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July 5, 2009

"Playing Fast and Loose" with Web 2.0 Pixton and Shakespeare



Michael LoMonico, Senior Consultant on National Education for the Folger Shakespeare Library, blogs about using Web 2.0 tools such as Pixton to help today’s students engage with The Bard.

Advances in technology have given Shakespeare teachers excellent tools to help students explore the texts more closely. He believes that Web 2.0 tools empower students and give them real-world tasks that they can post for the whole world to see.
 
"Using Pixton to create scenes from a play is a simple way for students to explore Shakespeare’s texts in a graphic format. With Pixton’s built-in graphics and templates, the user can make the most subtle facial expressions, as well as detailed hand and body positions."

Here’s a passage from Macbeth created by one of his students.

To read the entire article on PBS Teachers, click here

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March 27, 2009

Sharing Cartoons with the World

Sharing Cartoons with the World from Jonathan Marks on Vimeo.

At SXSW, we had the pleasure to meet and have a quick interview on camera with the media "insultant" Jonathan Marks, Founder of Critical Distance in the Netherlands. His experience of more than 25 years in the broadcasting business has taken him to many exotic places around the globe including Austin, TX.

Marks is interested in the ways in which traditional and emerging media are used to share ideas across borders. He uses a relevant mix of video, audio and text to capture his stories. Operating on the edge of broadcast and mobile, Marks explores how emerging technologies enhance the effectiveness of digital storytelling in all corners of the world, and most recently in Africa.

To watch the video interview of Clive giving a demo of Pixton and Pixton animation (a world's first - coming soon!) on a 78" Promethean interactive whiteboard click on the video above. Enjoy!

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January 10, 2009

What do Amish Technology, Checkers and Pixtonators all have in common?

BubbaMuski. This professional comedian/artistic director from Chicago has an eclectic sense of humor - to say the least. His Amish Technology series is a comical twist of how they interpret modern day techno-gadgets from flying saucers to the xbox.

It's hard to believe but comics aren't only about telling jokes. BubbaMuski puts a creative spin in his Checkers' series that almost send you off the board like it does his characters! If cyborgs are your thing, check out Bubba's Pixtonator. One question seems to remain - is he more human than machine?

Do you have a superhero you want to share with the world, but cannot draw? Start creating on Pixton now, sign-up is free!

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