Professional Development to Embed ICT into Classroom Pedagogy http://www.macschools.net

Animation in the Classroom

General Links

16 Colour Animation http://16color.com/dvd/ Watch a preview of some simple, award-winning animations.
Haring Animation http://www.haringkids.com/master_art_flip.htm View an example of a Keith Haring animation.
Cosmic Kanga http://www.zuzu.org/printout.html View this example to get ideas for your own animation.
Ivtools Flipbook Galleries http://www.vectaport.com/flipbooks/ Examples of animations to create for yourself.
Fliptomania http://www.fliptomania.com/new/flipbooks.php?type=1&book=2 View two examples of published flipbooks.
The Clay Animation Station http://library.thinkquest.org/22316/home.html
Plasmo - Anthony Lawrence's Website http://www.plasmo.tv/
iStopmotion examples http://www.istopmotion.com/example/

Lessons
Animated Story Books http://www.tsof.edu.au/resources/units/animatedstorybooks/index.asp Unit of work where students create their own animated story books using simple software.
Anim8ed Online Animation Project Resources http://www.nmpft.org.uk/anim8ed/
Creating Animation http://www.princetonol.com/family/columns/mohta2.html Strategies to help you create simple and fun animations.
Flipbook Movies http://www.eggplant.org/ideas/visual/animation/flipbook.html Lesson where students learn how to create flipbook movies.
Mirage Flipbook http://www.greatestplaces.org/sketchbook/top.html Tutorial about how to create a flipbook.
Haring Kids: Flipbooks http://www.haringkids.com/lessons/envs/live/htdocs/lesson62.htm This lesson, similar to our Morphs lesson, is designed for children to examine the visual quality of movement in Keith Haring's work, emphasizing sequence and time.
Morphs http://www.haringkids.com/lessons/envs/live/htdocs/lesson18.htm This lesson, similar to our Flip-Book lesson, is designed for children to explore movements and perform them as the different characters in Keith Haring's work, emphasizing transitional poses and personal expression.
Keith Haring Animations http://www.haringkids.com/lessons/envs/live/htdocs/lesson27.htm Students create their own computer animations.
Thaumatrope Motion Device http://www.eggplant.org/ideas/visual/animation/thaumatrope.html Students will understand the phenomenon of persistence of vision, which is the basis for all animation and create a thaumatrope, the most basic of motion toys.
Cartoonster http://www.kidzdom.com/tutorials/ Learn how to make your own animations.
It's About the Story http://www.youthlearn.org/learning/activities/multimedia/presentations.asp Four-part process for creating storytelling projects.
FluxTime Studio http://www.fluxtime.com/index.php Create your own animation online and collaborate with other animators worldwide to create characters and stories.
Simple Animation http://web.ukonline.co.uk/conker/artscentre/animation.htm How to make a simple animation, using a flick book. All you need is a small plain paper pad and a pencil or crayons.

Software

Boinx iStopmotion - Animation software for OSX http://www.istopmotion.com/ & http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/boinxistopmotion.html
Free Filmmaking and 3D Modeling Software Downloads http://nicholasacademy.com/creativityanimation.html Links to free software that my be used for creating animations.
Rainbox http://graphicssoft.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.axlrosen.net/rainbox.html Rainbox is a freeware psychedelic paint program for Mac, which usespalette animation to make your drawings appear as if they're moving.

Teacher Reference

Linux: Simple Animation http://www.tldp.org/linuxfocus/English/September2004/article347.shtml Using a very simple example you will learn the basic techniques of animation so you can start your own movie.
Basics of Flash Animation http://www.smartwebby.com/Flash/flash_animations.asp Flash Tutorial to create simple animation using Motion, Shape, Guided Tween and Frame Animation.