What will you do when you are 100?

In celebration of the 100th day of school, Holly Bruens' first graders shared their thoughts about their life at 100.  Using AgingBooth, they modified their photos and we used ChatterPix to record their thoughts.

Windy Hair (from a Preschool viewpoint)

 Kathleen McDade and her talented preschoolers share their artwork and their stories about their hair on a windy day.  Kathleen shared:

As you will see, we came up with very creative ideas for what happens to our hair on windy days!  Some children had their hair blow around at the beach... others were on the playground or in their back yard... some had hair that turned into a volcano.... others were on a roller coaster.... and others just said their hair went crazy in the wind!  We hope you enjoy watching this as much as we enjoyed making it!!

Happy Valentine's Day

 

See what a talented class can do with ChatterPIX and their Valentine's Day wishes for their families! Special thanks to Kathleen Mc Dade and her class for sharing.

Valentine's Day (Part 3)

Special thanks to Miss Jackie’s class (and especially Mrs. C!) for this cute ChatterPIX iMove for Valentines’ Day.

Valentine's Day (Part 2)

Here’s some more ChatterPIX magic from my preschool friends in Ms. Ana’s class.  The children created their paper heart collages and then added their voices. 

Valentines’ Day (Part 1)

What do you get with heart-shaped bugs, ChatterPIX, and preschoolers?  If you are in Ms. Kathleen’s class, you would have this charming iMovie from the love bugs!

Writing assignments and ChatterPIX- a perfect match!

Recently I worked with Kerry DiStefano’s and Alexa Miller’s second-grade class.

Here is what we did:

Students were asked to draw a picture of themselves using colored pencils.   Then

they were asked to write about their favorite winter activities. We edited all

writing pieces to keep them under 30 seconds and had students share their

favorite winter activities with the class.  

The students finished the project by recording their writing in ChatterPix. 

Please see the video below!

We are thankful

During this Thanksgiving season, I had the chance to use ChatterPIX and iMovie to create some classroom videos.  The process was the same for each class. The students drew a picture and then using ChatterPIX, we recorded what they were thankful for- put them all together in iMovie and they are below. Special thanks to Ms. Greene, Ms. McDade, and Mrs, McNamara for allowing me to work with their classes.

Happy Mother’s Day

Adorable and awesome- that’s what you get when you combine sincere preschoolers  (and their artwork) with ChatterPix. Probably the best Mother’s Day card their moms have witnessed.  Special thanks to my friends at Project Before. (Here’s the link).

Making puppets speak

Third graders created puppet characters to share their recent reading experiences.  Karen Swierczek then used ChatterPIX to record their impressions.  We put them together in an iMovie for you to enjoy!

We are thankful

This morning I visited Mrs. Abrams’ class.  With her students’ original artwork, they shared how they are thankful using ChatterPIX- this is a great start to the holiday week.

Happy Fall and Halloween

I spend some time in kindergarten yesterday afternoon with ChatterPix.  Ms. Greene’s students created an illustration (aka self portrait)  and then we recorded their thoughts.   We also had time to explore Quiver and brought out pumpkins to life. Here is their first movie!

Let ChatterPIX do the talking

Here’s a video (created using ChatterPIX and iMovie) where students shared their thoughts about kindergarten.  It took less than one period to record (one student at a time out in the hallway) and then I added some photos (from Photos For Class) to iMovie for the finished product.  Hope you enjoy their year-end reflections.

ChatterPIX meets Animal Farm

In Mrs. Redmond and Mr. Hall’s LAL class, the students were finishing Animal Farm.  To demonstrate their understanding of propaganda, they needed to create their own!  They crafted their speeches and then used ChatterPIX to record.  This was done with just one iPad in the classroom.  The results were combined using iMovie- take a look at the Period 1/2 video.

More from K to first!

More from kindergarten as they look forward to first grade!  Special thanks to Ms. Greene's class for their comments.

What I want to learn in first grade

Mrs. Cozzi's class shared their thoughts in this ChatterPIX!  It was a fun morning in her class- they liked using the Quiver app as well.

So what do you want to learn in first grade?

I recently joined a kindergarten class and asked the same question.  Their responses demonstrated a wide range of interests!  Please enjoy the ChatterPIX created in Mrs. Josiah’s class.

What was your favorite part of

kindergarten?  My friends at Truman shared their thoughts in this ChatterPIX.  We're thinking of doing another one closer to the end of the school year so they can share what they want to learn in first grade!  I had a great time and look forward to returning to their class.

Who said the dead cannot speak?

Here's a  project from Caileigh Giovinco's students.  Her students used ChatterPIX (a free app) to record their information about King Tutankhamen.  While the recordings are limited to 30 seconds, they merged two  sessions to tell his story.  What story could your students tell?

What we are thankful for

While working with some augmented reality apps (and teaching first graders how to use the iPad), the students shared their thoughts of thankfulness.  We used their cornucopias to speak their words!