Using Pixie in the Teaching and Learning Process

Fundamental Skills: Fundamentals of PC, Telecommunications – Email, Telecommunications – World Wide Web, and Word Processing

Course Objective(s):

• Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
  • Plan, create, and edit images and graphic organizers using program toolbars and commands.
  • Add graphics, sound, animation, clip art, digital images, and special effects to design informational documents and original artwork.
  • Identify resources which can support and extend drawing-based applications.
  • Identify ways in which drawing-based applications can be used to meet professional and instructional needs.

  Participants will be evaluated on their ability to:
  • Produce, edit, and customize a variety of presentation products.
  • Design, assess, and share a Pixie product created to meet a curriculum indicator or professional need.
  

Resources:

• Session One:
  • Technology Skills Assessment for Pixie
  • Fundamental Technology Skills Checklist
  • Maryland Teacher Technology Standards
  • Maryland Technology Literacy Standards for Students, Grades PreK-8, electronic (http://mdk12.org/mspp/vsc/index.html) and handout
  • BCPS Technology Skills Continuum for Professional Development
  • Pixie User Guide
  • Pixie Software Information v3
  • Pixie Window
  • Pixie What is a Community slide (Pixie File)
• Session Two:
  • Community Helper (Pixie File)
  • Curriculum Based Technology Integrated Activities (CBTIAs) located at http://www.bcps.org/apps/CBTIA/
  • Pixie Scoring Tool for Session 2
• Session Three:
  • What Can One Kid Do? Scoring Tool
  • Life Cycle of a Butterfly Slide Show Tutorial for Pixie
  • CBTIA template
  • Pixie Scoring Tool for Session 3
• Session Four:
  • CBTIA Template
  • Levels of Cognitive Demand
  • Learning Styles and Preferences
  • Using the CBTIA database
  • Examining CBTIAs
• Session Five:
  • Voluntary State Curriculum (electronic at http://mdk12.org/mspp/vsc/index.html)
  • Technology Skills Assessment for Pixie

View a complete listing of all technology integration inservice courses and register online at: http://www.bcps.org/apps/cpd/.

Professional development for technology literacy and technology integration is provided by the Office of Instructional Technology, Baltimore County Public Schools.