Week 5 Animation

We made these films on the Dfilm website: http://dfilm.com/live/moviemaker.html I think the hardest part about it was coming up with a storyline.. The characters to choose from are not the most appropriate types for primary aged students, but I love the simplicity and user-friendly options to create your own scenario in minutes. I learned how to embed a video clip on the blog too! Go to Edit Html, and copy and paste the embed code (found on most Youtube sights).








http://www.sketchswap.com/ Greg showed us this website today - It's a forum where you can draw a sketch using a mouse or a graphic drawer. You submit your sketch and instantly get a sketch back. Awesome! One thing to consider is that you aren't sure what sketch you will get back - there's no screening process. The first sketch I got back was a picture of a toothless man smoking with the caption ' Do you think I'm bold 'cause I smoke?' Not the most appropriate sketch for an eight year old to receive..

http://www.zimmertwins.com/ This interactive website allows you to develop your own animation using ready-made characters and actions. You can easily develop your own story line, without the hassle of creating your own characters.

www.abc.net.au/rollercoaster/rollermache/inspire.htm
This website illustrates how professional create their animations. It would be a great resource to inspire kids and to draw ideas of ways to develop their own ideas into creating animations. It gives explanations on how to storyboard, develop characters, and incorporate sound and music into an animation.




http://www.reasonablyclever.com/mini/flash/kid.swf


This site is fun.. Create your own lego character using the mini-mizer. Be careful to make sure kids use the kid-safe program - it's possible to find some innaproppriate lego characters! A good resource for thinking about character development.

Ode to a spell checker

I have a spelling checker
It came with my PC
It plainly marks for my review
Mistakes I cannot see.

I strike a key and type a word
And wait for it to say
Whether I am wrong or right
It shows me straight away.


We wrote this in a blind typing activity in the workshop. We turned off our monitors, and typed while Greg dictated the script. I thought I was doing pretty well, but Greg soon revealed that the words he was dictating were homonyms (words of the same spelling or sound as another but of differing meaning). In this case the ode would not make any sense, but I appreciate the activity.