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High Flying Hijinks Creative Processes In collaboration with the art teacher, 4th graders learned about clay and stop motion animation techniques. We became animators, thinking through the story writing process and discussing what makes a good story. Students learned about the storyboarding process to plan their animations and sketched out their sets and characters. During the character creation phase, students learned about how animators use armatures to build characters. We also explored 2-dimensional animations using construction paper. Once characters and sets were constructed, students learned about photographic techniques used to create stop motion animations. Stop motions were created with clay and construction paper. Enjoy More Stop Motion AnimationsSmall But MightyKlever KittyStop Motion Animation Playlist DSC_0007 DSC_0006 DSC_0005 DSC_0003 DSC_0001 Read more!
Kindergartners ventured on an expedition to learn about theatrical productions in order to produce their own green screen story retelling. Read more!
The Poe Visual Poetry project was a collaboration with 7th grade Language Arts classes. As part of a unit on Poe and poetry, students analyzed meaning, tone and mood of a poem that spoke to them. Based on their interpretation, students choose photos and music reflecting the poem. Using Movie Maker, students created a visual interpretation of their poem. Read more!
Stories of the American Revolution is a digital storytelling project done in collaboration with 6th grade Social Studies teachers. Students were given a person, place or event that was significant to the American Revolution. Students researched their person, place or event and wrote a first person narrative. These narratives were recorded and turned into digital stories. The student project page can be found on the TechEdOnline wiki. This project was selected to be presented at TECH 20xx, an initiative designed to bring students and legislators together around educational technology. Project Lesson Plan View the Stories of the American Revolution lesson plan and rubric. Read more!