1. Differentiating Instruction with Clay Animation Lou Jara Courtney Kaczka Appoquinimink School District Presented at the Delaware Instructional Technology Conference April 19, 2007

2. 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

3. Animation

4. Why Use Clay Animation? Brings learning to life Engaging Motivating Allows for different learning styles –Tactile –Visual –Logical –Musical

5. The Clay Animation Process Storyboarding Building characters Taking pictures

6. Clay Animation in the Classroom Instruction –To present new concepts –To review Assessment –Concept attainment in various curricular areas Public Service Announcement

7. 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

8. Hints & Tricks for 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

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

10. Our Motto: Little Movements… Lots of Pictures!

11. Basic Supplies Clay that won’t dry out Camera that will take digital pictures Software (Videoblender/Frames) Plastic tablecloth Microphone Babywipes

12. Additional Supplies Aluminum foil Pipecleaners Flexible straws Rolling pin Pasta machine Styrofoam balls Wiggle eyes Garlic Press

13. Resources Tech4Learning Website http://www.tech4learning.com/claykit/index.html http://www.tech4learning.com/claykit/index.html Aardman Animations http://www.aardman.com/ http://www.aardman.com/

14. Let’s Get Started!

15. Create Storyboard Idea from mind to paper Sketch out on storyboard Transfer ideas into clay

16. Ideas for Today

17. Pictures Take pictures of each and every movement Take many pictures –The more pictures the smoother the movement

18. 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.

20. A few more examples