A Pixton Response to Standardized Testing

Jim Pseudonym's series "No More Teacher's Dirty Looks" is always entertaining. Here's a great one about standardized testing.

Pixton for Schools

As I've mentioned before, I'm slightly obsessed with Pixton.com, and it seems that a lot of educators are.  I have used it for my grad school classes and for fun, and I hope I will have a chance to give my students the same opportunity to use it as a satisfying outlet for their ideas and creativity as I have.  Even in my interim between grad school and my first teaching job, I still log onto Pixton fairly regularly because I love the site.  This following video should help you understand the benefits of using Pixton in the classroom and might even hook you as a personal user.

One of my favorite Pixton comics, ebabin, writes about her experiences in her classroom, and they are always very entertaining.  She sets her comic characters and props against a background of photos from her classroom, which gives her comics an authentic feel.




Another great Pixon educator comic is slickscience, who creates comics to use with students to teach them science concepts such as physical and chemical changes as seen below.



Take some time to check out the rest of ebabin and slickscience's comics, as well as Pixton's other top authors.  And while you're at it, you could always look through my comics, too!

Vanderbilt Reflection

One of my last assignments for my Vanderbilt career was to write a reflection on my online experiences with educators.  I made a comic on Pixton.com, a really cool, easy-to-use online comic builder.  I have used it for several comics, including my series about my old cat Smelly (I think they’re pretty entertaining.  Check them out!), and can’t wait for an opportunity for students to create their own Pixton comics.

To view the online teaching community comic, click and drag the comic side-to-side to see hidden panels.