Spotlight On: ChatterPix Kids & Seesaw in 4th Grade Social Studies

Spotlight On: ChatterPix Kids & Seesaw in 4th Grade Social Studies

Susan Howard and Laura Corbett, 4th Grade teachers at the Glover School, have started to integrate iPads into their classroom curriculum with exciting results!

Their lucky 4th graders incorporated reading, Social Studies, art, and technology into one project using the following apps:

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Here is a description of the project, posted outside of the classroom after projects were completed:

"After reading a self-selected biography and recording notes and thoughts as to why the person is worthy of having a biography, students shared their thoughts and findings.  Not only did they write who was important in the person's life, but also noted struggles the person might have encountered.

Students then utilized Chatterpix to record their voices, and uploaded to Seesaw, an online portfolio for sharing with parents."

Here is an example of a finished student project.

Once the projects were finished Mrs. Howard and Mrs. Corbett shared the student work by posting it outside their classroom. Below is a picture of the bulletin board with project directions, the state standards, the QR Code handout, as well as the student posters.

In order to share the ChatterPix Kids videos, students uploaded their work to the class Seesaw account.  When using Seesaw, students upload projects into their own personal folder.  The projects can then be accessed by the iPad app or from the Seesaw website.  This allows teachers to display student projects on the SMARTBoard.  

Digital projects can then be shared with parents too.  Parents can access their child's account by receiving a QR Code handout.  Once the Seesaw app is added to a Smart Phone or Tablet, the QR Code can be scanned and then parents have access to their child's folder.

Mrs. Howard and Mrs. Corbett came up with a creative way to share the projects with students and teachers at the Glover School.  All of the projects were placed in one folder in the class Seesaw account.  A QR Code handout was then posted outside the classroom for students and teachers to scan and view the projects!  These 4th grade students were able to share what they learned and teach others about a historical figure!

Spotlight On: ChatterPix Kids in 3rd Grade Spanish

Spotlight On: ChatterPix Kids in 3rd Grade Spanish

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Tina Brown, elementary Spanish teacher at the Glover Elementary School, has started to integrate iPads into her Spanish lessons and the results are amazing!  

Señora Brown created a project where 3rd grade students were asked to 1) draw a picture of an animal, 2) write a first person dialogue from the point of view of the animal using at least three adjectives,  3) record the animal describing itself using ChatterPix Kids, and 4) share their video with their classmates.

Señora Brown created the following "App Task Card" as a way to provide the 3rd grade students with the lesson directions.  App Task Cards are a great way to display the steps to a project, especially when images are included to show a picture of the app being used in a lesson.  App Task Cards can be displayed on an interactive whiteboard and they can be printed out for students to check off the steps as they complete them.

Below is a student example of the 3rd Grade Spanish Animal Project using ChatterPix Kids.

It has been a fun experience to collaborate with the elementary Spanish teachers as they integrate technology into the Spanish classroom! Keep your eye out for more exciting projects to come!