Tech4Learning releases 2021 update to Wixie

Posted by Melinda Kolk on Jul 7, 2021 1:44:28 PM

Tech4Learning has released an update to Wixie, it's popular digital project tool used by students around the world. Students use Wixie to paint pictures, write stories, and record their voice and videos while exploring the curriculum and demonstrating mastery. Teachers can use to Wixie to find, create, or assign student project work, provide feedback, evaluate student effort and progress toward standards mastery.

The update includes changes to improve workflow, add new features, and improve interoperability with other tools.

 

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Tech4Learning, Inc. Receives 2019 San Diego Award

Posted by Melinda Kolk on Dec 20, 2019 12:27:57 PM

Tech4Learning Inc has been selected for the 2019 San Diego Award in the Software Company category by the San Diego Award Program.

Each year, the San Diego Award Program identifies companies that we believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and our community. These exceptional companies help make the San Diego area a great place to live, work and play.

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Wixie Earns 2019 Academics’ Choice Smart Media Award for Mind-Building Excellence

Posted by Melinda Kolk on Dec 3, 2019 11:25:01 AM

Tech4Learning is pleased to announce that Wixie has been honored with a 2019 Academics’ Choice Smart Media Award, a prestigious seal of educational quality, reserved only for the best mind-building media and toys. The independent Academics’ Choice Awards program and its seal of excellence are recognized worldwide by consumers and educational institutions as a mark of genuinely effective learning tools that stimulate the mind, and provide potential for the student to fully develop higher order thinking skills.

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Tech4Learning releases update to Wixie - Flash-free and even easier to use!

Posted by Melinda Kolk on Jun 24, 2019 11:48:34 AM

Tech4Learning has released an update to Wixie, it's popular digital project tool used by students around the world. Wixie is a online applcication students can use to paint pictures, write stories, and record their voice to explore the curriculum and demonstrate mastery. Teachers can log in to Wixie to find, create, or assign student project work, provide feedback, evaluate student effort progress toward standards mastery.

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Pixie recognized as one of the American Association of School Librarians 2018 Best Apps for Teaching and Learning

Posted by Melinda Kolk on Jun 23, 2018 2:00:00 PM

Tech4Learning’s Pixie has been recognized as a one of the American Association of School Librarians 2018 Best Apps for Teaching and Learning.

The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) is a national professional membership organization focused on school librarians and the school library community. AASL has been giving Best Apps for Teaching & Learning awards since 2013 to recognize digital tools of exceptional value to inquiry-based teaching and learning as embodied in the AASL's Standards for the 21st-Century Learner.

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Topics: Pixie by Tech4Learning

Wixie wins 2017 Tech & Learning Award of Excellence

Posted by Melinda Kolk on Nov 29, 2017 12:28:33 PM

Tech4Learning’s Wixie wins a 2017 Award of Excellence for best upgraded software in Tech & Learning magazine's prestigious 35-year-old recognition program.

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Tech4Learning integrates Wixie with Clever

Posted by Melinda Kolk on Sep 13, 2016 2:36:29 PM

Tech4Learning is making it easier for districts to infuse Wixie into their classroom curriculum by integrating with Clever®. Now schools and districts can automatically provision and securely authenticate Wixie users through the Clever platform.

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Tech4Learning updates Pics4Learning image library for new devices

Posted by Melinda Kolk on Sep 1, 2016 9:17:54 AM

Tech4Learning has rebuilt its popular Pics4Learning image library to better support student project work on new devices.  The new interface makes it easier to find and save images for use in student projects on a wide range of devices, including handheld phones, tablets, and large screen monitors.

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Tech4Learning releases free online rubric maker

Posted by Melinda Kolk on Jun 6, 2016 2:47:17 PM

Tech4Learning has released a free web tool to create rubrics and checklist-style assessments for the classroom. Rubric-maker.com provides educators with sample topics and criteria to make it easy to get started creating educational assessments.

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Topics: pbl, assessment, project, project-based learning

Tech4Learning releases free graphic organizer maker

Posted by Melinda Kolk on May 27, 2016 10:35:00 AM

Tech4Learning has released a free web tool to create graphic organizer worksheets. The site, graphicorganizer.net, helps educators support student’s thinking during the process of organizing their research and ideas about classroom projects.

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