Daily Archives: April 13, 2016

Fun with Talking Snowmen!

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We have been having a lot of fun with our snowmen!  We created talking snowmen by taking a picture of the snowmen that were created by each student on an iPad.  Then we used a very cool app called Chatterpix to add a voice to the snowmen.  With this app the children can have their snowman talk in their own voice! I posted a few of the videos here for you to view.  Just click on the play button!  Too much fun!

Within the Chatterpix app you can choose the picture you would like to use and then draw a mouth on the snowman.

The children then record what they want their snowman to say for thirty seconds. The app then makes it appear as if the snowman is talking with the recorded segment.  Very cool! You can save the video to the camera roll and send it on in a variety of ways.

I chose to use the Aurasma app, which is an augmented reality app, to link the picture to the video and then I posted them to our channel on Aurasma.  Now, when the children open the Aurasma app on any iPad at the school and hold the iPad over any snowman a talking snowman appears.

IMG_6294 The pictures act as a trigger image for the snowman Chatterpix video linked to that picture.  Each snowman picture brings up its own talking snowman video.

The children had a lot of fun listening to, and viewing each other’s talking snowmen! IMG_6292

If you have an i-device and you have downloaded the Aurasma app you can view our talking snowmen too!  You will need to follow our class channel to view our snowmen.

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Just do a search for mrsantonsclass in the search menu and you should see our class.  Choose to follow our class and you will be able to see everything we post!  You can either come into the school and view them here or watch this space as I plan to upload all the pictures to their own page.  Then all you will have to do is hold your i-device over the image on the screen and you will be able to see all the talking snowmen you want to!

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Fun with Kid Blog

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We have been using Kid Blog for a little while now.  This is an educational site that allows children to have their very own blogs!  Each student in our class has their very own blog on our class Kid Blog site.

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Kid Blog is a educational website made especially for kids to have their own blog site in a safe environment.  IMG_6005

Please go to the Student blog heading at the top of the home page to find the Student Blog page.  Please read over the “rules” of the student blog site!  Click on the link to go to our classroom site.  At the site the student will need to log in and add the password.  They know what it it is!  IMG_6091

The children have been posting to their blogs each week.  It is amazing to watch them navigate their way through the steps it takes to create their blog each week.  There are quite a few steps to create their entries. IMG_6088

I love the new interface on the site.  It is much easier to navigate!  That being said, I am still impressed with how fearless the children are when it comes to trying new things in technology!  To create their blog posts, the children have to figure out how to navigate through a variety of steps to get to the site and then follow the procedures to add their header image, a title, write their post, choose the audience that they want to see their post, and then choose to send it to me for approval! That’s a lot!

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After the first few weeks, the children are now able to go to the lab, choose the entry from their journal that they would like to share and complete the post with only a little assistance!  Some of the students are choosing to write their own entries on the spot!  They loved choosing their own avatars too!

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