1. Grade 4 and Grade 5
Technology in the Classroom

2. Pixie
Software Only Found In Lab 129

3. With Pixie, you can make
books, video, audio
recordings, comics just to name a few
key features.
Pixie offers many templates for you
to use that not only reinforces skills
from the classroom, but it also gives
students computer practice.
Literacy Ideas
-Create non-fiction books
-Book Talk video or podcast
-Vocabulary trading cards
-Collaborative writing projects
-Classroom book
-Newspaper
--Fluency
-- Vocabulary dictionaries
Math
-Word problem book with
answer key
-Tutorials
-Templates
-Math Posters
-Math in the real world
-Screencast
- Math Stories

4. Things to keep in mind:
1. Always storyboard your story before you even enter the
lab.
2. Collect pictures based on the storyboard. Images found on
the Pixie site are free to use without citing.
3. Make sure students save to their Documents, then export
project how you need it.
4. Don’t forget the wonderful group work function on Pixie so
students can work collaboratively.
Teacher Resources and Ideas- CLICK HERE

5. New comic creation software
in Lab 129 only.
Create comics using pictures
from the internet.
Literacy Ideas
– Convert a favorite part of a book to a comic – or recreate the
rising and falling action.
-Writing an original story.
-Change an ending to a story.
-Show What You Know about a Literacy unit.
-Change the setting of a fiction book.
-Point of View Stories.
-Bring a Poem to Life.

6. Social Studies Ideas
-A famous battle or event
-Time line
-Travel guide through a region
-Interview a famous person
-Holidays explained
Math/Science Ideas
-Explain a concept
-Explain Math Word Problems
-Comic from an animal, rock, planet… point of view
-Explain how a geometric shape is used/seen in the real world
-Mathematician report from the Mathematicians Point of View
-Math in the Real World

7. Things to keep in mind:
1. Always storyboard your story before you even enter the
lab.
2. Collect pictures based on the storyboard. Remember to
talk to your students about pictures that are copyright free
or that are cited.
3. Make sure students save to their Documents, then export
as a PDF (it will use less ink that way).

8. Examples
Interview With The Blood
Timeline
Poem
Exploring with Columbus
How-To
Student Newsletter

9. http://padlet.com/
Click Here for Group Padlet
Examples and How –To’s - Click Here

10. DoGo News
http://www.dogonews.com/