Using Technology in Academic Life SkillsUsing Technology in Academic Life Skills

February 4, 2010February 4, 2010

Today’s objectives:

Participants will: Revisit Pixie and it’s application during

Language Arts and Social Studies Discuss activities used during Calendar

Math time Review the updated version of

Kidspiration 3 as a mathematics application

How much are you using Pixie with your students? Go stand in the corner that best represents

you: Off and running! Love it! Have tried it a few times and am getting more

comfortable with it! I need more practice - glad to be here today! What’s Pixie??

Talk in your groups - what have you done, what are your questions, what do you still need to learn

Now, we’re going to talk

Using Pixie to support Balanced LiteracyYou can import images as an entire page

Put pictures on your desktopOpen Pixie and drag a picture into the program

- this will open a new page and will automatically make the image the entire page

You can add stickers and text on top of this image

Using Pixie to support Balanced LiteracyYou can import images as a sticker and

put multiple pictures on a pageExport jpegs into a folder on your desktop, or

create a folder of images on desktopClick stickers tab - click folder iconClick on desktop, find folder, then image- click

openSticker will appear in middle of Pixie page -

move, edit (flip, rotate) - as needed If you want text over the picture, “glue” it down

Using Pixie to support Balanced Literacy OR…

You can import an import an entire folder and add it to your stickers library

Under the Pixie menu choose PreferencesHighlight Library - check Documents Add>Desktop>highlight folder desired>Choose When you choose stickers option, your folder

will be displayedOther Pixie stickers are now in “Clip Art” folder

Using Pixie to support Balanced Literacy Activity Folders - premade activities

relating to curriculum concepts

Using Pixie to support Balanced Literacy “Print all” function

Have several documents open (to have different pictures), or several of the same to print multiples (file>duplicate picture)

Choose from: Table tents Booklets Trading cards

(9 pics on page) Comic strips Thumbnails

(12 pics on a page)

Creating an ebook in Pixie

Open multiple pictures at once Open - highlight Desktop - find your folder Highlight all pictures in folder - choose open Each picture will open as a different tab at the bottom

Record sound on each Options bar - sound button bottom left No limit on length of recording

Create a folder for the Pixie ebook on desktop - after recording, “Save as” to folder - each page has to be saved separately - put all pages in that folder A tip: if you have taken pictures of a story in sequence,

name your files with a page number. They will open in numeric order. For example: 1farm, 2farm, etc.

Watching an Ebook in Pixie

Open files in ebook folder all at once (see previous slide) - Pixie will show any open files at bottom

Click “Share” Files will have opened in alphabetical or numeric

order - click and drag to rearrange.

Choose “Show” and change any timing, transitions, background sound or music

Click “Start” - as slide comes on screen sound begins

A few other ebook tips

Can also be saved as a QuickTime movie Choose “Themes” if you want pictures to show on a

background You can add speech bubbles to your book characters

- in the “Thought” clip art folder Any of these files can be exported as a jpeg once

created an put in iPhoto or used in a Word document or Powerpoint

Using Pixie to support Balanced Literacy Let’s review a few ways Pixie can

support read aloud/shared reading Create slideshow/video of story to show

while reading aloud Use with visuals to write morning message Can import image and write shared

message underneath Use images from story to sequence what

happened - Begin End from activities

Using Pixie to support Balanced Literacy Let’s review a few ways Pixie can support

guided reading After reading, different groups discuss character,

setting, problem, solution - make into trading cards and make a set for each student

Use images from story to sequence what happened - Begin End from activities

Use images from text with materials Use images from text for sorting/matching

concepts

Using Pixie to support Balanced Literacy Let’s review a few ways Pixie can

support independent reading Create class stories with photos/jpegs Create ebook using digital images of story Create slide show of activities in Pixie -

make class book Use items from activities folder at a center Make table tents to assign centers/groups Make booklets of story or modified story for

students to read