ShowMe

ShowMe, much like @Explain Everything, is an interactive whiteboard and screencasting app that is currently only available for iOS devices. However, unlike Explain Everything, ShowMe is free and has many features that are unavailable with Explain Everything, such as the option to create student accounts linked to teacher account and a searchable library of public ShowMes ready to be used in instruction.

Getting Started with ShowMe Uses for Music Class Resources
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You can start right away from opening up the app, or you can create an account and log in to share your ShowMes online and create student accounts.

Creating a ShowMe Saving and Sharing Your ShowMes Setting Up and Using Student Accounts Exploring Other ShowMes
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Creating a ShowMe

 * 1) Click the "Create New ShowMe" button from the home page of the app ("My ShowMes") or click the "+Create" in the top right corner. Click the arrow next to this button to create a new ShowMe from a @DropBox file or a @Google Drive file.
 * 2) Top Menu Bar Options: Add text, erase, add an image, undo, clear drawings/clear all, record, colors (click "+" to choose more color palates), and next/previous slide.
 * 3) When importing an image:
 * Choose from the device's photo album, using the device camera, by searching for images on the web, choosing a background from ShowMe's library, or import an image from Google Drive or DropBox).
 * Delete the image, rotate the image, move to front, move to back, or edit text (if available).
 * Click "Done" when you have chosen your image and edited its position as needed.
 * 1) Add annotations either before or during the recording. While recording, ShowMe will record both audio input and the animation of the annotations that are made during the recorded time. You have to create some sort of recording to save the ShowMe.
 * 2) Add additional slides to include more than one image/section of the ShowMe.

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Saving and Sharing Your ShowMes

 * 1) Once you've created a ShowMe, click "Save ShowMe" in the top left corner. You can either save it as a draft to complete later or click "Complete" to finalize the ShowMe.
 * 2) If you click "Complete," you will get a chance to preview your ShowMe before you continue. If you are not happy with it, your only choice is to click "Delete" and start over.
 * 3) Give your ShowMe a name, and, if you'd like, add a description.
 * 4) Choose at least one topic to tag your ShowMe. If you do not see a tag you like, you can create a new one. Choosing one tag will open up options for other related topics. For example, the "Music" tag will also show "Music Theory," "Singing," "Rhythm," etc. When you are finished, click "Done adding topics."
 * 5) At this point, your completed ShowMe is saved to your device. To share your ShowMe online, you need to create a free account or login.
 * 6) Once your ShowMe is shared online, click the gear icon in the app and click "Share". From there, you can share your ShowMe to Facebook, Twitter, or email.
 * 7) You can also use your same login credentials on the ShowMe web platform to view your ShowMe in a browser, copy/paste the ShowMe link to share, or click the share button to share your ShowMe via email, Twitter, or Facebook, or copy/paste the embed code to embed your ShowMe into your class website or blog.

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Setting Up and Using Student Accounts
You can create ShowMe accounts for students even if they do not have email addresses. When students post from their student accounts, you as the teacher are automatically notified so you can see their ShowMes.


 * 1) Login to your teacher account.
 * 2) Click on your profile name in the top left.
 * 3) Click "Invite Friends," then "Create a student account."
 * 4) Give your student a first and last name, then click if the student is under 14 years old. TIP: If you are using a class set of iPads instead of BYOB, consider using first name "Student" and last name "1," "2," "3," etc. This will prevent you from having to login to a different student account for every class.
 * 5) Click "Create Account." You will see a new username and password to login to that account. You will also receive an email with these details. Save these emails in one location (e.g., Outlook folder) to access later.
 * 6) You can monitor students' ShowMes from your "Following" page, as students are automatically assigned to follow their teacher who created their account.

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Exploring Other ShowMes
One great feature of ShowMe is that published ShowMes are searchable for others to view. This is great because it means that you and/or your students can search for other ShowMes about a given topic to learn more about that topic, get ideas for how to create your own ShowMes, etc.


 * 1) From the "Explore" button on the top menu bar
 * 2) The first results will let you explore your own recent activity
 * 3) Click on a topic or the search bar on the right to narrow your search
 * 4) You can narrow your search term to refer to ShowMes, People, or Topics.
 * 5) Click on any ShowMe to view it. Click the heart to "like" it, click the share button to share someone else's ShowMe, or click the person's profile info in the top right to see more ShowMes by that person or "follow" them.
 * 6) You can also create specific groups to view their ShowMes and let them view yours. This would allow students to view each other's ShowMes.
 * Click Groups on the top menu bar
 * Click "Start a Group," give your group a name (e.g., Flinn 4th Grade Music)
 * Add students by clicking on their profile, then clicking the "+ Group" button (looks like multiple people).
 * Either add existing ShowMes to your group using the gear/setting icon or create new ShowMes from within the group to assure that others in the group can see it.

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Uses for Music Class

 * Create tutorials on any topic for a sub to show, for a flipped classroom, for an introduction to a topic, for your classroom website/blog, etc.
 * Have students demonstrate their knowledge by creating tutorials on any topic for peer instruction
 * Have students use the different scenes to create an arrangement of a song to demonstrate form
 * Have students use slides to demonstrate understanding about each instrument family or each instrument within one family, such as pointing out different parts of the instruments, etc.
 * Have students compose a rhythm and/or melody, take a picture of their composition, then record themselves performing that composition
 * Have students draw dynamics onto a picture of a poem then record themselves performing the poem with those dynamics
 * Import a picture of a treble staff, then have students record themselves drawing notes and singing the melody as they draw.

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Resources

 * How to Use ShowMe guide
 * ShowMe FAQs
 * Music ShowMes

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