Clay Animation: Plain & Simple Mary Sue Foster Professor, WSU Tonya Witherspoon Educational Technology Specialist, WSU Kansas Art Education Association.

Clay Animation: Plain & SimpleClay Animation: Plain & Simple

Mary Sue FosterProfessor, WSU

Tonya WitherspoonEducational Technology Specialist, WSU

Kansas Art Kansas Art Education Education

AssociationAssociationFall ConferenceFall Conference

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Provides opportunities

• Collaborate and work as a team

Provides opportunities

• Use humor to solve visual problems

Provides opportunities

• Develop creative characteristics– Fluency– Originality– re-definition– Adaptation– Elaboration

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Mueller Elementary Wichita, KS, Beth Adamson, 4/5 Grade Classroomhttp://mueller.usd259.org/dilsaver/animation/ani1.html

Robinson Middle School, Wichita, KS- Gail Boddy, 7/8 Grade Classroomhttp://robinson.usd259.org/clayanimation/clay.html

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Clay Animation

Helps meet the National Visual Arts Standards, adopted in 1994

• # 1: Understand and apply visual arts media, techniques and processes

Clay Animation

Helps meet the National Visual Arts Standards, adopted in 1994

• #2: Use knowledge of visual arts structures and functions

Clay Animation

Helps meet the National Visual Arts Standards, adopted in 1994

• #3: Choose and evaluate a range of subject matter

Clay Animation

Helps meet the National Visual Arts Standards, adopted in 1994

• #4: Understand the visual arts in relation to history and cultures

Clay Animation

Helps meet the National Visual Arts Standards, adopted in 1994

• #5: Reflect upon and assess the characteristics and merits of their work and their work of other

Clay Animation

Helps meet the National Visual Arts Standards, adopted in 1994

• #6: Make connections between visual arts and other disciplines

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Wichita State University- Mary Sue Foster, Teacher Education/Art Methods

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Clay AnimationClay Animation

Wichita State University- Mary Sue Foster, Teacher Education/Art Methods

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Clay AnimationClay Animation

Wichita State University- Mary Sue Foster, Teacher Education/Art Methods

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High Tech?High Tech?Plain & Simple!Plain & Simple!

Wichita State University- Mary Sue Foster, Teacher Education/Art Methods

Tech4Learning Clay Tech4Learning Clay Animation KitAnimation Kit

• Animation Software

• Book

• Clay

• Sculpting tools

• Accessories

• Work mat

Clay Animation: Plain & SimpleClay Animation: Plain & Simple

Mary Sue FosterProfessor, WSU

Tonya WitherspoonEducational Technology Specialist, WSU

Questions??Questions??

Kansas Art Kansas Art Education Education

AssociationAssociationFall ConferenceFall Conference

20022002