Current Event 3

www.pixton.com

I am always looking for ways to engage my students in unique ways. I have been amazed lately with the number of students who love graphic novels such as Diary of a Wimpy Kid or Big Nate. It seems like both boys and girls love this genre, and I am continually reminding my students to put away the Calvin and Hobbes books during class although I can remember being the student who would just try to sneak in one more comic before starting my work. I was so excited to discover the Pixton comics website. There seems to be so many out there right now, but Pixton was the first I was told about so therefore it is the main site I have explored so far. It is free to use, and extremely straightforward and easy to use. There are so many options for creating different sorts of comics. Here is a link of another teacher who had his students create a cover for some guided reading books using the site.

http://mreclassroom.edublogs.org/pixton-comic-maker/

I have not had the chance to let me students play with the site yet, but I told them the basics of it and showed some examples and they were so excited. I will post examples of their creations as soon as I can.