This is an app that is available for iPhone, iPads, iTouch. It is also available for Android. It is a video and photography app that turns your world into a live cartoon. Apply real-time cartoon and art effects to your camera feed, record video, snap photos, and convert existing video and photos from your albums to create instant works of art. Save your creations and share them with friends through email, Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Tumblr, Instagram, and YouTube, all from within ToonCamera.
This app costs $1.99 (January 2016) which is extremely reasonable for what this app offers.
Type of Material:
Development Tool
Recommended Uses:
The uses of this app include photo and video enhancement with pencil, stipple, and ink effects. The results can be used for school or university assignments, work presentations, creating art, and just for fun.
Technical Requirements:
Requires iOS 7.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Also available for Android.
Identify Major Learning Goals:
The goals of ToonCamera are to convert photos or video into cartoon-like images through an array of choices to create instant works of art.
Target Student Population:
Middle school students through adults will be able to use this app.
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
Knowledge of importing images or video helpful, but not required.
Content Quality
Rating:
Strengths:
The real strength of this app is its ability to immediately convert images and video, whether real-time or existing, into cartoon-like images for saving or sharing. Creations can be shared via email, Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Tumblr, Instagram, and YouTube.
Concerns:
None.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
Rating:
Strengths:
The use of images and video helps with understanding and reinforcing concepts being taught. ToonCamera can be readily integrated into curriculum, especially if images or video are called for. The app can be used by teachers to enhance lesson presentations, introductions to units, key concepts. The app can also be used by students to develop and present curriculum content be covered, document a process, or create art. The app allows for the images and video to be manipulated in a variety of ways. The design of the app uses icons which allows for immediate use by students in multiple languages.
Concerns:
Some users may not be able to easily find the help menu (a small i at the top right of the screen).
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
Rating:
Strengths:
The design is intuitive and clean. It uses standard visual icons for navigation, such as i for information. The layout keeps the "workspace" open for viewing the videos or images being enhanced or transformed. The information button provides clearly labeled information for all icons should someone need it. The app is designed to support multiple languages by users. ToonCamera also provides online support by email at support@codeorgana.com.
Concerns:
None.
Other Issues and Comments:
None. The images and video used are from the user, not the app.
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