Pixton Comic Creating Software

School:: Oakridge Middle
Subject:: Art
Teacher:: Mary Thompson
Students Impacted:: 210
Grade:: 6-8
Date:: July 20, 2022

Investor

Thank you to the following investor for funding this grant.

Suncoast Credit Union - $99.00

Impact to My Classroom

# of Students Impacted: 150

Thank you so much for your generous contribution to Oakridge Middle School, for $99.00. We extend our gratitude for your continued support of the Arts & Instructional Resource funding through your grant making activity.

This grant was used to assist in assessing the students learning and adjust our teaching strategies to accommodate our 21st Century learners. This is one of the many examples of how this program benefits’ both the educator and the students: During the 2^nd quarter Integrated Arts / Instructional Resource (IR) learning goal(s) for 6^th through 8^th grade was to learn how to create digital stories. Fortunately, due to your generosity our students were able to use Pixton in Art class to get students motivated to learn and encourage them to use their creative side to make their own comic. The comics were based on a social emotion situation that the students could face in real life events. During this lesson there was100% of student engagement. Not to mention that the comics were creative and right on point for handling unwanted occurrences.

Thanks Again

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Original Grant Overview

Goal

Our classroom goal is to have 100% of students actively engaged while I am teaching. One way to achieve this goal is by utilizing the online platform program entitled, “Pixton;” which is a comic and storyboard builder for education. This program allows me to differentiate instruction for each student and provide individual feedback on their individual projects.

What will be done with my students

I am an Art Educator, and we plan on utilizing Pixton across 6-8 grade levels in my classes. Pixton allows teachers and students to construct their own comic strips. There are a variety of comic strip layouts, numerous character and background choices, and a ton of creative options. The 2020-21 school year I personally purchased this software and 2021-22 school year we received a Champions for Learning Grant and 2022-23 we would like to continue what we have started by using Pixton. The students loved creating stories and elaborating on stories that we read in class (the students were asked to extend their thinking and change the outcome of the story that we read). In addition, the students can interact with one another to promote the power of collaborative thinking. This allows students to interact and develop comic stories and have firsthand experience with creating virtual situations where they can also practice appropriate social and emotional behaviors.

Benefits to my students

With the addition of access to technology it is more important than ever to find ways to engage the students on their level. Also, the students need to expand their understanding and usage of appropriate educational learning platforms.

Budget Narrative

Thank you in advance for your consideration.

Items

#	Item	Cost
1	Pixton Comic Making Software	$99.00
	Total:	$99.00

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