Digital Storytelling

The students put forth a remarkable effort to be creative!   We had lots of fun using ChatterPix and Puppet Pals to present information.

ChatterPix Kids is a free app that allows children to upload or draw a picture and then record sound.

The directions were simple - choose a background, draw a line for a moving mouth, and start speaking! The kids quickly took to the assignment and before we knew it, we had a classroom filled with silly talking iPads!  Although our objective was to have fun, an app like chatterbox could easily be used for book reports, history presentations, and many more academic projects!

Click play to check out some of our creative videos:

The class also focused on the iPad App, Puppet Pals, today.  Puppet Pals is one of my favorite Apps! In Puppet Pals, children can create simple animated movies with a choice of characters and settings.  Students can even turn their own photos into characters in their story!  Students use their own voice to record the conversations between characters.  Because of its versatile nature, children can use this app for pure fun and enjoyment, as well as a great educational tool for school.

The App itself is free; however, in order to purchase more stock characters, customized characters, and additional settings you would need to purchase the 'Director's Pass' for $4.99.  I think it is well worth the price!

I loved watching the children's videos.  Your children are so creative and imaginative! Here are a few samples of videos from the class!

Next week we will continue to focus on digital storytelling using a variety of Apps.  There are so many amazing Apps in this category - it is difficult to choose only a few!