their lessons when they wish for students to express their findings or understanding of a topic through artistic representation as opposed to a purely textual explanation.  This method could be effectively integrated into a variety of lessons.  The app's capability to spend creations through email makes it very easy for students to send their works to the teacher's email so he/she could project their works onto the classroom projector or Smart-board while the students/groups present their interpretation of their assigned topic.

Possible Assessments:
Teachers can use student work on this app to assess their understanding of a particular assignment.  Teachers can also use this app, when they issue a device to each student, and have students show their answers to in-class questions by recording their answers on the app.