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Offline jgmenator

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Animation class
« on: October 20, 2011, 11:40:40 am »
Hey everyone! For my 2nd semester after-school class, I've been doing an "animation class."
I thought I'd share what I've got so far.

The basic format is as follows:
1) introduction / greeting,
2) show the "preview" ppt and have the students think/talk about what the movie's about,
3) show the film,
4) "writing" ppt - in their notebooks / A4 paper,
5) "review" ppt,
6) worksheet,
7)  word search,
8) game

With some of the longer animations (~8-10min), I've stretched it out into 2 - 3 classes. The shorter films only 1 - 2.

Some of the beginning materials were pilfered from some other people's work here on the forum, so it's a bit uneven. The 1st class was really a mish-mash of Mr. Bean things. Around the 2nd/3rd class, I was able to find what worked for my students and kept that formula going.
I'm teaching 3rd & 4th grade, so I had to lower the level of the material quite a bit. Obviously feel free to edit as you need.

I'll upload what I have so far, and I'll try to upload the rest as I produce the material.

*Note: Most of the films I got from youtube, which I downloaded to my usb drive using keepvid.com. I'd recommend doing it that way, as youtube can be flaky sometimes and nothing's worse than 20 kids staring up at you going "Really? You serious? You got nothing?"

*Note 2: For the word search, I use Pokemon & Cheri fonts, both from dafont.com.

Video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bS1ePEZZCDY

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Re: Animation class
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2011, 11:52:16 am »
Big Buck Bunny

Video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSGBVzeBUbk (HD)
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Re: Animation class
« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2011, 11:56:42 am »
Mr. Bean - Missing Teddy

Video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwsZCLOCyPk
Can't seem to find the original I used, but that's the whole vid, ~11min.
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Re: Animation class
« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2011, 11:59:28 am »
Ice Age / Scrat - Gone Nutty

Video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1tdfucQfCo
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Re: Animation class
« Reply #4 on: October 20, 2011, 12:05:07 pm »
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Re: Animation class
« Reply #5 on: October 20, 2011, 12:10:39 pm »
Gopher Broke

Video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw-W1K68Sd4

Edit: Woops! I originally uploaded the worksheet before I had modified it. It should be good now.
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Re: Animation class
« Reply #6 on: October 20, 2011, 12:14:12 pm »
That's it for now, more to come later.
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Re: Animation class
« Reply #7 on: October 20, 2011, 01:17:39 pm »
Nice collection! Thanks for sharing!
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Re: Animation class
« Reply #8 on: October 24, 2011, 02:59:58 pm »
You saved me. thanks so much!
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Re: Animation class
« Reply #9 on: October 27, 2011, 03:09:46 pm »
Ice Age / Scrat - Continental Crack Up

Video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_IYQdKkWsU
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Re: Animation class
« Reply #10 on: October 27, 2011, 03:15:10 pm »
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Re: Animation class
« Reply #11 on: October 28, 2011, 09:02:18 am »
Quote from: jgmenator on October 20, 2011, 11:40:40 am
The basic format is as follows:
1) introduction / greeting,
2) show the "preview" ppt and have the students think/talk about what the movie's about,
3) show the film,
4) "writing" ppt - in their notebooks / A4 paper,
5) "review" ppt,
6) worksheet,
7)  word search,
8) game

For your first post i don't think all the ppt's are posted.... looking for "preview" and "writing".

Otherwise  thank you thank you thank you for all of this.  Exactly the kind of stuff I like doing :)
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Re: Animation class
« Reply #12 on: October 28, 2011, 10:37:49 am »
Quote from: Miss S on October 28, 2011, 09:02:18 am
Quote from: jgmenator on October 20, 2011, 11:40:40 am
The basic format is as follows:
1) introduction / greeting,
2) show the "preview" ppt and have the students think/talk about what the movie's about,
3) show the film,
4) "writing" ppt - in their notebooks / A4 paper,
5) "review" ppt,
6) worksheet,
7)  word search,
8) game

For your first post i don't think all the ppt's are posted.... looking for "preview" and "writing".

Otherwise  thank you thank you thank you for all of this.  Exactly the kind of stuff I like doing :)

Yeah, the 1st class didn't adhere to the system that I have in place now. It was very much a "let's see what waygook.org has...k, looks good...edit a bit...k done."

But if you want to make them for that video, it's really simple.
Go to the youtube page for your video, copy and paste the name into keepvid.com, download, then open with GOM player (which should be on your computer).

For screengrabs, just hit Ctrl + C, then go to your ppt and Ctrl + V. It's really that simple, which makes GOM hands down the best video player for this kind of stuff.

Hope that helps!
And thanks for saying thanks :)

Edit: Can't spell.
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Re: Animation class
« Reply #13 on: October 28, 2011, 10:49:13 am »
Burn-E

Video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQhmFV8aj1M (but flipped)
Best I could find online. The one I originally used has been taken down.
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Re: Animation class
« Reply #14 on: November 01, 2011, 01:35:36 pm »
Wow! This is amazing! Thank-you so much! I'm always looking for fun things like this to do with my afterschool class.
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Re: Animation class
« Reply #15 on: November 02, 2011, 10:12:24 am »
Quote from: jgmenator on October 28, 2011, 10:49:13 am
Burn-E

Sorry to bug you again. 

I seem to be having a problem with the above Burn-E ppt's.  They download and open but it appears that the images are corrupted and unreadable.  The only one that came out alright (minus 1 image) was the wordsearch maze ppt. 

I don't know what can be done about this or if anyone else has had a similar problem with this...?
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Re: Animation class
« Reply #16 on: November 02, 2011, 10:26:03 am »
Quote from: Miss S on November 02, 2011, 10:12:24 am
Quote from: jgmenator on October 28, 2011, 10:49:13 am
Burn-E

Sorry to bug you again. 

I seem to be having a problem with the above Burn-E ppt's.  They download and open but it appears that the images are corrupted and unreadable.  The only one that came out alright (minus 1 image) was the wordsearch maze ppt. 

I don't know what can be done about this or if anyone else has had a similar problem with this...?

Hey Miss S,

I just downloaded the Burn-E review ppt to check it out; it seems to be working   :/
Maybe you could try to update / re-install Powerpoint on your computer? The ppts work on both my office computer and the classroom I teach in.

Sorry, I'm not really sure what could be done. If other people chime in to say it's not working for them, I'll try the screengrabs again, but otherwise it sounds like something's wrong with the computer you're using.
Is it possible you could download & check the ppts on another computer? Maybe your co-teacher's, or another one in your school?
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Re: Animation class
« Reply #17 on: November 03, 2011, 12:47:10 pm »
jgmenator, awesome stuff!  This is going to save me a lot of time.  I really like the format  and flow of activities (I'm looking at the Mr. Bean / Sandwich one right now).

One tip: when taking a screenshot, open up mspaint and then CTRL-V (paste) into that.  Then, you can cut the part of the picture you want.  You don't have to paste an entire screenshot into
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Re: Animation class
« Reply #18 on: November 04, 2011, 11:40:52 am »
Awesome material!  Thanks so much for sharing!!!
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Re: Animation class
« Reply #19 on: November 08, 2011, 11:52:49 am »
Great job on these lessons! I am so excited to use them in my after school class. The structure of your lessons are superb! I love that you introduce the video with a preview (teaser!), then the review is just perfect for my lower level students. And the bomb games and word searches are perfect for a second day review! Keep up the great work teaching the kids!
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