What's New - Wixie April 2024

Posted by Tiffany Anderle on Apr 15, 2024 9:41:28 AM

New Wixie Content in April

Here are a few of the freshest resources you can use to enhance teaching and learning with Wixie this April.
 
 

Templates & activities 

Each month, the  Wixie  team adds new activities and templates and to the Curriculum and Templates libraries. This month, check out: 
 
Magic stickers 
 
Magic stickers are images that can change how they look, such as dice you can roll, clocks that change their time, and more.
 
You can find new activities, like:
 
 
For more templates featuring magic stickers, search   “magic sticker”  on your Wixie home page. 
 
 
Idioms
 
New themed idiom books can help students identify and explain the meaning of this unique form of figurative language.
 
 
Search   “idiom”  on your Wixie home page to find even more thematic idiom books. 
 
MadLibs
 
Have you discovered the MadLib activities in the month-by-month folders in the Curriculum library.  
 
 
Check out these recent additions:
 
Search   “madlib”  on your Wixie dashboard for even more. 
 

Lessons

Explore new lessons for Wixie connected to the Inquire and Think strands of the American Association of School Librarians Standards Framework. 
 
 
AASL Inquire: Think - Question
In the Think, or cognitive, domain of Inquire, help 'learners display curiosity and initiative' by formulating questions.
 
 
AASL Inquire: Think - Background Knowledge
In the Think, or cognitive, domain of Inquire, help 'learners display curiosity and initiative' by using background knowledge.
 
 
AASL Inquire: Think - Practice Inquiry
In the Think, or cognitive, domain of Inquire, help 'learners display curiosity and initiative' by asking them to think critically about a problem and solution.
 
 

Training Materials 

Use the updated Idea board with integrated hyperlinks to support self-paced Wixie training. Share the URL to this board and let participants choose the projects they would like to explore. 
 
Each page includes directions, links to templates they can use, as well as additional information in video, blog, and lesson plan format. 
 
 
 

Suggestions

We value your input! Feel free to submit your suggestions and ideas to help us continuously improve and tailor our offerings to better meet your needs.
 
Stay tuned for future updates!
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What's New - Wixie March 2024

Posted by Tiffany Anderle on Mar 15, 2024 10:36:54 AM

The resources in Wixie keep growing. Here are just a few highlights to keep your students budding with new ideas.

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It’s time for March MATHness

Posted by Tiffany Anderle on Mar 5, 2024 1:59:09 PM

Tap into student interest with a little March MATHness and add excitement and interactivity to your math lessons. Here are 10+ ways to get your students simply “mad” about math this March.

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New Wixie content in February

Posted by Tiffany Anderle on Feb 21, 2024 11:01:09 AM

New Wixie content in February

Wixie is excited to share its latest content updates, providing educators with even more resources to enhance classroom learning. 
 

Another intern shoutout to our 2024 interns

A huge thank you to our 2024 high school interns for their outstanding contributions. Eric Moreno from High Tech High International created incredible 3D backgrounds that students can use for a variety of project work. 
 
 
Connor Kanas at High Tech High Media Arts coded even more talkies, including a new folder of musical instruments.
 
 
 

Templates & activities 

Based on the stories you are sharing from your classroom, the Wixie team has been focusing on developing more activities and templates that feature talkies.
Talking Stationery
Students can use talking stationery to give voice to their gratitude, ideas, and conversations.
 
 
Talking digital books
We love seeing so many projects using the book format. Many of the book templates feature talkies that can help students bring their stories to life.
 
 
Select the Make a Book project option from your Wixie homepage to view the new additions. 
 
 
Talking activities
Search "talkie" on your Wixie dashboard to find even more activities that feature talkies. Students can:
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Wixie puede ayudar. Wixie peut vous aider. Wixie helps ELLs.

Posted by Carolyn Daly on Feb 14, 2024 12:57:51 PM

All levels of language learners have the ability to make sense of new content and language acquisition by taking advantage of Wixie’s integrated visuals, listening and speaking features, multiple language interface options, scaffolded activities, and real-time collaborative teamwork opportunities. 
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