Archive for February, 2014

Death to Boring Book Reports

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Independent reading assignments can be tricky to teach in a fresh new way. A great way to step up boring poster board presentations is to use a video editor like Pixorial to create a book trailer. They are one of our favorite ways we’ve seen teachers in the Pixorial community use Movie Creator. Like movie trailers, book trailers can provide a visual for important settings and prominent themes from novels. Book trailers can also be used later as a… › read more

Videocards: The perfect last-minute Valentine’s Day greeting

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Candy. Roses. Jewelry. Stuffed Hello Kitties. There’s no shortage of ways to say “Happy Valentine’s Day.” But when it comes down to it, nothing beats the simple act of telling someone how much you love them. Videocards are perfect for doing just that. It’s quick and easy and super personalized. Oh and don’t worry…even if you waited until last minute, no one has to know. Here’s how to create your own card: Head over to the Pixorial page and… › read more

Contest Grand Prize Winner Uses Photos & Videos in the Classroom

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Pixorial is used extensively by K-12 educators #EdTech worldwide. And Megan, our Grand Prize Winner in Olathe, Kansas is an educator who uses our service in a lot of innovative ways in the classroom. Here’s her story… “As my school’s Technology Facilitator, computer science instructor, yearbook Advisor, and an ELA (English Language Arts teacher) I have found Pixorial to be an amazing Web 2.0 tool that seamlessly integrates itself in classroom instruction and professional development.” “The mobile applications support… › read more

Personalized Photos & Videos Important to Second Place Contest Winner

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Our Share The Love contest second place prize winner is Patrick from Savannah, Georgia. He uses Pixorial in both his personal life and professionally as the Director of Technology at his school. “Personally it makes a great photo and video editing tool for my family media. We have two little boys and tons of photos and video footage to keep track of and edit for family and friends.”“Pixorial makes adding titles and transitions to my video so easy and… › read more

Third Place Contest Winner Shares Photos From International Trip

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Yesterday, in Congratulations to our Contest Winners!, we announced the prize winners from our Share The Love contest. We thought you might be interested to learn a little more about our third place winner. Alissa works in healthcare in Columbia, South Carolina. She recently took a group trip to Europe and India. When asked about how she uses Pixorial, Alissa told us… “Pixorial has allowed me to share my photos with my friends that live in India and the… › read more

Congratulations to our Contest Winners!

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Thank you to the more than 10,000 people who participated in our Share The Love contest. Every day people around the world use Pixorial to share the photos and videos from the life experiences that are important to them. To say thank you for helping make 2013 our best year ever, we invited customers to create albums and invite their friends to join and get entered to win awesome prizes. Today, we are excited to announce our Prize winners:… › read more