Marla Mandarino
Rebecca Singer
Rachel Wade
What is PIXIE?
Applications for teachers:
Other Writing Prompts: Seasons, My Favorite Animal, My Family etc.
Graphic Organizers: Venn Diagrams, Story Maps, KWL, etc.
Draw and label angles
Symmetry with the mirror tool.
Expanding shapes
Food pyramids
Illustrate life cycle of an insect
Applications for students:
Supports diverse learning
Share and communicate ideas with others
Teach students to clarify their thinking and to process, organize, and prioritize new information
PIXIE tools:
Music- When a student is making a slide show they can add music for the back round.
Paint- (icon looks like a paintbrush)The students can create whatever they want using colors on a slide. There is also a paint bucket (icon looks like a paint brush in a bucket)for large places. There is a pencil (iron looks like a pencil) for drawing thinner lines. There is also a spray can (icon looks like a spray can)that sprays color on the slide.
Shapes- (icon looks like three shapes) When pushed the right side of the screen shows tons of different shapes in which a student can draw on their page.
Slide Shows- When there are multiple pages you can create a slide show in which all the pages are shown.
Stamps- (icon looks like a stamp pad) When this is pushed a bunch of different items pop up on the right hand side the screen. You can narrow your search down if you type in what your looking.
Text Boxes- (icon looks like capital T) When pushed it'll bring up a box on the screen a you can write whatever you want and put in anywhere on the slide.
Voice Recorder- (icon looks like a green circle sound written over it) This gives the student the ability to record their voice for the slide.
Works Cited:
Tech4learning . (2010). Retrieved from http://www.tech4learning.com/pixie
[NOTE: Italicize "Tech4learning "]
Technology for teachers k-12. (2008, December 29). Retrieved from http://amyboehman.blogspot.com/2008/12/pixie-ideas-for-classroom.html
Youtube. (2010, August 4). Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKrwtS02PCU