Jun 242019
 
  1. On the iPads
  2. Multimedia folder
  3. iCanAnimate app
  4. Choose an small item to animate
  5. Take a picture
  6. Move the item a tiny bit
  7. Repeat steps 5 and 6 LOTS of times!!

Success

  • Keep the iPad still
  • Move a tiny bit each time
  • Make sure your hands are out of the way
  • Export to camera roll
Jun 032019
 
  1. Watch
    1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPpkaldk84Y
    2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDWk0BCeblQ
    3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7Gp7PUOFtA
  2. Choose a story or poem to animate; get into groups
    1. http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/geography/story/main.html
    2. http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/life/story/main.html
    3. http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html
  3. Storyboard
    1. If whole class, share write,
  4. Make characters, background
    1. Make copies of characters, settings for different groups
  5. Animate with iCanAnimate
    1. Experiment with movement/tools
  6. Put together in iMovie
    1. Edit
    2. Add music
    3. Credits
  7. Publish, publicise, promote

 

Jun 292018
 

Skills checklist

  • Smooth animation
  • Add or remove frames
  • Add paint effects to some frames
  • Add another character (don’t add new frames)
  • Mix page – animation + text
  • More than one mix page
  • Different mixes – text, picture, animation,…
Sep 272017
 
  1. Log into j2e
  2. Click on “My files”
  3. Click on the “calligrams” file to open it
  4. Use the tools in j2e5 to make the words come alive
  5. Try out as many tools as you can – BE CURIOUS
  6. Do some of your own words and ideas if you have time
  7. Don’t forget to save! (every 5 minutes)

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