Stixy

Stixy is an exciting web 2.0 tool. It is a site that allows people create an organizational page that can be full of stixy notes. The user can choose different colors of notes to help aid in organization. This site would be great for teacher or student use. Below is an example of a stixy page I created. This example shows differnet color and sizes of stixy notes and how the page can be used. My Stixy Page of Web Tools and Literacy Articles

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 * *Stixy is a free organizational tool. It can even be used as a photo album! || *It is difficult to set up the original stixy page. || *Teachers can use this site to help organize them. They can use the "to do" stixy to help keep track of daily assignments. ||
 * *Stixy allows the user to use different colors of stixy notes to help aid in organization. || *It is easy to get caught up in the colors, fonts, and styles of each stixy note. This may allow the user to get distracted. || *Students can use the "to do" stixy to help keep up with assignments in different classes. ||
 * *Stixy has different fonts and sizes of fonts to help words or entire notes stand out to the user. || *The site is a little hard to manipulate and may be hard for elementary students to use. It is better suited for middle and high school students or teachers. || *Students can use this site to help organize/brainstorm thoughts as a pre-writing strategy. ||
 * *Stixy can be used as a collaborative tool. You can share your stixy and others can comment and add to your page. || *Manipulating the size and alignment of the text is tricky. In order to center the text it takes several steps. || *This site could be used across the curriculum. Students could use it in science and math to sort curriculum items into groups. ||