2. Using Technology in Academic Life Skills February 4, 2010

3. 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

4. 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

5. Now, we’re going to talk

6. Using Pixie to support Balanced Literacy You can import images as an entire page Put pictures on your desktop Open 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

7. Using Pixie to support Balanced Literacy You can import images as a sticker and put multiple pictures on a page Export jpegs into a folder on your desktop, or create a folder of images on desktop Click stickers tab - click folder icon Click on desktop, find folder, then image- click open Sticker will appear in middle of Pixie page - move, edit (flip, rotate) - as needed If you want text over the picture, “glue” it down

8. 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 Preferences Highlight Library - check Documents Add>Desktop>highlight folder desired>Choose When you choose stickers option, your folder will be displayed Other Pixie stickers are now in “Clip Art” folder

9. Using Pixie to support Balanced Literacy Activity Folders - premade activities relating to curriculum concepts

10. 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)

11. 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.

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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