This workshop is designed for educators working with students in grades K-8.
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"After becoming more familiar with Pixie I decided to have my third graders retell a story they were reading in Open Court called A New Coat for Anna. “We will study and design the story settings using Pixie,” I stated, “and create background scenes that match the book.” All eyes were glowing! These little experts knew Pixie well and were eager to reread the story for details that could be added to their scenes. With the children so engaged in the literature, it made it easy for me to help them use critical thinking skills to make inferences about the value of Anna’s new coat.”
—Stephanie Penniman
Plummer Elementary, North Hills, California
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Creating Electronic Storybooks
Learn how to use storytelling to improve student reading and writing skills and to engage students in math, social studies, and science learning
Participants will explore how storytelling can enhance early literacy goals and engage students in curriculum content using Pixie to write and share their own stories.
Goal
Learn to use storytelling to address cross curricular goals and improve student’s reading and writing skills.
Outcomes
- explore how storytelling can improve student achievement
- use storytelling to meet curriculum goals
- discover how storytelling addresses multiple intelligences
- leave ready to integrate storytelling with Pixie immediately
Software Skills
Participants will gain experience with creating storybooks, using Pixie to:
- create original story artwork with the paint tools.
- use stickers to demonstrate comprehension.
- add text and voice narration.
- manage both single student and classroom projects.
- combine Pixie pages into online storybooks.
Timeline
This one-day workshop runs for approximately six hours. During the morning, participants will view sample stories, and learn various ways that students can use Pixie to create the pages of their stories. The afternoon will be spent developing a high-quality example for a storytelling project they will implement in their classroom. The day concludes with ideas for integration and strategies for implementation.
What is Pixie?
Pixie is exciting creativity software students can use to examine math and science concepts, respond to literature, or explore art techniques. With an array of easy-to-use tools, Pixie motivates and encourages diverse learners to demonstrate their understanding and knowledge with pictures, sounds, and narrated stories. › Learn More
Pricing and Scheduling
To find out more about this workshop, pricing, or to schedule this workshop for your school or district call 877-834-5453.
Requisite Skills
Basic operating system knowledge, comfort operating a mouse, and skill navigating the hard drive is required to participate in this workshop. |