Comments on: Lots more stopmotion fun and lessons learned http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/06/26/lots-more-stopmotion-fun-and-lessons-learned/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:30:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Wesley Fryer http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/06/26/lots-more-stopmotion-fun-and-lessons-learned/#comment-54931 Wesley Fryer Sat, 28 Jun 2008 05:42:41 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/06/26/lots-more-stopmotion-fun-and-lessons-learned/#comment-54931 Thanks for the feedback, Kevin! It IS amazing to see what a difference perceptions of authentic audience can do for student motivation. Have fun with your claymation camp! I REALLY enjoyed this opportunity-- All the kids were able to get a DVD copy of all their films today, and my wife reported that they were quite stoked about that. (I trekked down to San Antonio today for NECC, so I missed the last day of video sharing.) Thanks for the feedback, Kevin! It IS amazing to see what a difference perceptions of authentic audience can do for student motivation. Have fun with your claymation camp! I REALLY enjoyed this opportunity– All the kids were able to get a DVD copy of all their films today, and my wife reported that they were quite stoked about that. (I trekked down to San Antonio today for NECC, so I missed the last day of video sharing.)

]]> By: Kevin Hodgson http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/06/26/lots-more-stopmotion-fun-and-lessons-learned/#comment-54910 Kevin Hodgson Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:14:06 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/06/26/lots-more-stopmotion-fun-and-lessons-learned/#comment-54910 Wes I like the Lonely Blob flick. Very cute. The ability to create captions is interesting. Some of your observations are the same that I often have when I do stop-motion animation (patience, structure, story). Yesterday, my 10 year old got bored and so I set up my stop-motion software and told him to get some Legos, and he spent a few hours shooting a few scenes. He got into it (we have done our own clay movies before -- as you said: the more I can do it, the better I am in helping my students). My son got most interested after he asked: Can I put it on YouTube? yes, I said, and his eyes lit up. The power of the publishing platform. In two weeks, I am running a claymation camp for about 15 middle school students, so I, too, am getting my head ready. It's been fun to follow your camp progress and then compare it with mine. Your reflections have been valuable. Take care Kevin Wes
I like the Lonely Blob flick. Very cute. The ability to create captions is interesting. Some of your observations are the same that I often have when I do stop-motion animation (patience, structure, story).

Yesterday, my 10 year old got bored and so I set up my stop-motion software and told him to get some Legos, and he spent a few hours shooting a few scenes. He got into it (we have done our own clay movies before — as you said: the more I can do it, the better I am in helping my students).

My son got most interested after he asked: Can I put it on YouTube? yes, I said, and his eyes lit up. The power of the publishing platform.

In two weeks, I am running a claymation camp for about 15 middle school students, so I, too, am getting my head ready.

It’s been fun to follow your camp progress and then compare it with mine. Your reflections have been valuable.

Take care
Kevin

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