Melinda Kolk

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Pixie 3 wins 2011 EDDIE Award from ComputED Gazette

Posted by Melinda Kolk on Sep 23, 2011 2:22:00 PM

ComputED Gazette included Pixie 3 in its 16th Annual Education Software Review Awards (EDDIE Awards). The Awards target innovative and content-rich programs and websites that provide parents and teachers with the technology to foster educational excellence. Pixie 3 won an Early Elementary award for Multimedia Creation.

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Topics: pixie, award, EDDIE, computed gazette

Tech4Learning Releases Correlations to Common Core for Pixie 3!

Posted by Melinda Kolk on Sep 9, 2011 3:51:00 PM

Tech4Learning has released correlations to the Common Core Standards for K-5 Language Arts and Mathematics for its award-winning elementary software tool Pixie. These correlations will help teachers and administrators deploy Pixie to achieve the student learning goals outlined in the new Common Core Standards.

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Topics: pixie, common core, standards, multimedia

Pixie 3 releases!

Posted by Melinda Kolk on Jul 26, 2011 9:43:00 AM

Tech4Learning has released Pixie 3, the latest upgrade to the classroom standard for elementary creative software.  Pixie is exciting creativity software used by students around the world to share their ideas, imagination, and understanding through a combination of text, original artwork, and voice narration.“Our teachers and students have been using Pixie to engage higher level thinking skills through the formation of digital stories and standards-based formative assessments,” shares Laura Spencer, Coordinator of Instructional Technology at Santee School District (CA). “With the release of Pixie 3, students will be able to collaborate real-time on these projects, and then showcase this learning on a global scale through publication on Tech4Learning's cloud."

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Topics: pixie, creativity software, 21st century classroom

Wixie leads off T.H.E. Journal Article on Cloud Computing!

Posted by Melinda Kolk on Jun 13, 2011 9:55:00 AM

In an article highlighting how cloud-based computing is moving beyond administration to promoting student collaboration and creativity, Wixie leads the way. The articles highlights projects done at Meiklejohn Elementary School in Arvada, Colorado where the 4th graders design lessons for their Kindergarten buddies.

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Topics: creativity, Wixie, cloud-computing, 21st century classroom

Parent Guides for Pixie Support Summer Learning

Posted by Melinda Kolk on May 27, 2011 11:47:00 AM

Tech4Learning has released a series of parent guides for Pixie, its most popular classroom product. Available for kindergarten through fifth grade, the parent guides include specific and practical Pixie activities across the curriculum for parents to work on at home with their child.

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Topics: pixie, creativity, engage, students, learn

K12Share.com makes it easy to publish student work to the cloud

Posted by Melinda Kolk on May 2, 2011 5:01:00 PM

Tech4Learning releases K12Share.com–a safe, secure service for publishing content created in Share.  Students can use K12Share to manage a digital portfolio of classroom work developing essential 21st century skills. Teachers can use K12Share to view student published work as well as present information about their classes to parents and the community.

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Topics: share, cloud, 21st century classroom

US DOE Title II, Part A Grant Finds Success with Tech4Learning Professional Development

Posted by Melinda Kolk on Apr 28, 2011 8:58:00 AM

For the second school year, Baltimore County Public Schools has partnered with Tech4Learning to deliver high-quality professional development for non-public schools within the county as part of a Title II Part A grant. This year’s successful set of trainings focused on strengthening home-school communication.

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Topics: 21st century classroom, professional development

You can now view Wixie projects on your tablet or phone!

Posted by Melinda Kolk on Apr 22, 2011 3:51:00 PM

Students across the country have been using Wixie to develop original stories, demonstrate content mastery, and explore the curriculum. Because Wixie resides online, not only can they author anytime and anywhere, their projects reside online for and immediate learning showcase!

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Topics: creative software, creativity software, Wixie, students

Wixie and Share win 2011 BESSIE Awards!

Posted by Melinda Kolk on Apr 11, 2011 11:26:00 AM

ComputED Gazette included Wixie and Share in its 17th Annual Best Educational Software Awards. The Awards target innovative and content-rich programs and websites that provide parents and teachers with the technology to foster educational excellence. Wixie won an Early Elementary award for Multimedia Creation Website and Share won the same award for Upper Elementary.

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Topics: creative software, creativity software, share, Wixie, students, technology, technology integration, multimedia, awards, BESSIE