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Springfield Ed Tech Leaders report that ChatterPix Kids is great for animal reports, shapes, colors, writing, etc. You can app smash it with Seesaw (you can upload the video to Seesaw).
ChatterPix Kids lets teachers and students turn any image into a talking character with their voice recording added into a moving mouth animation.
Is It Good for Learning? "While ChatterPix Kids doesn't teach any traditional academic content, it empowers kids to create and demonstrate learning...You can use it in any discipline in the elementary school classroom -- and beyond -- to share what students know, have learned, or have researched, in a novel and entertaining way. " — Common Sense Media
All K-1 students can use ChatterPix Kids on their iPad once it has been installed.
Teachers: If you choose to use ChatterPix Kids, please review the information on this page prior to having your students install the app.
Watch the videos below to learn how ChatterPix Kids can be used.
This short teacher created 4:45 minute video demonstrates:
The basics of how to use ChatterPix Kids;
Examples of the how students can move up the SAMR ladder.*
*Ideas will need to adapted for K-1; think Seesaw! Don't know what the SAMR Model is? Click here to learn more.
Open the Self Service app.
Locate and click on the ChatterPix Kids app to install it.
Unable to install the app from Self Service? Put in a Web Help Desk ticket.
The Snowman Poetry Project — brief article and examples from a kinder teacher.
Click here to see hundreds of examples on Vimeo.
Common Sense Media Teacher Reviews — additional ideas from classroom teachers.
Notice the QR codes on the bulletin board...Mae Jemison (top right).
Click here to see more examples on Twitter.