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Paper by WeTransfer

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^Music, Art and Makerspaces All Ages iOS App

Mindprint Expert Review

Pros

  • Can be used for simple designs to options that will appeal to artists.
  • Enables students to easily combine hand drawings with photos and parts of photos.
  • The app is free with no advertising, and the upsells for additional tools are not intrusive.

Considerations

  • The navigation and tutorials can be confusing and adults should plan to support novice users.

Mindprint Expert Review

Paper53 is a great, free app that teachers and students can use to create a broad variety of digital images and presentations. It can be simple to use for younger students and quite sophisticated for students who are interested in art and design. The basic app includes a simple color palette with options to mix colors, digital pens, pencils, paintbrushes, etc., a scissors that allows users to easily cut out and move shapes, and an easy way to create standard shapes. Students can create their own drawings by hand or import photos and use those in their designs. The app is not specifically made for students and the tutorials might leave students confused, so adults will want to anticipate helping students learn to use the different features. Creations can be easily exported as a PDF, presentation or image. Overall, an excellent tool for digital creations once a student understands how to use the different features.

Academic Benefits

Improves academic skills

  • Provides sufficient and varied types of practice problems to maximize understanding and generalization of the targeted skill/concept
  • Manufacturer claims alignment with Common Core/Known Standards
  • Presents educational concepts accurately
  • Explains answers so students can learn from mistakes
  • Better for teaching the skill to new or struggling learners
  • Better for practicing or refreshing the skill
  • Skills are practiced through authentic, meaningful problems (not just rote practice)

Fun

Engaging for the Mindprint recommended age range

  • Appropriate for a broad age range to use and enjoy
  • Subject matter and problems are relevant, interesting and authentic to students
  • Visually appealing to children in the target age range
  • Provides virtual rewards or incentives after meeting specified goals or objectives
  • Provides a "break activity" between academic problem sets
  • Offers ongoing, progressive challenge
  • Overall - Enjoyable. Given the option, students would choose this option

Easy to Use

Understandable for children in the Mindprint recommended age range

  • Has a free or trial version
  • Provides teaching guidance for adults to support the child and set appropriate goals
  • Provides an age-appropriate tutorial/first time users can work independently
  • Student should be able to use independently after first use
  • Has a multi-player option to foster in-person collaboration or cooperation
  • Multiple users can save a profile
  • Student graduates to the next level or topic only after meeting a benchmark
  • Can play without sound and not distract others
  • Students can save work between sessions
  • Can effectively understand and monitor student's progress (email report or in product)
  • Provides options to play in languages other than English/Good for ELL
  • Presents information in multiple formats (voice over, pictures and text, etc.)
  • Overall - Easy to use

Cognitive Concerns

May not be advisable for students with the following cognitive needs

  • Fine Motor Skills
    • Requires challenging finger movements, motor precision or physical manipulation

Manufacturer Description

Over 25 million people have set their ideas free with Paper®, the award-winning immersive sketching app.

FIND YOUR FLOW
Sketch, type, paint, draw — whatever the thought, you can get it down on Paper. Bring ideas to life in beautiful 3D journals that keep you in your flow. With fast, gesture-based navigation it’s easy and natural to use Paper.

SKETCH WITH CONFIDENCE
Paper’s perfectly-tuned tools make it easy to draw, outline, write, color, diagram, collage, cut and fill. Snap rough sketches into straight lines and crisp shapes, or use one of our templates and see where it takes you.

GET CREATIVE (WITHOUT THE MESS)
Add multiple photos to a single page and cut, stick, move and fix without the fuss of complex layers. From mood boards to storyboards, pull in inspiration from anywhere and get ideas flowing.

WORK ON THE IDEA, NOT THE TOOL
A simple, quiet interface and gestural navigation give you space to create without distracting controls or sliders. Draw, cut and move without switching modes or group notes, sketches and photos, all with a simple swipe.

YOUR IDEAS, YOUR WORLD
Arrange work into beautiful journals with custom covers and organize pages however you like. Sync your work across different devices and pick up right where you left off.

BECOME A PRO
Take creativity to the next level and subscribe to Paper Pro for more tools and features. Subscription is optional and you can cancel anytime. To upgrade, visit the Paper Pro section in the Settings menu.

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* Your subscription will automatically renew at the end of your subscription period. To opt out, you must turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period.
* Manage changes to your subscription in the iTunes Account Settings.
* Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited when you purchase a Paper Pro subscription.

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