Pixton

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 * __ THE FACTS __**
 * ====//**Pixton is the "#1 DIY Cartoon Website", "The Art of Storytelling and Comics"**//====
 * Pixton provides "safety mechanisms" (as seen on their Parent's Website) to ensure the safety and primary goal of education for all students, including
 * **Language Filter**: Flagged words are automatically turned into "grawlies" like #$@! in all comics, comments, and messages.
 * **Report Button:** Anyone can report inappropriate conduct by clicking this button on any comic or profile page.
 * **Audience Rating:** Authors can choose the intended audience of a comic: Just for Kids, Adults Only, or All Ages.
 * **Age-Specific Setting:** By activating this filter, members will tend to see more comics aimed at their age group.
 * Pixton even includes a Code of Conduct for all users and warns users that if rules are broken, they will be suspended or banned. These include:
 * Respecting
 * Remixing with respect
 * Reporting trouble-makers
 * Preserving attribution of all comics
 * There are also instructions for what to do if someone...
 * Uses comics or comments to argue
 * Posts rude comments/messages
 * Posts comments not about comic
 * Harasses people about personal beliefs
 * Remixes a comic without adding anything new
 * Posts suggestive or indecent content
 * Depicts nudity (not even tolerated if you "think" its artsy)
 * Uses someone else's account
 * Impersonated a celebrity
 * Portrays Pixton staff in comics without permission
 * Discusses Pixton policies publicly on site (encouraging them to contact them directly)
 * There is a free 14-day trial for all teachers! Also, you can create your own comic strips, with a certain amount of restrictions, through Pixton by creating a log-in (Pixton For Fun).
 * For teachers who do see themselves using this tool, it is as low as $31/month for a classroom (based off of $1/person). If a school or team would want to purchase the tool (which includes the activation keys for students, as well as full teacher access), it would be as low as $0.24/person!

**//Examples Found on the Pixton Project Bank, and made by us://**

 * ====6th grade: Tara's creation on @Character Study====
 * ====7th grade====
 * Hannah's Creation of Alliteration
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 * ====8th grade: Samantha's Creation on China's One Child Policy ====
 * ====ANY Grade Project Sheets: Book Report====

** Classroom Exploration/Learning via Pixton **

 * ====Pixton's Overview for Educational Use: Pixton's Examples====
 * ====Smart Board, as well as Interactive White Boards can be used with Pixton!====
 * ===="Classroom" Setup through Pixton====
 * ====Pixton allows you, as a teacher, to create your own Classroom website for sharing cartoons. You would have the opportunity to create a "classroom" with grade and subject area, add students, allow them to add their comic strips, and comment on their work along with others. Students are given an "activation key" which puts them directly into your Pixton "classroom" -- emails are not required.====
 * ====Pixton also allows you to set up "Projects" with instructions, as well as due dates, for your students. Students can also download and add their comic strips to printable projects. We, as teachers, would also have the capability to mark/correct anything on the comic strips and send it back for revision. Pixton is definitely thinking of teachers! It even allows a teacher to go into her Pixton "classroom" and print out summary reports of the work of each individual student.====
 * ====Students would be able to "Rate" one another's comic strips, as well as provide feedback (an additional aspect of analyzing art/media/text). A great working environment is also created through the capability of "group messaging", and "self assessment".====
 * ====There is also an option on Pixton for individual students to allow their comic strips to be "remixed" (rearranged, rewritten) by other students, or even the public.====

//We can see ourselves using Pixton in both the Language Arts and Social Studies Classrooms the following ways...//

 * ====**Language Arts**====
 * ====Illustrating a particular character from a novel or in-class read. This would be a great way to show the relationship between the character's interactions with other characters, as well as bring the book "to life" through the readers' perspectives.====
 * ====Plot Analysis of a Novel====
 * ====Pre-Writing or Post-Writing Tool (i.e, create a storyboard before writing your essay/story)====
 * ====Students can enter their comic strips into contests via Pixton====
 * ====Use Pixton comic strips after a story has been written -- Students could "employ" their own illustrating skills, or the skills of their peers to illustrate their stories.====
 * ====**Social Studies**====
 * ====Present Current Events in the Classroom -- making for a more fun and visual representation of the issues surrounding their lives!====
 * ====Present research findings in summary form through a customized comic strip====
 * ====Create illustrations of historical events - include voice recording as well!====

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