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ChatterPix

Mindprint Rating

Tags

K-8 iOS App

Skills

Expressive Language

Mindprint Expert Review

Pros

  • Simple and easy to use.
  • Encourages students to be creative with pictures.
  • Gets students comfortable speaking for up to 30 seconds.

Considerations

  • Students with weaker fine motor skills might have trouble resizing and moving the digital stickers.
  • While some students might find this app a great deal of creative fun, others might find it unexciting.

Mindprint Expert Review

Chatter Pix is a fun, free app that can be used as an educational tool to help students express ideas through pictures, drawing and voice recording. The app allows a user to take or use a photo, draw a line to make a mouth, and make a 30-second recording. There is a brief, animated tutorial, but the app is so easy to use it isn't really necessary. Students can enhance their pictures with 22 stickers, 12 frames and 11 photo filters, and can easily save their work to their camera roll, email the image or share on YouTube. The app has a 12+ rating because of the social sharing feature, but the decorations will appeal to much younger students. Overall, ChatterPix is a cute app that teachers could use to motivate students to verbalize their thoughts or parents could be comfortable allowing their children to enjoy for creative play.

Fun

Engaging for the Mindprint recommended age range

  • Appropriate for a broad age range to use and enjoy
  • Subject matter and problems are relevant, interesting and authentic to students
  • Visually appealing to children in the target age range
  • Provides virtual rewards or incentives after meeting specified goals or objectives
  • Provides a "break activity" between academic problem sets
  • Offers ongoing, progressive challenge
  • Overall - Enjoyable. Given the option, students would choose this option

Easy to Use

Understandable for children in the Mindprint recommended age range

  • Has a free or trial version
  • Provides teaching guidance for adults to support the child and set appropriate goals
  • Provides an age-appropriate tutorial/first time users can work independently
  • Student should be able to use independently after first use
  • Has a multi-player option to foster in-person collaboration or cooperation
  • Multiple users can save a profile
  • Student graduates to the next level or topic only after meeting a benchmark
  • Can play without sound and not distract others
  • Students can save work between sessions
  • Can effectively understand and monitor student's progress (email report or in product)
  • Provides options to play in languages other than English/Good for ELL
  • Presents information in multiple formats (voice over, pictures and text, etc.)
  • Overall - Easy to use

Cognitive Concerns

May not be advisable for students with the following cognitive needs

  • Fine Motor Skills

Manufacturer Description

Create ChatterPix with friends and family as silly greetings, playful messages, or creative cards. And best of all, it’s FREE!

This version allows sharing via email and is designed for adults. If you'd like to restrict email sharing, please download “ChatterPix Kids” - for kids 13 and under.

CATEGORY: Creative Expression

TOOLS: 22 stickers, 12 frames and 11 photo filters

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