{"id":7066,"date":"2015-09-19T09:05:47","date_gmt":"2015-09-19T13:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/?p=7066"},"modified":"2022-04-22T12:03:49","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T16:03:49","slug":"how-to-have-fun-and-still-learn-anyway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/how-to-have-fun-and-still-learn-anyway\/","title":{"rendered":"Serious PD fun with Chatterpix"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Candy apps”, or\u00a0how to have fun\u00a0and still learn anyway<\/h2>\n

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During a five minute reflection, if a student is given one minute to find a picture and mark the mouth, then he or she still has four minutes to try to come up with something interesting to reflect about. So this is four minutes more than they may have spent if they were asked to just write, or required to use a tool that they weren\u2019t that interested in.<\/p>\n

–Life Legeros<\/em><\/p>\n

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I want to send a shout out to all the Vermont teachers with whom I work who are psyched, committed, and more-than-willing to give their precious and oh-so-limited learning time to experimenting with creative ways to make learning (and by that I mean thinking \/ reflecting) visible with apps.<\/p>\n

One tool we’ve used to reflect on our learning this summer is Chatterpix<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This iPad\u00a0app has fit the bill as an easy-to-use tool, one that within the first few seconds of use, elicits a sense of unbridled fun in both adults and kids.<\/p>\n

Select a photo, swipe with your finger to make a mouth, and then record your voice so the image speaks your words.<\/p>\n

Here is Peoples Academy Middle Level science teacher Susan Ludington using Chatterpix to share her team\u2019s accomplishments from the day:<\/p>\n