Touchcast Base for A Social Studies Newsroom

My Take

I think this is a great tool for teachers because of its ability to ass all kinds of content which students can choose to use in order to gain a deeper meaning. In some ways you could build something akin to a choose your own adventure through it. It has some limitations at this point such as the five minute time limit (can get around it through doing different parts or doing touchcast within touchcat), it only being on Ipad and PC, and its inability to pllay with the interactive content off anything but their website currently. These are all things that Touchcast will continue to improve on though. It has only been around for about a year. The cost is also a big plus as it is free which most other Ipad video apps are not