Tech4Learning releases Pixie Home Edition

Posted by Melinda Kolk on May 8, 2012 2:27:00 PM

Tech4Learning has released the Pixie Home Edition, a trimmed-down version of the award-winning Pixie software,  that provides an affordable ($19.95 on Amazon) way to continue the learning at home.  Research shows Pixie improves student achievement at school, and now families can promote the same great learning through creativity at home.

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Topics: pixie, creativity, creative software, play

Tech4Learning releases Common Core guides for Pixie

Posted by Melinda Kolk on Jan 18, 2012 2:28:00 PM

Tech4Learning has released Common Core Curriculum Guides for Pixie to help K-5 educators align creativity, their curriculum, and the Common Core Standards.

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Topics: pixie, creativity, common core, standards

Research Supports the Use of Creative Technology to Boost Achievement

Posted by Melinda Kolk on Nov 18, 2011 3:30:00 PM

In a five state study of third through fifth graders conducted by SEG Measurement, students demonstrated significant growth in Reading and Mathematics when using Pixie®, a creativity software tool from Tech4Learning, Inc. Tested on the SAT10 achievement tests, students in the treatment group demonstrated a half year more growth in Reading and Math than students in the control group.

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Topics: pixie, assessment, research, score, SAT10

Clark County School District Approves Pixie for Title III Funds

Posted by Melinda Kolk on Oct 14, 2011 9:59:00 AM

San Diego, California October 13, 2011 — Clark County School District in Nevada has approved Pixie for purchase using Title III funds. Pixie’s inclusion on the Elementary ESL Qualified Materials List means ELL students in Clark County schools will be able to use Pixie to build language skills through projects that combine text, visual supports, original artwork, and voice narration. Title III is a federal program that provides grants to improve the education of limited English proficient students as part of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).

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Topics: pixie, ela, ell, title III

Tech4Learning Awarded Five-Year Contract by Department of Defense Education Activities (DoDEA)

Posted by Melinda Kolk on Oct 4, 2011 12:29:00 PM

Tech4Learning has been awarded a five-year contract by the Department of Defense Education Activities to continue to provide enterprise-wide software solutions to students in the DoDEA system. Students will have access to all Tech4Learning products on any computer in the system, including market leaders Pixie, Share, and Frames. DoDEA students will also take advantage of cloud-based services Wixie, K12Share, and Recipes4Success to build essential 21st century communication skills.

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Topics: pixie, creativity software, frames, share, Wixie, dodea, technology, K12Share

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

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