Ten Reasons to Attend an EdTechTeacher Summer Workshop May 13th, 2014 / Comments: 0 Today we’re honored to have Beth Holland as a guest blogger. Beth is a lead instructor with EdTechTeacher – an organization dedicated to supporting educators in their quest to enrich student learning experiences through emerging technologies. She and her colleagues have developed a summer workshop series focused on innovative, tech-driven approaches that can help you teach more effectively and efficiently. As a strong supporter of technology in education, we’re proud to present Beth’s top 10 list for attending an… › read more
Death to Boring Book Reports February 27th, 2014 / Comments: 0 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
Contest Grand Prize Winner Uses Photos & Videos in the Classroom February 6th, 2014 / Comments: 0 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
Creating Videos In the Classroom: Common Craft Style December 19th, 2013 / Comments: 0 Creating videos for teaching subjects can be a great way to explain complex subjects succinctly in a style that can be watched over and over again. Your free Educators Pro Account allows you to import your own audio files and add voice overs to videos. This opens up a lot of opportunities to incorporate technology in the classroom. There are a few styles that utilize voice overs to make creative and interesting videos. Today we’d love to tell you… › read more
