In June, the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) announced their Best Apps for Teaching and Learning 2018. The apps encourage qualities such as creativity and collaboration and encourage discovery and curiosity.

The app Pixie is a great way to let students incorporate creativity into almost any subject! The app has a number of different tools students can use to demonstrate their knowledge.

“Imagine your students creating their very own digital stories, nonfiction pages, comics or podcasts with little instruction. Pixie is an authoring tool students can use to share ideas, imagination, and understanding through a combination of text, original artwork, voice narration, and images. Students can use Pixie’s paint tools, text options, clip art, and voice recording to develop storybooks, curriculum projects, videos, and so much more.”

Platform: iOS , Android 
Grades: All
Cost: $9.99

This post from Class Tech Tips gives a quick overview of the app and discusses the online version of the app, called Wixie, which could also be a useful classroom tool. This page from Creative Educator has multiple different lessons that use Pixie in the subjects of language arts, math, science, and social studies.

Watch this video to see Pixie in action!