only seen the demo and don't actually use the program with students, but
it appears to offer many options for customization which make it
accessible and appropriate for early elementary through middle school. I
looked at Pixie but ruled it out based on its high cost. Currently, my
school is using KidPix Deluxe 3 from MacKiev. This is a far less buggy
and better supported version of KidPix than KidPix4 from Riverdeep.
A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> writes:
>I haven't seen Pixie 2, but we love the original and miss NOTHING about
>KidPix.
>Jenni
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
>To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
>Sent: Tue Mar 11 22:43:16 2008
>Subject: Re: Pixie 2
>
>I, too, share your frustrations with Kid Pix. It is the main software I
>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:
>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 -----
>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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