I like pretty clothes. However, in one of my "Animations with kids", I made a video with the second-graders at MacAllister Elementary called "A handbook to taking care of the earth." And in that movie, it kind of sets up a conflict between doing good in school/being conscientious versus fashion. I didn't want to make… Continue reading Pretty clothes clashing with science?
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Animations with kids – paid in hugs
I get lots of hugs from second-graders these days. It's pretty nice. Sometimes when I show up in the class or the library, I get four or five little pairs of arms coming around my waist. Rarely, it's a bit of a manipulative gesture! It means, can you please pick me to animate with right… Continue reading Animations with kids – paid in hugs
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
Teaching kids animation
I've taught computer animation (in Blender) with the first classroom at Irvin, and today I go back to teach the second classroom. The kids ooohed and aaahhed the whole time. I hope it goes as well today. First, we all made an animation together, so they could get the hang of it: the kids made… Continue reading Teaching kids animation
Student evaluations
Someone told me that I should do evaluations of these projects, to gauge the effect of the kids' attitudes on science and computers. So this is what I came up with: Nice and straight-forward for my itty-bitty second-graders. I actually forgot to do this with my first class at Irvin Elementary. But then, after we… Continue reading Student evaluations
Animations with kids
Yesterday and today, I visited a classroom at a local school. It was really great. We haven't started animating yet or anything, or even illustrating. But we read our story (about butterflies) and talked about life cycles. One kid got carried away and after we talked about caterpillars morphing into butterflies, said something like, "and… Continue reading Animations with kids
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