Sunday, January 26, 2014

"Thing Nine"
For my thing Nine I picked CamMe. This  is an app that lets the owner take self pictures hands free. There is a built in 3 second timer so you don't need to set the timer function. Instead of having to hold your camera at arms length or talking a mirror picture of yourself you prop your iPad up against something walk 2-10 feet away. The you hold your hand up towards the camera it will recognizes your hand gesture when it does a chime will ding you then pinch your fingers and the pictures is taken after the 3 second countdown. 
   I put this app on some of the iPads at school. I let the kids try it out. I got mixed reviews some of the kids liked you could take a picture all by your self and didn't need to hold on the the device to do so. A few had problems finding someplace to prop the iPad up against. They also liked the idea of having all their friends in the picture and no one is left out because they have to take the picture. The children who didn't like the app seem to be the children who want to act "funny" in front of the camera while someone else was taking the picture. Everyone needed some practice using the hand gestures in order to get the app to work correctly. 
   My kids have used CamMe when they have made a power point presentation using Google Drive. Instead of typing in their name as the author they use their "selfie" instead. We did a class power point presentation with every kids selfie in one of my class so everyone could learn something about others in the class. Bottom line works great and the kids love it.






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