After looking at some of the digital storytelling options that I could use for this final reflection over the semester, I decided to try something I had never even heard of before. Sock Puppets is an iOS app that lets you record voices for sock puppets, set against various backdrops. It was a lot of fun to use, and the silliness of it allowed me feel more relaxed about recording myself. There is a free version of the app, but I decided to shell out $3.99 to upgrade to Sock Puppets Complete so that I could have 2 minutes of recording time (instead of just 30 seconds) and more choices of characters and backdrops. Once I finished recording, I downloaded each segment to my phone and then stitched them together into a complete video using iMovie. We are a Chromebook campus, so without iPads I'm not sure that I would ever have the chance to use this with my students, but it turned an assignment I was not looking forward to into something that I really enjoyed putting together! Ka...
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