PE_Final Project

Relevant and Innovative learning Scenario

By: Alonzo Moses

1.     Target Audience - College students, Adults

2.     Materials - Use of computers, and training/tutorial video.

3.     Objectives – The student will be able to plan an animation utilizing the web tool GoAnimate with the features provided by the site. The student will be able to access goanimate.com and create an animation of their choice. The student will have access to a creative tool that will allow them to approach projects in an unique way.  

 

4.     Procedure – On Wednesday:

1. Introduction to the web tool.

2. Watch a training video that I made.  

3. Explaining of the assignment to be completed.

- On Thursday:

1.  Have students setup an account.

2.  Allow students to begin using the tool; familiarize themselves with tool.

3.  Plan/create interesting stories.

4. Save their work and share it publicly for viewing the next day.

5.     GoAnimate is what I designed my RILS around. GoAnimate, in short, is an animation tool that allow users to create a variety of animation with the use a computer and no downloading necessary.

6.     Social learning – Students are given the time to brainstorm and plan out what type of animation they would like to create. Because the animation is creator's choice, students are given a chance to reach inside pull out that creative side of themselves.

7.     Connections –  Since GoAnimate is an animation tool, its great as a starter animation tool for beginners. It gives them a preview of how basic animation production is done and processes that are taken to create an animation show.

 

8.     Product – An online animation.

 

9.     Assessment –   Students will be given a survey to evaluate their experience with the program. It will consist of about six essay questions which they have to answer to complete the survey.

10. Reflection  - The student will be asked to present their animation to their peers and give peer-to-peer critique. The teacher will also view these animations and give a critique.

My Reflection of the overall RILS process

GoAnimate was a pretty neat tool to work with. The students I work with seem excited about learning it and in fact couldn’t wait to start creating. GoAnimate allowed students that weren’t given that special drawing talent to express their creativity with the pre-made characters.

I think GoAnimate would make a great creative tool to use in classroom. I had fun working with it and so did the students I worked with.

PE5_GoAnimate! (Part 2)

Thumbnail of animation themes.

Ok, as I stated in my last post, GoAnimate allows you to create quick animation for varies. Ranging from advertising products and such to school projects. GoAnimate is a pretty simple tool to use, no advance study or how-to -do video is needed but if you need to see one they have it ready for view.

Character editor for the lil peepz.

GoAnimate allows users to create animation from nine (9) different types of themes. I used the lil peepz theme for the animation I created. It was made for a recent project, I thought would be great as my RILS to go more in-depth with it. By using some of the other features that the program offers for free users. You can check out one the parts to my project, as it was a two (2) part video, by clicking here.

PE4_GoAnimate! (Part 1)

Good evening everyone that is seeing this! For my Relevant and Innovative Learning Scenarios (RILS), I will using the GoAnimate! web 2.0 tool. As it is fun and exciting, and can be used for varies task. GoAnimate is a free animation tool that students can use for assignments as I stated in my past blog. During further investigation, I noticed some new things I didn't see when I first came across this tool. I will explain more about this tool in my next post.

BP7_Web Tool Promo-GoAnimate

Check out my promotional video for GoAnimate!
Hope you enjoy :D

BP6_Link to Catherine's Blog

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BP5_Link to Fari's Blog

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BP4_GoAnimate

Discovering Web 2.0 Tools…

How would you like to learn about a way to be an animator without knowing how to draw? Have you ever had animation idea that you would never make it to paper? Or maybe you want to living up your class with a creative project? If any of those situations have plagued you, look no further…GoAnimate is here!

GoAnimate is a neat creative tool that allows everyone to be there own animator. GoAnimate believes that everyone has a story to tell and should be able to share. However with the limited tools that are available its become difficult and time consuming. With GoAnimate, users are able to create animation in no time. GoAnimate characters are predesigned and can be later customized to your liking. With a free account, GoAnimate allows you to create an animation 2 minutes in length and a few themes, action move, etc. to use as well. So it would be pretty cool use for a small project. Although with upgraded account use have unlimited access to all they have offer…Trust me, its A LOT of STUFF!!

The first time I used this creative tool was during my Brain Based Learning course. I thought it was interesting when I found it. I wanted to do something a little different than what everyone else was doing. I mean who wants to be seen as the same as everyone else.  So GoAnimate allowed me to create a simple animation that explained brain based learning. Although, I had to break it up into two parts, it still turned out great in the end.

I can see this being used in all classes other than just art classes. It’s a nice simple tool that would get interested in the art world for sure and may lead into wanted to try out some advance tools like Adobe Flash, to name one.

Well until next time…

PE3_iMovie

Part 3..

For chapters 10-14, I took an interest in the freeze frame feature and green screen feature. In the past I wanted to learn how to do freeze frames and finally I know how to do it lol. I also learned that iMovie has a green screen feature. This is something I didn't know I could do in iMovie, I knew i could do this in FinalCut Pro. Which is what I did for all of my green screen scenes. Well until next time...

PE2_iMovie

Well I'm back, after taking a look at chapters 5-9. I learned about a few things iMovie has to offer. Pinning background music was something I thought was pretty interesting to try out. Ducking was also a feature I didn't know about. They seemed pretty simple to use when I edit certain videos.

Voice over was a feature I definitely could have used in an old film I made. I mean I had voice overs but I had to do them the old fashion way lol. I can't believe I missed that one feature on iMovie.

I also enjoyed learning about the advance precision editor. I have played around with that one feature a few times with some of the videos we made recently. Well, I'll be back in a few with chapters 10-14...

PE1_iMovie

Good evening all!!

Today I took a look at the iMovie '09 Essentials training.     


So far I watched chapters 1-4 and I have to say it pretty much gave me a refresher of a few simple things I knew about iMovie. During my undergraduate studies, I took a course in film-making and we had to learn editing tools like iMovie and FinalCut Pro. We had to play around with them to see how certain functions worked but got an in-depth tutorial on how to use it like this one. So I'm looking forward to learning about somethings I didn't know about the program. Well, I'll be back in a few with a post on chapters 5-9...

BP3_iGoogleScreenShots

I'm pretty sure iGoogle PLE will come in handy. Here are a few shots of how I have it setup for now.

BP2_Carrot Sticks

Carrot Stick is a virtual game for kids. In Carrot Stick students from grade 1-5 get the extra help they may need with math. As they play in Carrot Stick, students learn and build values, knowledge and skills that help them become more knowledgeable individuals. Students learn to respect each other and the environment in the safe online community. While students are in Carrot Stick, they are faced with communicating with other students from around the world that are interested in exploring the resources of the game.

Once you visit Carrot Stick, you will be required to create a username and password. Carrot Stick students can then create an avatar of there character. Carrot Stick can be purchase for 5.95/month for unlimited use. Allowing students to learn additional math skills, such as, subtraction, multiplication, and division. The free trial allows students unlimited play of addition problems. Although, with their free unlimited classroom program. Students will be able to play from the hours of (7am-3pm) via classroom access.

How to integrate Carrot Stick into the classroom: This safe virtual world is a great place for students to practice their early childhood math skills. Carrot Stick students are given control of the game and are able to choose if they want to take on the challenges alone or with the help of other Carrot Stick learner from in the classroom or around the world. Not only will they be allowed to play from school. Students can also begin the game home with, needed, permission from their parents. Parents can purchase the game to help their little ones continue learning while at home.

BP1_Welcome to my blog

Well let's see..this is my very first blog. I'm not sure if I'm doing this right but here I go lol.

When you hear the words art and technology, what comes to mind for you? Some may think of these two separately. Others on the hand may think of them in a limited manner. I on the other hand see them as half equaling a whole! Growing up I was greatly influenced by technology, from my first game system and building my own computer at an young age. I later began to take a liking to art when I was middle school. Loved it so much I decided to major in it at Bowie State Uni. Although I had a tough time deciding on what I wanted to focus on. I was overwhelmed with so many possibilities, I mean can you blame me :D!! There are so many things you can do with art and technology. We all see this on normal basis but have you ever took a minute and thought how those billboards were made? Or even the designs of a cereal box? Even the movies we see on weekends (or whenever your free) are all done by art and technology. Pretty much everything in this world is created using the two which is why I was so overwhelmed lol. I love it all and willing to learn anything new. The picture you see was something I made a few months ago. You can check out more of my work by clicking here!

Until next time ;)