I made "Mr. Turtle Gets Sick" with a class of second-graders in Chapel Hill 4 and a half years ago. And every time I go into a new classroom, those kids watch "Mr. Turtle", too, so they have an idea of what this project is like. It makes me really happy to think that after… Continue reading Watching kids watch each other’s animations
Tag: Blender3D
Animations with kids and old Eurovision songs
I've had a song from the 1989 Eurovision stuck in my head. As I was editing/fixing/polishing/rendering the animations for McAllister Elementary, I listened to it on repeat, as I do, making handy use of the YouTube refresh button. It was still on my computer when I dashed to McAllister the very day before our viewing… Continue reading Animations with kids and old Eurovision songs
Animating with kids: the home stretch
I am finished animating with all the kids I'm suppose to animate with, for now. I can't believe it. And something so nice happened on my very last day. I was back at Wolf Meadow. Let me back up ... there's no good ending as far as Anna goes, unfortunately ... I just never animated… Continue reading Animating with kids: the home stretch
Can’t understand fifth-graders
I'm working with fifth-graders, and they are quite beyond my comprehension. There was this girl called ... well, let's call her Anna. She's a goofy girl. She spent the first class I was with them with her head down or in her arms the whole time nearly. Now she's livened up a bit and she… Continue reading Can’t understand fifth-graders
The girl who turned her back
"I never met a child who didn't like this project." This is what I tell everyone when describing making science animations with kids. Until last week, when this girl we'll call Leah turned up with an attitude for her session with me. As we have been progressing quickly along, I was already at the stage… Continue reading The girl who turned her back
Making a snail in Blender
I poked around some online examples and tutorials. This snail was super cute and ended up being my inspiration! Can't get any cuter. And then this was a nice and straight-forward tutorial for making the spiral shell, which I stuck on top of the snail. He's a little lop-sided and one-eyed, and after all, that… Continue reading Making a snail in Blender
A film with different speeds
A few months ago, I was trying to create a film of various images and clips of footage. However, all the footage was in various speeds - some in 6 frames per second (is that speed a crime in the film world?) and some in 30 frames per second. So when I added in the… Continue reading A film with different speeds
Video editing
Usually, I make animations, so I just have the rendered images all in a row, and then a single audio file - somewhat chopped up, but still coming from a single file. But a few months ago, I made more of a traditional "movie" made up of single images, bits of videos, and lots of… Continue reading Video editing
Groups hugs, nose-pickers, and racism – the highs and lows of Animations with Kids
I've been teaching animation basics to the three classes at McAllister Elementary. I'm able to walk to the school - 30 minutes, each way, it's really nice. There's an ice cream shop on the way. And a new shop that sells baked goods and chips and sandwiches and stuff. When the last class came in… Continue reading Groups hugs, nose-pickers, and racism – the highs and lows of Animations with Kids
First viewing party – Butterfly story
It was really nice! The kids in the two classrooms said their movie was 'amazing', 'awesome', 'terrific', etc, etc. This was all in front of their parents. I was really happy with the number of parents who showed. In one of the classrooms, there were like 10! I got surveys from each and every one.… Continue reading First viewing party – Butterfly story
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