{"id":8073,"date":"2016-01-13T08:31:19","date_gmt":"2016-01-13T12:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/?p=8073"},"modified":"2022-04-12T10:58:26","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T14:58:26","slug":"exploring-identity-and-current-events-with-chatterpix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/exploring-identity-and-current-events-with-chatterpix\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring identity and current events with Chatterpix"},"content":{"rendered":"

Students tackle\u00a0politicians’\u00a0identities<\/h1>\n

\"exploring<\/a>Students at Peoples Academy Middle Level in Morrisville, Vermont, are exploring the theme of identity in their humanities class. In part, they’re doing so by \u201cspeaking\u201d for presidential candidates, using their research and argumentative writing skills with an app called <\/span>Chatterpix Kids<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Research + content + creation = engagement<\/h2>\n

Maura Kelly, Peoples Academy Middle Level\u00a0humanities teacher explains: <\/span><\/p>\n

I<\/span>n our exploration of identity, we examined how life in the United States has both changed and stayed the same for immigrants coming to our country. Through our exploration we wanted students to look at current presidential candidates. We wanted them to develop an understanding of the candidates\u2019 immigration policies. <\/span><\/p>\n

Students selected one candidate and researched his or her <\/span>platform on immigration<\/span><\/a>. As a way to have students apply their understanding of the candidates stance, they created a stump speech for the candidate. As an added challenge students recorded their stump speech using the app Chatterpix Kids. This app limits each recording to 30 seconds. So students were required to synthesize the information in this argumentative speech in a way they may not have had to using another medium or tool. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Students were very engaged in this process, debating which candidates they would endorse while also learning how to look at a candidate’s platform and make educated decisions about how they would vote in the future.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What this looks like<\/h2>\n
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