Using+Wixie+K-5

Using Wixie K-5 (Judy Gordon, Cape Cod Academy)

Subscription from Tech4Learning: about $5/student - 80 students in school Similar to Pixie product but housed online Allows students to draw and save images as jpg's Preset booklet templates available Teacher makes template and all students can access Good image library too Students can publish writing and pictures Share allows anyone to see that has URL

Project Ideas: "The Best Thing About School" "Mary Louise Loses Her Manners" "Diary of a Fly" story extension Grade 2 Tidepool Guidebooks Biography Timelines - print booklets, make slideshow, good design decisions Grade 3 Map of Silk Road: Title, 1 sentence and show route on map Massachusetts ABC book Independent Homework Project - can access from home Make pictures and use them in a Glog

Image Quest - safe picture search for kids - subscription from Encyclopedia Britannica Online []

(Carol Klatt)