dvolver moviemaker clip:
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
week 5
More online resources and ideas how to use them:
Zimmertwins:
http://www.zimmertwins.com/
Fantastic Website, very student friendly.
This could be used simply to get children to create beginning or ending to stories. It appears on the site they had a short movie and raised the question what happened before this clip. So getting students to create their own beginning to the story.
It would also be very useful for students practising the use of correct sequencing when writing.
I must admit after making my film, I was a little disappointed that the film couldn't be saved unless you are logged in as a member. It appears when I tried to sign up that all is required is an email address just to get the free sign up. I would have to attempt to get a membership to see if this site truly is free. I think if it was, it would definatly be worth while using this with the students, as it produces quite good movies, were they get to chose what happens and the order in which it happens.
extranormal: www.xtranormal.com
From extranomal website: xtranormal’s mission is to bring movie-making to the people. Everyone watches movies and we believe everyone can make movies. Movie-making, short and long, online and on-screen, private and public, will be the most important communications process of the 21st century.
I actually used this site when I was on my first practicum as the principle heard about this site and came around and showed all the teachers. The children at this time were doing a recount of a production they saw in Comic Book Form. So xtranormal became an extension for those who had completed their comic. Students also had a chance to explore and the website during a wet weather day at lunch time. The reaction of the students (grade 5 &6) was very positive they all enjoyed this program. We created an account under the school name so that students could share their work with other students.
There are limitations to the site, as with a free account there are only a few set scenes and characters you can use. It would be worth looking into how to much an account is actually worth to gain full access to this site. However I am not sure if that has changed, as there does seem to be a larger range of movies on the site now, perhaps they have given the users more options as the site as gotten more popular.
When my class used the site, some words weren't pronounced correctly from the spelling, so we got a little distraction off on a tangent. As a class on the IWB, we changed the spelling so that the characters would pronounce the words correctly, this became a good spontaneous lesson/focus on the sounds of words and sounds letters make together.
I would defiantly recommend using this site with your classroom. Even using it as the teacher, as intro to topics. I created a short movie on the site to tell the students about the website and how we would link it to our comics. With the range of expressions, sounds and actions your characters can do, the students can create great pieces of work. The students defiantly enjoyed using this site.
Sketch Swap - sketch swap.com - good idea, but bad Internet site to use with primary aged students. As you have no control of what picture will get sent back. The use of a program similar to sketch swap involves aspects of art, as the pictures are done only with one colour as if it is a grey led, there is a real aspect of light and shade with some of the really good drawings.
There are a few of the drawings I received back on Sketch Swap:
Perhaps using this idea, across emails within the school or even to buddie/sister schools across Australia or the World.
This could be used to draw a picture of how you felt after hearing a story, or what you think the house/person looked like in the story. A creative way for students to share their ideas.
This would work extremely well if the school had a graphic tablet.
I did try and find another site similar to sketch swap, I wouldn't recommend doing that! When i found some rip off version, hoping for them to be a little more protected, I got much much worst. So perhaps showing the children this site would be dangerous for the fact if they looked up an rip off version, they would definately get something that would not be appropriate!
http://www.abc.net.au/rollercoaster/rollermache/
Go to the inspire section of website:
Has videos of animators, explaining what they do. Really good way to relate back to students real life situations, so children can see that people can get paid for this. Has detailed explanations of whole the process that is needed to animate.
Has a range of different animations, good aspect is that it shows women and men. Great for girls to see females succeeding in this area of work.
There is also a good storyboarding on this site. pdf files to download and use.
http://www.reasonablyclever.com/
mini mizers section....... classic kids safe mini mizer.
Have students create their own Lego characters on the computer, other students could also be making their characters with real Lego in the classroom.
Example of use:
talk about how i would use it.
www.storygames.com/teachmanPF/Rebus.html
This site is just an example of Rebus. A Rebus is were you use occasional pictures instead of words to tell a story.
Children can create their own stories and add pictures in word. Get the group to read the story. If there is a picture that could be two words get the students to figure out which word fits appropriately. It can be used to practice comprehension skills.
Many examples of these can be found on http://www.enchantedlearning.com/ .
If children are making their own Rebus in word, if they are using .gif files(moving pics) not jpegs, then the picture will not move like it should. If a gif is not moving on word - save as a web page not as a word document. You can do this thought saving as other formats, then pull down the pull down box and select web page. Only do this once the document is finished. Once it is saved as a web page you can't modify it. So it is probably best to save as word document while your working on it.
More resources recommended by Greg:
myths and legends- website - site address on LMS.
Fantastic site. Could use all year!
abc - catchment detox http://catchmentdetox.net.au/
Maths related as you get a certain amount of money!
Great game that you could have a group of students using. This program could be on going for some time.
I had a very quick look at this site and the game does look fantastic, will definately try to incorporate this into a higher end primary classroom.
www.ziptales.com.au
Schools need to subscribe to this website. It is only cheap, there are some sections which are free. For example the Make and Do section:
Runs through how to make:
dvolver website - moviemaker- example of my movie is on the next post.
Not suitable for children, as some of the characters are bit raunchy, not appropriate portrayal of women! Similar to xtranormal site.
Again there are more and more decent resources out there on the net. Its just a matter of finding them and tapping into them!
Greg has put a list of useful resources on LMS, which I will look at at a later date. Eg. food drops united nations etc.
Zimmertwins:
http://www.zimmertwins.com/
Fantastic Website, very student friendly.
This could be used simply to get children to create beginning or ending to stories. It appears on the site they had a short movie and raised the question what happened before this clip. So getting students to create their own beginning to the story.
It would also be very useful for students practising the use of correct sequencing when writing.
I must admit after making my film, I was a little disappointed that the film couldn't be saved unless you are logged in as a member. It appears when I tried to sign up that all is required is an email address just to get the free sign up. I would have to attempt to get a membership to see if this site truly is free. I think if it was, it would definatly be worth while using this with the students, as it produces quite good movies, were they get to chose what happens and the order in which it happens.
extranormal: www.xtranormal.com
From extranomal website: xtranormal’s mission is to bring movie-making to the people. Everyone watches movies and we believe everyone can make movies. Movie-making, short and long, online and on-screen, private and public, will be the most important communications process of the 21st century.
I actually used this site when I was on my first practicum as the principle heard about this site and came around and showed all the teachers. The children at this time were doing a recount of a production they saw in Comic Book Form. So xtranormal became an extension for those who had completed their comic. Students also had a chance to explore and the website during a wet weather day at lunch time. The reaction of the students (grade 5 &6) was very positive they all enjoyed this program. We created an account under the school name so that students could share their work with other students.
There are limitations to the site, as with a free account there are only a few set scenes and characters you can use. It would be worth looking into how to much an account is actually worth to gain full access to this site. However I am not sure if that has changed, as there does seem to be a larger range of movies on the site now, perhaps they have given the users more options as the site as gotten more popular.
When my class used the site, some words weren't pronounced correctly from the spelling, so we got a little distraction off on a tangent. As a class on the IWB, we changed the spelling so that the characters would pronounce the words correctly, this became a good spontaneous lesson/focus on the sounds of words and sounds letters make together.
I would defiantly recommend using this site with your classroom. Even using it as the teacher, as intro to topics. I created a short movie on the site to tell the students about the website and how we would link it to our comics. With the range of expressions, sounds and actions your characters can do, the students can create great pieces of work. The students defiantly enjoyed using this site.
Sketch Swap - sketch swap.com - good idea, but bad Internet site to use with primary aged students. As you have no control of what picture will get sent back. The use of a program similar to sketch swap involves aspects of art, as the pictures are done only with one colour as if it is a grey led, there is a real aspect of light and shade with some of the really good drawings.
There are a few of the drawings I received back on Sketch Swap:
Perhaps using this idea, across emails within the school or even to buddie/sister schools across Australia or the World.
This could be used to draw a picture of how you felt after hearing a story, or what you think the house/person looked like in the story. A creative way for students to share their ideas.
This would work extremely well if the school had a graphic tablet.
I did try and find another site similar to sketch swap, I wouldn't recommend doing that! When i found some rip off version, hoping for them to be a little more protected, I got much much worst. So perhaps showing the children this site would be dangerous for the fact if they looked up an rip off version, they would definately get something that would not be appropriate!
http://www.abc.net.au/rollercoaster/rollermache/
Go to the inspire section of website:
Has videos of animators, explaining what they do. Really good way to relate back to students real life situations, so children can see that people can get paid for this. Has detailed explanations of whole the process that is needed to animate.
Has a range of different animations, good aspect is that it shows women and men. Great for girls to see females succeeding in this area of work.
There is also a good storyboarding on this site. pdf files to download and use.
http://www.reasonablyclever.com/
mini mizers section....... classic kids safe mini mizer.
Have students create their own Lego characters on the computer, other students could also be making their characters with real Lego in the classroom.
- Have students create 5 characters for their story. Screen print their pictures and then create a story around their characters.
- Have students create speech bubbles etc.
- story boards
talk about how i would use it.
www.storygames.com/teachmanPF/Rebus.html
This site is just an example of Rebus. A Rebus is were you use occasional pictures instead of words to tell a story.
Children can create their own stories and add pictures in word. Get the group to read the story. If there is a picture that could be two words get the students to figure out which word fits appropriately. It can be used to practice comprehension skills.
Many examples of these can be found on http://www.enchantedlearning.com/ .
If children are making their own Rebus in word, if they are using .gif files(moving pics) not jpegs, then the picture will not move like it should. If a gif is not moving on word - save as a web page not as a word document. You can do this thought saving as other formats, then pull down the pull down box and select web page. Only do this once the document is finished. Once it is saved as a web page you can't modify it. So it is probably best to save as word document while your working on it.
More resources recommended by Greg:
myths and legends- website - site address on LMS.
Fantastic site. Could use all year!
abc - catchment detox http://catchmentdetox.net.au/
Maths related as you get a certain amount of money!
Great game that you could have a group of students using. This program could be on going for some time.
I had a very quick look at this site and the game does look fantastic, will definately try to incorporate this into a higher end primary classroom.
www.ziptales.com.au
Schools need to subscribe to this website. It is only cheap, there are some sections which are free. For example the Make and Do section:
Runs through how to make:
- teddies
- finger puppets
- parachutes etc...
dvolver website - moviemaker- example of my movie is on the next post.
Not suitable for children, as some of the characters are bit raunchy, not appropriate portrayal of women! Similar to xtranormal site.
Again there are more and more decent resources out there on the net. Its just a matter of finding them and tapping into them!
Greg has put a list of useful resources on LMS, which I will look at at a later date. Eg. food drops united nations etc.
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