/******************************************************************************
*** 2009/05/12 dmagalnick File created
*** pixie.js
*** JavaScript file to define the samples for:
*** PIxie
******************************************************************************/
/******************************************************************************
*** Usage: There are 3 main parts to this file:
*** 1) Class Color - Defines the stylesheet class color of this
*** product.
*** 2) Subjects - Defines the main subject blocks that will appear
*** when calling the page.
*** 3) Samples - Defines, per subject, the available samples that
*** will be available when expanding the subject block.
***
*** *** The samples blocks representing each subject must be
*** defined in the same order as the subjects. ***
***
*** *** Each subject must have a corresponding samples block with
*** at least one sample in it. ***
***
*** If either of these steps is not done correctly, the entire
*** display will break.
***
*** Variable definitions for each sample object:
*** subject: Subject that this sample belongs to, for use in
*** the "Featured" display.
*** title: Title of each sample.
*** desc: Description paragraph of each sample.
*** type: Must be one of: image, movie
*** url1: image: URL of the image to display on the page
*** movie: URL of the movie to play
*** url2: image: URL of what will open when the image is
*** clicked
*** movie: URL of the screenshot image to load on top of
*** the movie
*** allowInFeatured Says whether or not the sample will be able to
*** display on the "Featured" block. Acceptable
*** values: true, false (no quotes)
******************************************************************************/
function __getClassColor() { return "t4l_px"; }
function __getSubjects()
{
var arr_subjects = new Array();
// begin defining the list of subjects to display
arr_subjects.push( "Language Arts" );
arr_subjects.push( "Math" );
arr_subjects.push( "Science" );
arr_subjects.push( "Social Studies" );
arr_subjects.push( "Art" );
// end defining the list of subjects to display
return arr_subjects;
}
function __getSamples()
{
var arr_samples = new Array();
var arr_tmp = null;
var obj_tmp = null;
// begin defining the individual samples for each subject
/**************************************************************************
*** BEGIN - Language Arts
**************************************************************************/
arr_tmp = new Array();
// begin sample
obj_tmp = new Object();
obj_tmp["subject"] = "Language Arts";
obj_tmp["title"] = "ABC Books";
obj_tmp["desc"] = "To practice initial sounds, have students choose a letter of the alphabet and create a Pixie page that includes a \"Cool Letter\", stickers that represent words that begin with this letter, and narration about this letter.
View the ABC is as Easy as 123 lesson plan here.";
obj_tmp["type"] = "image";
obj_tmp["url1"] = "/userfiles/media/productvideos/samples/pixie/px_la_abc.jpg";
obj_tmp["url2"] = "/userfiles/media/Samples/pixie/px_la_abc/index.html";
obj_tmp["allowInFeatured"] = true;
arr_tmp.push( obj_tmp );
obj_tmp = null;
// end sample
// begin sample
obj_tmp = new Object();
obj_tmp["subject"] = "Language Arts";
obj_tmp["title"] = "Prepositions";
obj_tmp["desc"] = "4th and 5th grade teacher Gillian Ryan, of Santee, California used the book Rosie\'s Walk by Pat Hutchins to help her students practice writing with prepositions. As a class, they identified the prepositions in the story and brainstormed many more. Then, each group was given a list of prepositions and began by coming up with a character and setting. They wrote eight prepositional phrases on the storyboard with quick sketches for the illustrations. They used Pixie to write, illustrate, and narrative their preposition story.";
obj_tmp["type"] = "movie";
obj_tmp["url1"] = "/userfiles/media/productvideos/samples/pixie/px_la_prepositions.flv";
obj_tmp["url2"] = "/userfiles/media/productvideos/samples/pixie/px_la_prepositions.jpg";
obj_tmp["allowInFeatured"] = false;
arr_tmp.push( obj_tmp );
obj_tmp = null;
// end sample
// begin sample
obj_tmp = new Object();
obj_tmp["subject"] = "Language Arts";
obj_tmp["title"] = "Literature Connections";
obj_tmp["desc"] = "Have students retell and illustrate stories they have read, or go even further and have them create new endings or even new versions of the same story. After reading Judi Barrett\'s \"Things That Are Most in the World\", Miss Alia\'s 2nd grade class at Woodward Academy wanted to create their own book. As a class they brainstormed all of the superlatives they could think of. Then, each student chose their favorite one, wrote a sentence that provided a clue to the meaning of the superlative, and illustrated their page in Pixie. All of the student pages were then combined into their class\'s unique story. ";
obj_tmp["type"] = "image";
obj_tmp["url1"] = "/userfiles/media/productvideos/samples/pixie/px_la_literature.jpg";
obj_tmp["url2"] = "/userfiles/media/Samples/pixie/most/index.html";
obj_tmp["allowInFeatured"] = false;
arr_tmp.push( obj_tmp );
obj_tmp = null;
// end sample
// begin sample
obj_tmp = new Object();
obj_tmp["subject"] = "Language Arts";
obj_tmp["title"] = "Fox in the Moon";
obj_tmp["desc"] = "Have students retell fables, fairy tales, tall tales, or myths and legends. Making them characters in the story can help engage them and promotes fluency skills. This sample is part of a Into English program, where students studied about the moon. This Hampton- Brown ESL unit includes scientific information that compares the surface of Earth with that of our moon, discusses lunar eclipses, space travel, and myths about what various cultures \"see\" in the moon. The literature book that accompanies the unit is called The Fox in the Moon. Students summarized the story, wrote the script, dramatically acted out the parts, and created the movie.";
obj_tmp["type"] = "movie";
obj_tmp["url1"] = "/userfiles/media/productvideos/samples/pixie/px_la_foxinthemoon.flv";
obj_tmp["url2"] = "/userfiles/media/productvideos/samples/pixie/px_la_foxinthemoon.jpg";
obj_tmp["allowInFeatured"] = false;
arr_tmp.push( obj_tmp );
obj_tmp = null;
// end sample
// begin sample
obj_tmp = new Object();
obj_tmp["subject"] = "Language Arts";
obj_tmp["title"] = "Book Talks";
obj_tmp["desc"] = "In this project, students in Libertyville, Illinois were assigned books at their reading level. They were asked to focus on the main elements of a story and develop a book talk, highlighting the main characters of the story, the setting, and the main event. Students also practiced their narrative writing skills when creating their scripts for their enhanced podcast.
View the Entice Your Reader lesson plan here.";
obj_tmp["type"] = "movie";
obj_tmp["url1"] = "/userfiles/media/productvideos/samples/pixie/px_la_booktalks.flv";
obj_tmp["url2"] = "/userfiles/media/productvideos/samples/pixie/px_la_booktalks.jpg";
obj_tmp["allowInFeatured"] = false;
arr_tmp.push( obj_tmp );
obj_tmp = null;
// end sample
arr_samples.push( arr_tmp );
arr_tmp = null;
/**************************************************************************
*** END - Language Arts
**************************************************************************/
/**************************************************************************
*** BEGIN - Math
**************************************************************************/
arr_tmp = new Array();
// begin sample
obj_tmp = new Object();
obj_tmp["subject"] = "Math";
obj_tmp["title"] = "Word Problems";
obj_tmp["desc"] = "Non-linguistic representations help students visualize abstract concepts. Have students illustrate their own multiplication word problems and stories using the stickers as virtual manipulatives. You might want to start by reading \"Bunches and Bunches of Bunnies\" by Louise Mathews. This book illustrates the use of multiplication through pictures.
View the Now That's a Problem! lesson plan here.";
obj_tmp["type"] = "image";
obj_tmp["url1"] = "/userfiles/media/productvideos/samples/pixie/px_math_word_problem.jpg";
obj_tmp["url2"] = "/userfiles/image/samples/pixie/px_sample_math_wordproblem.gif";
obj_tmp["allowInFeatured"] = true;
arr_tmp.push( obj_tmp );
obj_tmp = null;
// end sample
// begin sample
obj_tmp = new Object();
obj_tmp["subject"] = "Math";
obj_tmp["title"] = "Anna's New Coat";
obj_tmp["desc"] = "Students read A New Coat for Anna by Harriet Ziefert about a girl in World War II who needs a new coat. Because they do not have the money to pay for the coat, they trade various items to make the coat for her daughter. Students then recreated the story and detemined the value of her coat in the economy of today using themselves as primary characters in the story.";
obj_tmp["type"] = "movie";
obj_tmp["url1"] = "/userfiles/media/productvideos/samples/pixie/px_math_annas_new_coat.flv";
obj_tmp["url2"] = "/userfiles/media/productvideos/samples/pixie/px_math_annas_new_coat.jpg";
obj_tmp["allowInFeatured"] = false;
arr_tmp.push( obj_tmp );
obj_tmp = null;
// end sample
// begin sample
obj_tmp = new Object();
obj_tmp["subject"] = "Math";
obj_tmp["title"] = "Counting Books";
obj_tmp["desc"] = "Inspired by the holiday song, \"The Twelve Days of Christmas,\" students in Kindergarten created pages about things their \"goblin gave to me\" for their own class counting book. Each student was responsible for counting the correct number of Halloween items for their page. The students used the stickers found in Pixie and their teacher put it all together creating an electronic classroom book.
View the 13 Days of Halloween lesson plan here.";
obj_tmp["type"] = "image";
obj_tmp["url1"] = "/userfiles/media/productvideos/samples/pixie/px_math_countingbook.jpg";
obj_tmp["url2"] = "/userfiles/media/Samples/pixie/px_math_13days/index.html";
obj_tmp["allowInFeatured"] = false;
arr_tmp.push( obj_tmp );
obj_tmp = null;
// end sample
// begin sample
obj_tmp = new Object();
obj_tmp["subject"] = "Math";
obj_tmp["title"] = "Piggies in the Mud";
obj_tmp["desc"] = "After reading Mr. Archimedes Bath by Pamela Allen, 6th grade students wrote Piggies in the Mud to demonstrate their understanding of water displacement. 4th grade students then read the 6th grade story and created their own illustrations to help them understand the content. They worked with their story, their teacher, and the 6th graders, to create a graph that tells the story of the water in Henry the Pig's mud hole.";
obj_tmp["type"] = "movie";
obj_tmp["url1"] = "/userfiles/media/productvideos/samples/pixie/px_math_piggies.flv";
obj_tmp["url2"] = "/userfiles/media/productvideos/samples/pixie/px_math_piggies.jpg";
obj_tmp["allowInFeatured"] = false;
arr_tmp.push( obj_tmp );
obj_tmp = null;
// end sample
arr_samples.push( arr_tmp );
arr_tmp = null;
/**************************************************************************
*** END - Math
**************************************************************************/
/**************************************************************************
*** BEGIN - Science
**************************************************************************/
arr_tmp = new Array();
// begin sample
obj_tmp = new Object();
obj_tmp["subject"] = "Science";
obj_tmp["title"] = "Cycles";
obj_tmp["desc"] = "Have students choose a scientific cycle, such as the butterfly life cycle or water cycle, and illustrate it. For examples, students can demonstrate what they know about butterflies and their life cycle by drawing a picture of a butterfly's habitat, and diagramming the different stages in the process of butterfly metamorphosis.
View the Magical Metamorphosis lesson plan here.";
obj_tmp["type"] = "image";
obj_tmp["url1"] = "/userfiles/media/productvideos/samples/pixie/px_sci_cycle.jpg";
obj_tmp["url2"] = "/userfiles/image/samples/pixie/px_sample_sci_watercycle.gif";
obj_tmp["allowInFeatured"] = true;
arr_tmp.push( obj_tmp );
obj_tmp = null;
// end sample
// begin sample
obj_tmp = new Object();
obj_tmp["subject"] = "Science";
obj_tmp["title"] = "Science in the Personal Perspective";
obj_tmp["desc"] = "Have students create a public service announcement on a conservation issue they feel strongly about. In this example, Hayley educates others on the effects of global warming using the paint tools and stickers to visually represent the effects global warming has on the environment. This process has students apply their knowledge by creating a real world product.";
obj_tmp["type"] = "movie";
obj_tmp["url1"] = "/userfiles/media/productvideos/samples/pixie/px_sci_global.flv";
obj_tmp["url2"] = "/userfiles/media/productvideos/samples/pixie/px_sci_global.jpg";
obj_tmp["allowInFeatured"] = false;
arr_tmp.push( obj_tmp );
obj_tmp = null;
// end sample
// begin sample
obj_tmp = new Object();
obj_tmp["subject"] = "Science";
obj_tmp["title"] = "Nonfiction Text";
obj_tmp["desc"] = "Have students create their own nonfiction books for plants, animals, or biomes. To help suport their research on animals, students at Valley Elementary in Frederick, Maryland studied how non-fiction text features such as table of contents, types of print, photographs, captions, close-ups, and labeling help readers make sense of text. After reading an assortment of non-fiction texts on bats and penguins. Students selected an animal and wrote their own non-fiction books to show their understanding of the animal\'s characteristics, habitat, offspring, and amazing facts.";
obj_tmp["type"] = "image";
obj_tmp["url1"] = "/userfiles/media/productvideos/samples/pixie/px_sci_nonfiction.jpg";
obj_tmp["url2"] = "/userfiles/media/Samples/pixie/px_sci_cheetahs/index.html";
obj_tmp["allowInFeatured"] = false;
arr_tmp.push( obj_tmp );
obj_tmp = null;
// end sample
arr_samples.push( arr_tmp );
arr_tmp = null;
/**************************************************************************
*** END - Science
**************************************************************************/
/**************************************************************************
*** BEGIN - Social Studies
**************************************************************************/
arr_tmp = new Array();
// begin sample
obj_tmp = new Object();
obj_tmp["subject"] = "Social Studies";
obj_tmp["title"] = "Map Skills";
obj_tmp["desc"] = "What better way to help students understand that maps are useful for getting information about a place than to have them create their own. Share sample maps that show geographic features, political features, and economic information and have students create a sample of each for your state. This same idea can be used to explore the weather in different states or even across the entire country.
View the Map It! lesson plan here.";
obj_tmp["type"] = "image";
obj_tmp["url1"] = "/userfiles/media/productvideos/samples/pixie/px_ss_map.jpg";
obj_tmp["url2"] = "/userfiles/image/samples/pixie/px_sample_ss_map.jpg";
obj_tmp["allowInFeatured"] = true;
arr_tmp.push( obj_tmp );
obj_tmp = null;
// end sample
// begin sample
obj_tmp = new Object();
obj_tmp["subject"] = "Social Studies";
obj_tmp["title"] = "Ellis Island";
obj_tmp["desc"] = "Students at Robert Hunter Elementary in Flemington, New Jersey researched Ellis Island in their classroom through trade literature and on the Internet, and then focused on a particular topic to explore. After they learned the content, they decided the best way to illustrate it, including details like the chalk marks on clothing indicating a medical concern, steamships, and the steps the new arrivals had to ascend for their \"six-second medical exam.\"";
obj_tmp["type"] = "movie";
obj_tmp["url1"] = "/userfiles/media/productvideos/samples/pixie/px_ss_ellis_island.flv";
obj_tmp["url2"] = "/userfiles/media/productvideos/samples/pixie/px_ss_ellis_island.jpg";
obj_tmp["allowInFeatured"] = false;
arr_tmp.push( obj_tmp );
obj_tmp = null;
// end sample
// begin sample
obj_tmp = new Object();
obj_tmp["subject"] = "Social Studies";
obj_tmp["title"] = "Important People in Your Neighborhood";
obj_tmp["desc"] = "Community helpers are an important part of the community. They keep us safe and healthy and even help us in school. As part of a school tribute to your community helpers, this class created an informational web site that describes what these helpers do and how they are important to your community.
View the Important People in Your Neighborhood lesson plan here.";
obj_tmp["type"] = "image";
obj_tmp["url1"] = "/userfiles/media/productvideos/samples/pixie/px_ss_importantpeople.jpg";
obj_tmp["url2"] = "http://www.phe.osceola.k12.fl.us/lab_projects/2nd_grade/morgan_pixie_final_important/index.html";
obj_tmp["allowInFeatured"] = false;
arr_tmp.push( obj_tmp );
obj_tmp = null;
// end sample
// begin sample
obj_tmp = new Object();
obj_tmp["subject"] = "Social Studies";
obj_tmp["title"] = "Fact or Fiction Reports";
obj_tmp["desc"] = "A Fact or Fiction report is a great way for students to research a historical event or famous person without simply copying and pasting information from the Web. The front of each page includes a \"Fact or Fiction\" heading, below which the student writes a statement about the topic being studied. On the back of that page, the heading is either \"Fact\" or \"Fiction\" depending on whether the statement was true or false. In the finished book, the reader sees the first \"Fact or Fiction\" challenge and when they turn the page, they learn the answer and read the next question.
Learn more ideas from Liz Allen to empower students to think creatively and independently.";
obj_tmp["type"] = "image";
obj_tmp["url1"] = "/userfiles/media/productvideos/samples/pixie/px_ss_factorfiction.jpg";
obj_tmp["url2"] = "/userfiles/media/Samples/contests/fall08/Election_FactorFiction/index.html";
obj_tmp["allowInFeatured"] = false;
arr_tmp.push( obj_tmp );
obj_tmp = null;
// end sample
arr_samples.push( arr_tmp );
arr_tmp = null;
/**************************************************************************
*** END - Social Studies
**************************************************************************/
/**************************************************************************
*** BEGIN - Art
**************************************************************************/
arr_tmp = new Array();
// begin sample
obj_tmp = new Object();
obj_tmp["subject"] = "Art";
obj_tmp["title"] = "Artist's Styles";
obj_tmp["desc"] = "Appreciating the arts has never been easier. After students learn about an artistic style, have them create their own masterpieces in this style. In this example, students learned how the Impressionists used themes, nature, color, composition, and brush strokes to break with the established Academic style of painting. Using a famous Impressionist painting, they reflected on how this embodies the ideas of Impressionism. Then, they used a digital camera to capture an image they could transform into an oil painting, demonstrating that they too can apply these ideas to make their own Impressionist art.
View the Picasso's Art Styles lesson plan.";
obj_tmp["type"] = "image";
obj_tmp["url1"] = "/userfiles/media/productvideos/samples/pixie/px_art_style.jpg";
obj_tmp["url2"] = "/userfiles/image/samples/pixie/px_sample_art_lily.jpg";
obj_tmp["allowInFeatured"] = true;
arr_tmp.push( obj_tmp );
obj_tmp = null;
// end sample
arr_samples.push( arr_tmp );
arr_tmp = null;
/**************************************************************************
*** END - Art
**************************************************************************/
// end defining the individual samples for each subject
return arr_samples;
}