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Differentiating Instruction with Clay Animation

Differentiating Instruction with Clay Animation. Lou Jara Courtney Kaczka Appoquinimink School District. Presented at the Delaware Instructional Technology Conference April 19, 2007. What is Clay Animation?. Building clay character(s) Movement of character(s)

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Differentiating Instruction with Clay Animation

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  1. Differentiating Instruction with Clay Animation Lou Jara Courtney Kaczka Appoquinimink School District Presented at the Delaware Instructional Technology Conference April 19, 2007

  2. What is Clay Animation? Building clay character(s) Movement of character(s) Taking pictures of each movement Putting pictures together

  3. Animation

  4. Why Use Clay Animation? • Brings learning to life • Engaging • Motivating • Allows for different learning styles • Tactile • Visual • Logical • Musical

  5. The Clay Animation Process • Storyboarding • Building characters • Taking pictures

  6. Clay Animation in the Classroom • Instruction • To present new concepts • To review • Assessment • Concept attainment in various curricular areas • Public Service Announcement

  7. Hints & Tricks for Characters • Start small • Use Armatures • Make big feet • Top lightnot Top heavy • Use lighter color clay first • Clean hands and tools often

  8. Start small Shoot down with characters flat Use a box top Use a tripod Store all pictures in one folder Use JPEG format Name/number pictures Take lots of pictures for smoother action Hints & Tricksfor Pictures

  9. Hints & Tricks • Remember to Save • Add Text • Save a Working Copy • Add sound effects or music • Try narration

  10. Our Motto:Little Movements…Lots of Pictures!

  11. Basic Supplies • Clay that won’t dry out • Camera that will take digital pictures • Software (Videoblender/Frames) • Plastic tablecloth • Microphone • Babywipes

  12. Aluminum foil Pipecleaners Flexible straws Rolling pin Pasta machine Styrofoam balls Wiggle eyes Garlic Press Additional Supplies

  13. Resources Tech4Learning Websitehttp://www.tech4learning.com/claykit/index.html Aardman Animationshttp://www.aardman.com/

  14. Let’s Get Started!

  15. Create Storyboard • Idea from mind to paper • Sketch out on storyboard • Transfer ideas into clay

  16. Ideas for Today

  17. Pictures • Take pictures of each and every movement • Take many pictures • The more pictures the smoother the movement

  18. Frames Software • Upload pictures to software • Add or delete pictures as necessary • Create Introduction slide • Create ending/credits slide • Save as an AVI movie format.

  19. A few more examples

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