Toontastic memoirs student films YouTube playlist

Here are some of my students Toontastic movies featured in a YouTube playlist

Don't forget to check out my previous Toontastic posts such as the iBook we made out of them or the Toontastic Memoir lesson plan

Final Greek Myth Animation Creator works by 6-1 Fall '12

Another year of using the awesome Animation Creator HD app with the students as they design Greek Myths into an animated form that tells a story about a current societal/environmental problem

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Ryan really utilized sound fx for his cartoon on bullying

This year is the first time the kids are using the iPads with the app, so they have a larger canvas and a bit more bells and whistles such as adding sound effects and narration.

Check out some of the previous work that I did with Animation 

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Some people may think these cartoons, like Addy's are violent. I think they are PERFECT! Ancient Greece was a dark time and I think they used myths to entertain and frighten. 

I got some great resources such as off of Discovery Education for their Greek Myth writing, and works of animation that are already based on Greek Myths

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McCarthy's animation helps illustrate that Greek myths helped teach morals for every day life. If they didn't help out, they could be punished by the Gods. Like Medusa and Hurricane Sandy

Some of the students did an amazing job with the dedication to this project, as we must have spent about a total of over three weeks on it - from conception to completion. 

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Eli's has some pretty smooth animation with enjoyable sound fx. I like how he focuses on the problem of air pollution and how a hero has to clean it up

I had each one of them save their videos to the Camera Roll on the iPad and then simultaneously post it to their eportfolio on Kidblog, but also post it to Edmodo so that I could download it from there and blog it here - which would then autopost to YouTube so that I could make a playlist.

Alysha

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Andrew

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Bryson

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Cody

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Collin

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 Cooper

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Jacob

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Javonte

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Mario

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Peyton

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Preston

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Seth

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Xzavier

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Mariah

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Megan

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Jared

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John

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Adam

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Matt

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Corey

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Christian

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jacey

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How to make Animations with @scratchteam and other animation resources

Here is a video tutorial that I made that provides a brief outline of the product from MIT

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Wanna learn more about Animation? Check out my article about Walt Disney's Impact on Animation

Also be sure to check out some of the previous posts that my students have done utilizing Animation in the art classroom:

• Using GoAnimate to Make Anti Cyberbullying Films
• Using GiFUP and Webcam to make animated films to embed into sites
• Changing their Avatar w/ a Webcam and StopMotion camera for Edmodo
• Creating Anime on the Animation Creator App
• Creating StopMotion films with this great Web2.0 tool