In this activity I have taken advantage of the previous work
we had been doing in the unit dealing with the world of cinema. So, they had
previously acted out a diologue where they expressed their likes about one
specific film or TV series (most of them are hooked to Netflix these days), using the Past Simple and Continuous ,
adjectives to depict their feelings abot the film, etc.
The previous step before doing the Pixton activity was a
written task that they did where they had to hand in a film or series review
following an outline:
Paragraph 1
Title
Type of film
Director
Main charachters
Paragraph 2
Plot Summary –when/ where the action takes place (setting)
-relevant
charaters and what happened to them
-what
happened next
-Finally
Paragraph 3
Personal opinión and why you recommend the film
After handing in the written task I told them to produce a
comic using Pixton based on the reviews they had previously produced. The
learning objectives were:
-to use an online tool to produce a comic related to a film
or TV series.
-to be able to agree on which film to work and how to select
relevant information
-to foster group work and relevant discussion
-to use English in a communicative way
Groups of 3 students were formed and, in this case, I let
them manage to form them. Then, they had to decide which film they were going
to work on (peace of cake for them). After that, since they had previously watched
the Pixton tutorial, they started signing in Pixton and work on their comics.
We found out that the tablets we can use
in our school didn’t allow us to work with Pixton directly from their webpage ,instead
they had to download the Pixton app so they could start working.
As for creativity, the sky is the limit for most of them.
Although they had a previuos script so as tos ay, they had to adapt what they
had verbalised into a new and completely format: the comic format. They found
it very amusing the way they could make their characters change and the
different possibilities that the app provided them. On the other hand, (and it
doesn’t have anything to do with the activity itself), they had to fight
against some technical difficulties since the possibility to access their emails
is banned at school. However, they overcome the difficulty differently. Some
used the school’s email, while others surfed the concealed mode in Google so
they could get Access to their personal email accounts.
Finally we have shared all the comics in the class and they
have given their comments about their mates’ Works. They are very happy to have
worked on this task, where their imagination and ability to use the tool for the
first time have really impressed me. In this respect, one of my students, who is very fond of audiovisual tools, prepared on his own a video trailer based on the comic he and his mates in the group had produced.
Here's the link to the video trailer.
Here's the link to the video trailer.
Here you can find some examples of the Pixton comics that my students have produced.
Hello Rafael!
ResponderEliminarI am doing task 6.4 and I have just come across your blog. Congratulations for your work! Tasks are very well explained and we get a clear idea of how you worked with your students using the different tools.
If I had to change anything from the blog, I would recommend you to change the layout and appearance so as to get the viewers attraction more easily.
You did a good job!