Here are five great ideas you can use with students to help integrate your iPads or Chromebooks into your curriculum.
Have students write and illustrate using alliteration. Students learn to create illustrations that support and reflect their writing.
Have students write and illustrate an interview with a dinosaur to demonstrate their knowledge of animal characteristics, diet, and more.
Have students create their own adaptations of literature they are reading.
Rather than copying and pasting information, have students write a 5 senses poem about a topic encouraging them to activate facts they know or find in their own words.
Have students write how-to books for their favorite activities or tasks they can do independently.
Wixie is a publishing and creativity platform that lets students share what they know through their writing, their voice, and their art.
Here are tweets from second-grade teachers sharing what they are doing with technology in their classrooms.
2nd graders using Wixie to show their understanding of weathering and erosion. #ILESSoars pic.twitter.com/Uoq30d24vM
— Elizabeth Lewis (@EALewis2016) February 1, 2018
2nd graders at Harriet Bishop creating digital stories on Wixie about acts of kindness. @ken_essay @ISD191 pic.twitter.com/I13AXzk6Ba
— Joe Risteau (@jsristeau) February 21, 2018
2nd Gr used Wixie to illustrate, write and record audio discussing the main character's internal traits #ppsedtech pic.twitter.com/B0gXTcxpD2
— West Elementary Tech (@WestElemTech) December 19, 2016
Mapping JGB, Squirrel Nutkin with Kaplan icons & Wixie! #SESSharks #2ndgrade #vbgifted @lesliewildman1 pic.twitter.com/P4eo1cCmF2
— Pennie Sue McGanty (@SuePennie) October 3, 2017
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2nd grade using Wixie to create personalized character trait anchor charts #bcpslh @BCPSMsFrank @Tech4Learning pic.twitter.com/N0kyk4SOqY
— Jessica W (@CLETS_STAT) December 15, 2015Today we used Wixie to type our paragraphs that we wrote about the life cycle of a sea turtle! #BCPSELA #Creativity ???? pic.twitter.com/KNXInJAJGX
— Ms. Brandt (@MsBrandt_2nd) October 27, 2016
Mrs.LeHew's 2nd grd worked on an Engineering Design Process chart using #wixie that is based on an engineering story we read today! @EiE_org pic.twitter.com/JT5xArNdmj
— Mrs.Showalter'sClass (@ShowalterClass) November 15, 2016
@HilltopESAACPS second graders in Ms Condupa's cladd building three-digit numbers. #wixie @aacpsoit @Tech4Learning pic.twitter.com/CFRKLFmeH1
— Hilltop Stars (@HilltopESAACPS) November 21, 2016
2nd graders are recording their voice for an informational #wixie movie about their planet research @QuarterfieldES @aacpsoit #AACPSawesome #FutureReadyLibs pic.twitter.com/Am3xdX5jUR
— Kristine Nellenbach (@Nellenbach_LMS) February 20, 2018
Creating our desert habitats using Wixie--so creative! @fultzsd44 #wixie pic.twitter.com/AFirw25d9E
— Sharon Sliwa (@SharonSliwa) September 21, 2017
2nd ELs used Wixie to create mini posters of a honeybee's body parts and recorded an audio description of the functions @BrockBAACPS @EngLangAcqAACPS pic.twitter.com/Fas4Ur2XhR
— Ms. Ahmed_ESOL (@MsAhmed_ESOL) April 16, 2018
2nd grade working hard on their animal research project. #wixie @HumbleISD_OE pic.twitter.com/OiOKcF2Dwm
— Molli Tharling (@MTharling) November 3, 2016
2nd graders sharing book recommendations using Wixie and 1st project for Stop Motion Animation club. Love the enthusiasm and excitement in the room today!!! #DLDay #wixie @hcpsslibmed @hcpss_rbes pic.twitter.com/GUEEvTZvLT
— GP (@MrsPMedia) February 23, 2018
2nd grade Young Scholars design bridges on Wixie. @EiE_org @BrookfieldES #futureengineers @FCPSSTEAM @fcpsaap pic.twitter.com/YPJ9tg88m4
— Sheri Reed (@BrookfieldAAP) April 2, 2017
Mr. Ozelius' 2nd Gr creates a Science Journal with observation logs about plant growth using Wixie @Tech4Learning #ppsedtech pic.twitter.com/mODLt0CHzR
— West Elementary Tech (@WestElemTech) April 24, 2017
2nd graders use Wixie to create original Dynamics anchor charts! @JoppaViewES @Tech4Learning @MusicBCPS @msdefinearts pic.twitter.com/QPjVeyZcdo
— Terri Iacarino (@iacarinot) May 17, 2017
2nd graders created and recorded their pumpkin themed similes in Wixie! @mrtomizawa @mrsdmarceau #EdgewoodProud pic.twitter.com/nlFVKSAC9h
— Edgewood Library (@MrsTurner0716) October 20, 2017
What would an illustrator draw?Visualization lesson with #Wixie and the story Hungry Hen by Richard Waring @kwoninsecond #PWCS #WeAreSwans pic.twitter.com/vc6Ak2hiK1
— Mrs. Charnick (@CharnickSCES) October 25, 2017
@wceteachersrock Second grade using wixie to create their fairy tale books. pic.twitter.com/a0b4mIwY5e
— Jennifer (@boudreauxj431) November 17, 2016
Gr 2 using #wixie to create weather infographics @BCPS_ELA @Tech4Learning @GrangeES pic.twitter.com/dwy5a24vvP
— Laura Mossa (@lauramossa) December 22, 2015Mapping our classroom with Wixie. @ForestdaleES @Jamie_Edwards07 #2ndgrade pic.twitter.com/dTSCVaJuI2
— Erin Criss (@Falcon_Criss) November 18, 2016
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