Let's Chirp It Out!!

When working with young learners, one of my favorite apps to use when I want to share a picture or a website that gets it to them in a tap of a button, "Chirp" comes to my rescue. It is an iPhone app but available for the iPad and its FREE. Now this app would be ideal in a 1:1 mobile device setting, which I am fortunate enough to have, but even if you have  several devices, it would be an app worth checking out. Working smarter and not harder is something I strive for everyday in my classroom. We all know that when working with young learners and technology, can bring a little frustration as they try to type a website in a browser. So two years ago, I discovered "Chirp" and I thought I had died and gone to heaven. The app must be open along with all the the students app on their device in order for it to work. It sends a magical sound frequency to all the other devices as it "chirps' out the picture or link you are trying to send. It has saved me tons of time and many headaches and gets the information out to my students within seconds. It also keeps everything you send out as long as you don't delete the "chirp". I usually chirp out a picture in science or math and have the students describe it, write about it or use it in an annotation app like Skitch or Screen Chomp and label picture with content being learned.  For example in math we study 2D and 3D dimensional shapes. I have the students label the features of a specific shape after I have "chirped" it to them. Its my all time favorite app for time efficiency and I love the way it sounds when the "chirp" goes out. Check it out and I think you will fall in love with this app like I did! It's quite magical.