So this week has gone by quite fast, and a lot of the things we have covered here I will absolutely take as part of my future projects in school.
For example we had a workshop day on stop-motion animation, and created short movies using StopMotion Studio (a free app), and with a few final edits from iMovie. After a brief introduction to the world of animation, we began planning and creating our projects. Our animation teacher was David Hands, and he had a couple of his students (Sasha and Ivan) come in to help us when the movie making began.
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| Studying and notes |
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| Story board |
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| Materials |
We had a variety of materials at our disposal, and after some cutting, drawing and planning, we were ready for the task of click-move objects-click-move objects- repeat ad infinitum (or in our case, about 300 times).
Our movie turned out quite well, and the app was easy enough to be used with students.
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| Planning and trying out |
The process was fun and rewarding, and certainly simple enough to be used with students. As long as the cameras and light sources are steady (tripods and selfie-stick brackets come in handy), the rest is just clicks and minor adjustments of materials.
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| Our team hard at work |
And here's the final product :)
In addition to these, I've also become more familiar with Quick Response, or QR-codes, which can act as links between paper and digital forms. These could be used to create scavenger-hunts, listening exercises, extra challenges for those who finish earlier, and many more. One possible site for creating these is QRStuff.
All in all, the course and its contents have been very useful and informative, and I'll be sure to rant and rave about these programs back in school as well.
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