Work in progress - Animation

Well, we started our animation today and it was really good. It took a long time to do this part and we didnt get through the whole lot in the hour we were given. Im gonna put the link on here for the unfinished version but hopefully we can break into the computer room for some more editing next week.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV_0v2d_z94

Animation is a really good activity for pupils to do, it links to lots of different topics and subjects. Literacy is the most obvious one however it links very well to history, georgraphy, PSHE, music and drama. It can also be used to support numeracy if done correctly. Animation can also be used to support and assess pupils speaking and listening skills, they are working together as a group discussing ideas and taking different roles in the group.

During my previous school experience I worked with a group of year 2 pupils to produce a snowman dance based on their Litracy topic 'The Snowman'. They became very excited when we attemped it and became very difficult to have a group of them working around a table. This can be solved by working with animation more often and allowing the pupils to investigate the program to understand it further.