Art Tech Task #2

The website I decided to use this week is called Chogger. This is a website that allows you to create your own comics. These can be set up in a multitude of different ways. When you get to the website you just sign in or make an account. At this point, you can browse other comics that people have already made or create your own. There is a button that literally says "BUILD A COMIC NOW".

At this point the website gives you the options as to the layout of your comic. Once you pick a layout it will ask you to add images. This can be done by google search, upload, take your own, or draw. You can also write on your comic to add in text and name it. Once you have completed the entire thing you press finish!

I searched this website on the app store and it is not an app. 

This tool could be real great because you could do a lesson on comics and what they are or how they look. Just as well, have the children research comics and their origins or what different ones are like. Once you have done this you could have the children create a project on this website for a different subject area. For example, I tried to create one on the life cycle of a butterfly to use in a lesson. you could have the children pick a specific topic and let them create their own comic. I find that they would most likely enjoy this because it is something they just got done learning about and then they get to create their own. I would most likely use this tool not only in my own lessons but also to have the children create their own. This website is not an app, however, my students could definitely still use it to create their own artifacts. 

I found this website decently easy to navigate and use. However, the only issues I found were with uploading pictures into my comic. It kept telling me that I couldn't upload them or it would never load so that was quite frustrating. So this may be an issue for students in regards to making their own artifacts. This may require them to be patient and play around with the site a little bit. 

Because of the difficulties that I had with this site I'm not sure that I would actually use this site in my classroom. I enjoyed the site until I actually tried using it and then found these issues. 

I was unable to make my comic because the site would not load any of the images I saved or searched. However, I am still attaching the layout of the site, in picture form, to give you all a better visual of the layout!