use with younger students when doing illustrations. I recently attended =
the CUE conference in California and sat through a demo of Pixie 2. =
Every single question that I asked (stemming from issues I have =
encountered in Kid Pix) was answered. You are able to easily make slide =
shows, have multiple files open in tabs, publish to the web, make =
stickers out of kids photographs, resize images with no pixelization =
(sp?), limit viewable sticker libraries, print in a variety of formats =
(even trading card size!)
Can you tell I'm a fan. I also received a free single computer copy. :-) =
I am testing it out (and having my kindergarten son test it as well) in =
preparation for purchasing Pixie 2 for our school this fall.
Just my two cents...
Jayme
-----Original Message-----
From: Susan Ferris [mailto:sfmr@comcast.net]
Sent: Sun 2/24/2008 3:46 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Cc:=09
Subject: Pixie 2
Thanks. You are going with this product over KidPix? Interesting...
I had planned to do a download of an evaluation copy and then a web demo =
after our March break---
Susan
----- Original Message -----=20
From: "Linda Kennedy" <kennedy.linda@gmail.com>
To: <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 5:06 PM
Subject: Re: Looking for Multimedia app other than KidPix etc
> Hi Susan, I share your opinion of Kid Pix and also looked around for =
an
> alternative in our Lower School. We haven't made the purchase yet but =
have
> decided to go with Pixie 2 by Tech4Learning,
> http://www.tech4learning.com/pixie/index.html.
>
> Linda Kennedy
> Technology Teacher
> La Jolla Country Day School
>
>
>
> On 2/23/08, Susan Ferris <sfmr@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>> Hi to all---
>>
>> I am looking for a new and more robust/ less limiting
>> multimedia program for my lower school kids to use to write and
>> illustrate---
>> Something that allows the child to be VERY creative and at the same =
time
>> work VERY independently---
>>
>> I have been using Kid Pix 4 (which as you know does not always work
>> well---GRRR!!!)
>> and of course the usual PowerPoint---
>>
>> Also I have used PhotoStory with my upper primary grades
>> (and have been able to
>> get several digital cameras/ teach some digital photography---
>> YAHOO!---kids LOVE taking pictures!!!---)
>> which has given greater opportunity for sound recording
>> and less focus on text
>>
>> Perhaps my biggest obstacle is when we created entire class projects =
we
>> must
>> save to the network
>> which is time comsuming and VERY cumbersome for the younger set---
>> NONE of the programs are able to default to saving to the network---
>>
>> We are PC only which rules out Mac apps
>>
>> So, hat are other folks in the primary/upper primary level =
using/doing???
>>
>> Thanks.
>> Susan Ferris Rights
>> The Pingry School
>> 973-379-4550
>> sfrights@pingry.org
>>
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