 |
|
NETS
|
Pixie Use
|
|
Creativity and Innovation
Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology. Students:
|
|
a. apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes.
|
Students use Pixie paint tools and digital images to illustrate a concept.
|
|
|
b. create original works as a means of personal or group expression.
|
Students use Pixie paint tools to create their own original art. illustrate a concept.
|
|
|
c. use models and simulations to explore complex systems and issues.
|
Students use Pixie paint tools to create their own original art.
|
|
|
d. identify trends and forecast possibilities.
|
|
|
NETS
|
Pixie Use
|
|
Communication and Collaboration
Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others. Students:
|
|
a. interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts or others employing a variety of digital environments and media.
|
Students work in teams to create a digital story using original art and digital pictures about a curriculum
concept. |
|
|
b. communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences
using a variety of media and formats. |
Students work in teams to using Pixie tools and digital images to create podcasts, web sites, or comics.
|
|
|
c. develop cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with learners of other cultures.
|
Students browse pictures from Pics4Learning to create an electronic book about a current event.
|
|
|
d. contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems.
|
Students work in teams using Pixie’s paint tool to create an interactive story.
|
|
NETS
|
Pixie Use
|
|
Research and Information Fluency
Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information. Students:
|
|
a. plan strategies to guide inquiry.
|
|
|
|
b. locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media.
|
Students browse and use images from Pics4Learning.com, a copyright-friendly source for pictures.
|
|
|
c. evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on
the appropriateness to specific tasks. |
Students browse and use images from Pics4Learning.com, a copyright-friendly source for pictures.
|
|
|
d. process data and report results.
|
Students use the stickers in Pixie to create a bar graph to represent various data after completing a
classroom survey. |
|
NETS
|
Pixie Use
|
|
Critical Thinking, Problem-Solving & Decision-Making
Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources. Students:
|
|
a. identify and define authentic problems and significant questions for investigation.
|
Students answer an essential question through the completion of a narrated story or podcast.
|
|
|
b. plan and manage activities to develop a solution or complete a project.
|
Students use the Pixie storyboard or graphic organizer templates to help plan out project.
|
|
|
c. collect and analyze data to identify solutions and/or make informed decisions.
|
|
|
|
d. use multiple processes and diverse perspectives to explore alternative solutions.
|
|
|
NETS
|
Pixie Use
|
|
Digital Citizenship
Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and practice legal and ethical behavior. Students:
|
|
a. advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and technology.
|
Students create a posters about internet safety, cyberbullying, or copyright.
|
|
|
b. exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration, learning, and productivity.
|
Students create a web site using Pixie about safe and appropriate use of technology.
|
|
|
c. demonstrate personal responsibility for lifelong learning.
|
|
|
|
d. exhibit leadership for digital citizenship.
|
Students contribute their Pixie illustrations to Pics4Learning tp share with other students.
|
|
NETS
|
Pixie Use
|
|
Technology Operations and Concepts
Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems and operations. Students:
|
|
a. understand and use technology systems.
|
Students use a mouse to open, edit and create projects in Pixie.
|
|
|
b. select and use applications effectively and productively.
|
Students apply the various features of Pixie to communicate ideas and feelings clearly.
|
|
|
c. troubleshoot systems and applications.
|
|
|
|
d. transfer current knowledge to learning of new technologies.
|
Students apply their knowledge of the paint tools in Pixie to other painting programs.
|
Tags
