Differentiating Instruction with Clay Animation Lou Jara Courtney Kaczka Appoquinimink School District Presented at the Delaware Instructional Technology.

Differentiating Differentiating Instruction with Clay Instruction with Clay

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Differentiating Differentiating Instruction with Clay Instruction with Clay

AnimationAnimation

Lou JaraLou Jara

Courtney KaczkaCourtney Kaczka

Appoquinimink School DistrictAppoquinimink School District

Presented at the Delaware Instructional Technology Conference April 19, 2007

What is Clay Animation?What is Clay Animation?What is Clay Animation?What is Clay Animation?

•Building clay character(s)Building clay character(s)•Movement of character(s)Movement of character(s)•Taking pictures of each movementTaking pictures of each movement•Putting pictures togetherPutting pictures together

Animation

Why Use Clay Animation?

• Brings learning to life• Engaging• Motivating• Allows for different learning styles

– Tactile– Visual– Logical– Musical

The Clay Animation Process

• Storyboarding• Building characters• Taking pictures

Clay Animation in the Classroom

• Instruction– To present new concepts– To review

• Assessment– Concept attainment in various

curricular areas

• Public Service Announcement

Hints & Tricks for Characters

• Start small• Use Armatures• Make big feet• Top light not Top heavy• Use lighter color clay first• Clean hands and tools often

Hints & Tricksfor Pictures

• Start small• Shoot down with

characters flat• Use a box top• Use a tripod• Store all pictures

in one folder• Use JPEG format

• Name/number pictures

• Take lots of pictures for smoother action

Hints & Tricks• Remember to Save• Add Text• Save a Working Copy• Add sound effects or music• Try narration

Our Motto:Our Motto:LittleLittle Movements… Movements…

LotsLots of Pictures! of Pictures!

Basic Supplies• Clay that won’t dry out• Camera that will take digital

pictures• Software (Videoblender/Frames)• Plastic tablecloth• Microphone• Babywipes

Additional Supplies• Aluminum foil• Pipecleaners• Flexible straws• Rolling pin

• Pasta machine• Styrofoam balls• Wiggle eyes• Garlic Press

ResourcesTech4Learning Websitehttp://www.tech4learning.com/claykit/index.html

Aardman Animationshttp://www.aardman.com/

Let’s Get Started!

Create Storyboard

• Idea from mind to paper• Sketch out on storyboard• Transfer ideas into clay

Ideas for Today

Pictures• Take pictures of each and every

movement• Take many pictures

– The more pictures the smoother the movement

Frames Software• Upload pictures to software• Add or delete pictures as

necessary• Create Introduction slide• Create ending/credits slide• Save as an AVI movie format.

A few more examples