Comics with Pixton

Practising writing with your students of the 1st year of CSE is more motivating with Pixton, as they create their own stories at the same time they improve their digital competence

In this class I have organised groups of 3 according to their English level, fostering coopeartive work.

In the first session, I explained the final task and grouped the students. In groups, they decided the characters in their story, the setting, main conflict and solution

The teacher also provided them with story dices so as to they can be inspired and play at the same time. In the next two sessions, computer trolleys available at highschool were provided in order to carry out the final product.

The objectives were to develop their digital competence, and their group work. In this sense, I guided them to organise the different members' job and assign each one a task. Youtube videos about Pixton were also shown so as they were able to manage it correctly.

The results were awesome as you can see in the examples. The majority of the group loved the activity as they feel capable of creating a comic. On the other hand, the problem with Pixton is that you only have a 7 days free trial, so groups with a lower level need more time to finish their tasks.

The final day, a presentation on the digital board was done by each group. In this way, they could practice speaking from writing.

The other groups were provided with the rubric the teacher uses for assessment. In this sense, they could obtain a mark and provide feedback to their classmates. Moreover, a self and peer evaluation checklist was provided to each member of the group in order to reflect about their work.