Sock Puppets

By Smith Micro Software, Inc.

Sock Puppets lets you create your own puppet shows in seconds, then share them on Facebook and YouTube with just a few taps. Just add puppets, props, scenery, and backgrounds to start creating. Hit the record button and the puppets will automatically lip-synch to your voice.

Friends can work together and create hilarious conversations with multiple puppets. While recording, simply tap a puppet and that puppet will lip-synch to your voice—all you have to do is tap a different puppet to make them talk back and forth. Switch backgrounds to take your puppets to different places, move the puppets all over the screen and use props and scenery to animate them while recording. The possibilities are endless! Cartoon and photo realistic puppets are included.

This app can be used to support conversation skills, sequencing, storytelling, collaborative learning, and self-directed learning. Students work alone or in pairs with the task of creating a video lasting up to 30 seconds.

Classroom Uses:

Students/teachers can create puppet shows to:

• Explain a science concept.
• Retell a story.
• Tell about an event from history.
• Share information about a famous person.
• Model appropriate social behavior.
• Tell jokes. (Knock-knock jokes work well!)

Here's a good tutorial to walk you through it!