Pixton

Pixton is a free program that allows people of all ages to create fin and interactive comic strips. This program brings the comic to life with character, animals, sound effects and pictures. Pixton is an excellent tool to be used in the school system because it allows students to design their own comic based off of information covered in the curriculum. It is also an excellent way of evaluating and assessing students with a fun activity. This program is also available for business'. I enjoy the fact that it is open to everyone to use and create their own comic. This was an easy program to use and I was very engaged in the tool. There is a lot of creativity that can come from Pixton because it is your own creation.
    I would like to use this program in my future program to help evaluate students on their overall understanding of topics in the curriculum. This can help students bring froth creativity to the project and really make it their own. The Pixton I created was to help Kindergarteners learn ways to be a friend. this teaches them how to spread their kindness and help to their friends. It also helps them think about how they would want to be treated. In Kindergarten, students are learning about themselves, and families around the world. Therefore, I thought it was necessary for them to learn how people need to be treated and how to be a friend to others. one of the hardest things for young learners is sharing and making friends. In the comic I told the story of how a family became lost in the Arctic and were welcomed in with open arms by strangers. I then gave the students three comic slides with different situations. they will have to identify how the characters can be good friends to one another in each situation. I would also like for the students to come up with three situations that they could be a good friend to someone. Overall, i really enjoyed working with this program and am excited to have the knowledge about it and be able to use it in my future classroom. 

Directions for the Pixton:
Each student will be given the opportunity to read the comic strip Arctic Adventure. They will then be given three situations in the second comic. Each student will be given a print out of the second comic, How to be a friend. They will then decide what the characters in each situation should do to be a good friend. Lastly, the students will come up with one solution of the own of how they can be a good friend to others or their classmates. 


Rubric: 1-developing, 2-profecient, 3-accomplished
1- Student is unable to develop a solution for the situations. Student is not able to identify a way to be a good friend.

2-Student is able to develop a solution for two of the three situations. Student is able to provide an example of a way to be a good friend with little difficulty.

3-Student is able to come up with a solution to each of the three situation. Student is able to give an example of how they can be a good friend to others with no difficulty.


Comic 1: http://Pixton.com/ic:g8cizkqc

Comic 2: http://Pixton.com/ic:qmj7lszc