Turn your iPad into a teleprompter as an aid for students public speaking

Public speaking can be a challenge for many students.  I was reminded about this during one of the keynotes at ISACS last week on a topic about introverts vs extroverts.  It was mentioned that public speaking can be a very stressful experience for students and a bad experience can have a long lasting negative effect.  However, I do believe public speaking is an important skill to have and we do a fantastic job of teaching it at all levels here at DCDS (witnessed first hand through my own kids).

The key seems to be providing students with the ability to succeed.  Here is a neat iPad app that may aid in the success of a student while public speaking.  PromptSmart Pro or PromptSmart Lite allows you to convert your iPad into a teleprompter.  Students can add their speech to the app and control the speed and text size on the screen.  Here are some key features:

• VoiceTrack: Follows your words during your speech and automatically scrolls the text at your natural pace in real time
• Digital Notecards: For casual presentations stay on point with built in digital notecards to ensure you address important topics seamlessly
• Audio Recording with export to Google Drive (Lite version)/Video Recording with save to camera roll (Pro version)

I am just thinking out loud, but I wonder if there are creative ways to use this app in an elementary reading and writing curriculum...I'd be intrigued to hear some ideas if anyone has any (feel free to add to the comments)

PromptSmart Website: http://promptsmart.com/