When most of us think of animation, we normally think of our favorite Disney characters we liked when we were growing up. However, animation is much more than Mickey Mouse or Cinderella animation is exciting, interesting and full of learning opportunities for children. Animation allows children to have control and use their imagination. Using animation in the classroom gives children a strong sense of control and allows the students to create their own characters and make the characters do whatever they want them to. Animation is great for introducing students to the concept of artwork and storytelling. Producing animation may involve many processes such as storyboarding, scripting, developing characters, creating animated figures, and recording vocals. Animation helps capture a student's attention and makes a connection between visual and verbal learning. Because animation is fun and exciting, students get into their work becoming more creative, producing a more exciting end result. You can use animation in any classroom (art, graphics, history, English, reading, writing, math, psychology, biology, any sciences, and much more). There are many different ways to integrate it into the classrooms for example in diagrams of how to do something, an animation of an event (for history) and many other. The options are endless. Producing animation may involve many processes such as storyboarding, scripting, developing characters, creating animated figures, and recording vocals.
Guidelines for Animation:
1.The design must focus and guide the attention of the user to the relevant information.
2.Narration must occur simultaneously with the relevant animation.
3.Text within the animations should be used sparingly. (Don't cause information overload).
4.Create user controls.
5.Make the end of the animation clear
6. Use the appropriate level of abstraction
7. Use metaphor
8. Create user controls
9. Clearly mark the animation
10. The type of assessment or desired learning outcome is important to consider
Why use Animation and Multi-media?
Animation can be best used for information that is procedural and is difficult to observe in the real world. Sketch pads and drawing boards are almost non-existent these days. Almost all of the animation and multi-media is done a sketch pad connected to a computer or directly on the computer which saves a lot of time and aggravation.
Although Animation and Multi-media creation are extremely time consuming, it is a great way to incorporate group work and give the students a sense of control over their learning. As students continue to explore animation and multi-media they will broaden their creativity and strengthen their storytelling.
11 comments:
I love how you put Cinderella in your blog! It grabs the readers attention. I also like how you included the guidelines to Animation and Multimedia. :)
I like how this article related the topic to Disney characters and other animations that children (and everyone else) love. Its interesting how all of our weekly lessons apply to each other.
I enjoyed reading your article, and the fact that although it is not always the easiest, Mult-media/animation is a fun, creative tool for the classroom, and with students not getting as much art they can be artistic in a new way.
Great article. I agree animation is a great way to have students be in control of their work and create their own characters. I liked your guidelines section I agree it is important to have user control settings and to be careful with information overload.
It was a great idea for you to focus your article on Animation for children. It is such a wonderful media tool that stimulates creativity and imagination in children. The disney character on the page was also very cute!I loved your section on guidelines as well. Great job Team One.
I didn't realize that "producing animation may involve many processes such as storyboarding, scripting, developing characters, creating animated figures, and recording vocals." After reading your article I feel more informed on how animation works in the classroom, and I also learned the guidelines to animation. Good job!
I really liked all the great visuals you guys used. It made the blog very appealing to the eye. I like how you made the point that animation is not always easy, however it is a great way for students to be in control of their work and feel secure about it.
I really enjoyed your blog this week. it was informative and you didnt leave out the importance of some kind of sensorship. I also` enjoyed the fact that you introduced it as a new way introduce creativity in the classroom!
I absolutely loved your teams blog. I liked the way you said that animation alows kids to create their own characters and how they think they would look and sound. that is such a great point! I also liked how you related this topic to Disney! Because I think that evryone can relate to Disney so that was a great choice.
I thought you guys had a great article! It really shows how the little things you can do to a lesson helps grab the childs attention. Any way that a child can relate to something in the classroom is going to be considered a "hook" and that child is going to be interested and paying attention to the lesson. You guys did a great job!
i found this article very useful and informational considering it explained in detail why you would use Animation and Multi-media and also the guidelines for animation.
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