Literacy Resources

class1a on animation from Matty Dawe on Vimeo. During an animation project that has spanned this year, I have been concentrating  on what progression in animamtion looks like.  Now that I have a little time I want to spend some time reflecting on what the animation did for literacy learning.  I want to think beyond [...]

I haven’t taken part in this type of activity before but I thought it would be a good way to end the academic year.  Darren Rowse on Problogger suggested that bloggers write a post with the following seven links (in bold) so here are mine. Your first post – My first post explained why I [...]

Ingredients A willing teacher Viewing opportunities Reliable software  (Zu3D or I Can Animate) Suitable camera (Hue webcam) Groups of children with something to say Models that the children can manipulate easily (2D, scissors, toys, paper, photos) The 3 Cs (critical, creative and cultural) More than one opportunity to animate throughout the year linked to the [...]

On Wednesday, the Persistence of Vision group met for the last time.  As usual we shared our thoughts about the animation work that had been going on in the classrooms and looked at the animations that the children had produced.  Having made 3 animations throughout the year we are now starting to become much more [...]