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Encouraging the Use of Creativity in Learning Using Pixton Comics

Encouraging the Use of Creativity in Learning Using Pixton Comics

From the course: Teacher Tech Tips

Encouraging the Use of Creativity in Learning Using Pixton Comics

- Hi, welcome to Teacher Tips. I'm Oliver Schinkten. It's important to foster creativity in the classroom and allow your students the ability to represent their understanding of content knowledge in creative ways. In my opinion, this has not been a strength of schools over the past couple of decades, but in the digital age, it's easier than ever. Today, I want to go over a website that allows students to use their artistic creativity and create comics that help show their understanding of concepts and terminology in your class. The website is called Pixton Comics, and it's a great way to empower creativity in students by giving students the permission to think outside the box. Navigate to "Pixton.com". This is the homepage. Notice there are three main categories: "Pixton for Fun", "Pixton for Schools", and "Pixton for Business". Although you can create a free account in "Pixton for Fun" that gives you some basic abilities, I want to look at "Pixton for Schools". In "Pixton for…

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