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Sarah Benning Rae Lang Rhea Mcfarlane Megan blenkin “The World’s Best Way to Make Comics” ( pixton ) Pixton Comics Teaser . About Pixton. www.pixton.com Create unique comics quickly and easily Choose your frames, select your scenes, add characters, props and text
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Sarah Benning Rae Lang Rhea Mcfarlane Megan blenkin “The World’s Best Way to Make Comics” (pixton) Pixton Comics Teaser
About Pixton www.pixton.com • Create unique comics quickly and easily • Choose your frames, select your scenes, add characters, props and text • The free version of Pixton is open to the public • There is a fee-based version for schools • Teacher and student registration levels with a 30-day free trial period • Pixtonfor Schools (if continued after 30-days) will cost $1.00 per student.
Using Pixton as a Teaching Tool • Allows students the opportunity to work deeply with information learned • Use as a creative outlet for a variety of projects • Students can create and share their comics online • Students can view and comment on comics created by their peers
Using Pixton as a Teaching Tool • There are some safeguards in place to be sure students use appropriate language and actions • Students should avoid using identifiable names or locations, because it can be viewed by the general public • You will also want written parent permission before allowing students to create comics that can be seen online
User Friendly • Simply login and click create. • Choose a scene you wish to start with. • Change your characters • Movement • Emotion • Props • Pick your background from a variety of indoor and outdoor scenes • Scenes can be deleted, changes can be made and the comics can be saved easily with the on screen controls. • buttons for "Save for later" and "Publish Now" quickly save or publish works.
How to Use Pixton Video Demo-How it Works
Using Pixton to Discuss Bullying Bullying Scenario Two boys from the grade 5 class go out for lunch hour and decide to go hang out behind the school. While there, a group of grade 9s from a nearby high school approach the two boys and begin calling names. When the boys try to leave, the grade 9 boys do not allow them to. This makes the grade 5 boys cry, and the older boys call them “cry babies”. The lunch bell rings, ending the confrontation. The grade 9 boys say they will hurt them if they tell anyone, especially a teacher. How would you resolve this?
Create Your Own Pixton • Each group will receive a bullying scenario • Each group will have their own log-in account • Example: • Log in with username “Table1” • password “Pixton”. • (email: ecs300table1@hotmail.com) • Using Pixton come up with a short resolution to the bullying scenario • Groups can volunteer to show their finished Pixton to the rest of the class
Directions • Log in (top right corner) • Click on CREATE • Click on CREATE A COMIC • Choose a format • Choose QUICKIE • Click create • Choose a template • Choose a character • To start creating… • Click on the first panel to start creating • Use the side tabs to add: • Change the background • Add characters • Add speech bubbles