What is Pixton?
Simply stated, Pixton.com is a social community where anyone can easily create, share, remix and publish their comic strip stories with people around the globe. If you find a great comic in French, you can instantly translate it into English. Or German. Or even Greek. Pretty cool, eh?
There are three versions: Pixton for Fun (public), Pixton for Schools (education) and Pixton Storyboard (private).
Pixton provides students with an active and fun learning experience. It's also a good way for parents to tap into the multiple learning styles of their students. Parents can also create accounts for students without requiring them to have an email address. Pixton is also an amazing digital tool for students to create digital storytelling projects.
In terms of the educational value of comics, the Pixton team emphasizes the following:
- Pathway to Literacy: Instantly capture students' attention and motivate them to learn, using a familiar medium they understand.
- Collaboration: Foster peer-to-peer interaction between students. Or between students and teachers.
- Visual Learning: Reinforce your lesson through the associative power of words and images.
The Pixton tool set is very intuitive, easy-to-use, and really fun. If you browse the public gallery, you'll see all the creative ways people are using Pixton and your mind will quickly overflow with ideas.
There are lots of ways for you to share what you create with others outside the Pixton community. You can embed your Pixton comic in PBwiki, blog, or share a link via email, Twitter or IM. Check our PBwiki 101 page to learn how to embed a Pixton Interactive Comic in a wiki page.
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