Use Public Service Announcements for authentic writing projects
Ask students to create public service announcements to raise awareness, change behavior, and improve our world. These real world products are great authentic tasks for argument, informative, and persuasive writing.
Wixie provides the perfect digital canvas for students to create public service announcements. Students can use Wixie to combine text, images, and voice narration to share their passions and change the world.
Raise Awareness and Change Behavior
Ask students to create public service announcements to educate people about an issue they are passionate about.
Conservation PSA Lesson plan
Promote Health
Have students create public service announcements to educate people about common health concerns.
Promote safety at Halloween
Have students create public service announcements to promote safe behaviors during Halloween and trick-or-treating.
Inform
Students create a presentation to educate people about a real world problem.
Take a cartoon approach
Having students showcase their ideas using comics and cartoons to make learning relevant and fun!
More ways teachers are using Wixie
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Positive Change
We are so proud of fifth-grade V.L.P. artist Imani C. for designing this powerful message using Wixie. Students were challenged to design a billboard promoting positive change using text and imagery. Great job Imani! @MrsStacyBarry @RTwentey @cgibson5bcps @sfisherBCPS @BCPS_VLP pic.twitter.com/eSemGOI2nb
— Elementary Art VLP (@art_vlp) June 3, 2022 -
Community Posters
The students have been creating different ways to show off their �community projects!� Some of them chose to make posters in Wixie! @CopperHillES @FlemRarSchools pic.twitter.com/oxlsWXICEh
— Jeff Moore (@MooreClassroom) October 19, 2022 -
Internet Safety PSAs
In November 3rd grade students learned about Internet Safety. They created posters on Wixie used to keep classmates safe on the web! pic.twitter.com/A3C88LbDYq
— mrbrowntech (@mrbrowntech) March 7, 2022 -
Save the Trees
Second graders finished their unit on Tremendous Trees by creating a product to persuade others to save the trees! Some chose posters while others did recordings on Wixie! @TylerHeights @aacpsoit pic.twitter.com/sKwmGlLiqM
— Elizabeth McMullen (@emcmulle4) October 14, 2021 -
Fire Safety
@BeckyCasserly �s KinderKids not only searched @Tech4Learning Wixie images for firefighters and used the smear tool??, but they also added �Call 911� with the TEXT tool!? pic.twitter.com/tLeOKstRie
— We are CVE STEAM?? (@WeAreCVESTEAM) October 4, 2022 -
Save the Manatees
Wild about Wixie in @amcginnis14's class today. Ss use Wixie to create PSA posters to save the manatees! @Tech4Learning pic.twitter.com/pWtU6mxL41
— Mays Chapel ES (@Team_MCES) September 13, 2017
