By now, our students felt very comfortable using Explain Everything and Draw and Tell. They could take a photograph of their work, and use one of the apps to show their learning. In fact, some of our students were so familiar with the apps, they almost appeared bored with them. That was how we knew they were ready for a new app. Our hope was that a new app would enhance their motivation to share their thinking, and build on their developing communication skills.
We first had a chance to explore ChatterPix-Kids at an ETFO Summer Academy course led by Kristen Wideen, who used the app to showcase another way for students to share their learning. Not only did it seem easy to use but, most importantly, it seemed fun! With Chatterpix-Kids, students take any photograph and make it talk. After giving our students time to explore the app, we had talking garbage bins, shoes and pictures of themselves. Who could resist that? It should be noted that whenever we introduce a new app like ChatterPix-Kids to our students, we give them time to explore the app on their own. We show them the basics, and then let them loose! This strategy, of letting them play, may at first seem counterproductive. Haven't we been saying all along that we want our students to see the iPads as tools and not toys? When we let them play at the beginning, they get it all "out." All the giggles, and silliness are gone by the time we show our students what they can really do with the app. After our students had played with the app, we made a natural link between this app, and the animal research our students had been conducting using the web based program Pebblego. Our students were very motivated to use the app. However, in order for them to see the app as a learning tool, we made them a deal: first do the research (by using a graphic organizer to describe what the animal looks like, eats and where it lives), and then use the app to make their research come to life. Our students were hooked and their motivation to share their learning increased tremendously!
As our students became even more comfortable using ChatterPix-Kids, they started to see the value in using the app to make their block towers, Lego robots and artwork, come to life as well.
Not only was this app fun to use, but it motivated our students to share their learning. While we initially introduced it as a way for our students to share their animal research, it didn't take long before students were asking to use this app to explain how they built something, whether with different building materials or at the art table. Overall, this app proved to be a valuable tool to motivate our students to think critically and communicate with their teachers and peers.
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