Submitted by: Alison Owens
Collaborators: Joy McDonald, ITRT
School: Hungary Creek Middle
Summary
Students will learn about how digital cartoons and animated films are made. Students will explore available programs, tutorials, and technological tools for making an animated “film” of their own. Students will create a 30-60 minute animation and present it to the class. Students will use a blog to share ideas and discuss what they have learned and their thoughts on graphic design, animation, and/or illustration as a career. Students will learn from each other by posting successes on the project blog or collaborating during class.
TIPC Ratings
Approaching: Students are conducting research that they will synthesize to complete an authentic task. Students will display their work in presentation format to their peers, as well as, digitally to a broader audience including other teachers, their parents and relatives.
Approaching: Students will select appropriate digital tools for their project by communicating and collaborating with their peers. Some students will emerge as the “experts” on certain programs and be able to “teach” their peers.
Target: This lesson presents students with a unique set of problems to solve. They will be figuring out how to take a creative idea and bring it to life. They will need to use tutorials and to ask their peers to learn techniques on programs of choice. Students will be using math skills as it relates to timing of slides and slides per second. Students will use their critical thinking skills to analyze the process and reflect on how it might relate to a real life career.
Target: Students will create ideas for their films from self-generated knowledge. They are encouraged to choose a topic that has meaning to them such as a ballerina dancing, a basketball player making a slam-dunk, or a fantasy character playing in candy land. Students are encouraged to create new ideas and products within and beyond assignment parameters.
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