Ideas for Using Google Hangouts in the Classroom On twitter, I ran across a post by Jay Eitner called "Virtual Debates - a new staple for ELA classes." What I found there was a video of a debate between two schools, with outside judges, all conducted online under the guidance and leadership of Melissa Butler (@AngelinaShy). This is EXACTLY what we need to be doing with our students through the use of technology! Here are three more ideas for using Google Hangouts to connect your students to others across the globe: 1. 2. 3. *Check out this idea for a classroom where students are invited to "hangout" if they are physically absent: Dr. What are other ways to use Google Hangouts with students?
51 Great Animation Exercises to Master Quickest way to improvement? Practice. It’s a simple bit of advice that rings with absolute truth. Articles, tips, mentors, and study will never get you as far as rolling up your sleeves and getting down to work, be it animation or any other skill. Maybe you still need convinced of how important the “Art of Doing” is? Some of these exercises you may have done or seen before; some maybe not. Level 1 Exercises (Do not discount their simplicity! Ball Bouncing in place, no decay (loop)Ball Bouncing across the screenBrick falling from a shelf onto the groundSimple character head turnCharacter head turn with anticipationCharacter blinkingCharacter thinking [tougher than it sounds!] Level 2 Exercises Change in Character emotion (happy to sad, sad to angry, etc.)Character jumping over a gapStanding up (from a chair)Walk Cycle [oldie but goodie!] Level 3 Exercises Close up of open hand closing into fistClose up of hand picking up a small objectCharacter lifting a heavy object (with purpose!)
Create Simple Whiteboard Videos on ScreenChomp ScreenChomp has been around for a few years now. In fact, I think it was one of the first apps of its kind. While other whiteboard apps have come along and offered more features, ScreenChomp remains as a simple and free tool for creating whiteboard videos. ScreenChomp provides a whiteboard on which you can demonstrate things by drawing and talking people through your instructions. When you’re done recording ScreenChomp provides you with a unique URL for your recording. Tags: Flipped Lessons, free ipad apps, ScreenChomp, Whiteboard apps Monstro: Animation Article Database Please let me know in the comments if there are any dead or incorrect links. Thanks! I tried to give credit to the authors of each articles, but if I got something wrong please let me know. A couple notes: I don't include an article more than once. categories, but I try to narrow it down to one if I can. narrow and specify the articles categories as much as I can. So, for example, if you're looking for articles on "Weight", be sure to check out the articles categorized under "overlap/follow-through," "squash and stretch," "physicality," ect. so don't just look under one! Body, Brendan. Body, Brendan. Gardner, Jacob. Kelly, Shawn. Kelly, Shawn. Bruno, Nick. Shorey, Kevan. Hartline, Aaron. Pullyblank, Mark. Kricfalusi, John. Nguyen, Mike. Lango, Keith. Sintay, Keith. Bruno, Nick. Animation Mentor Staff. Gordon, Andrew. Boadway, Dana. Chase, Ray. Chase, Ray. Kelly, Shawn. Jasmin, Francis. Body, Brendan. Pontillas, Bobby. Gordon, Andrew. Pontillas, Bobby. Pontillas, Bobby. Sintay, Keith.
This Super Simple Google Docs Trick is Life Changing #edtech #gafe | EdTech Bytes with Bormann A few months back, I discovered through Twitter a super simple Google Docs trick that changed how I share Google Docs links with staff that I work with. I’ve performed this trick a handful of times, and every time I do, no matter what our topic of training is, everything stops because multiple teachers ask, “How did you do that!?” Once I show the trick, it is followed with…“Are you kidding me!? It’s that simple!?” The problem… Sharing a doc link and asking a group to Make a Copy inevitably would lead to mass confusion. The Trick… Google has made it simple for me to FORCE my participants to Make a Copy with these steps… Locate the URL of your Google Doc.Change the last word in the URL from EDIT to COPY.Hit enter, and…voila! Now you can take that URL and share it with whomever, and they will have no choice but to Make a Copy. Force Make a Copy with Google Sheets and Slides Too… It must be a Google Sheet that YOU have created. Final Thoughts… Jarod Bormann#edtech rocks Like this: Like Loading...
Hit A Homer With Character Animator Even the simplest-looking animations on TV or in the movies require talented illustrators, skilled technicians, and time—a lot of time. For instance, one 30-minute episode of The Simpsons can take months to create. On May 15, 2016, The Simpsons broke through that barrier when Homer Simpson answered audience questions in real time. Homer’s instant animation was powered by easy-to-use Adobe Character Animator software. If you’re inspired to try Character Animator yourself, read on for tips and tutorials. Character Animator is installed on your computer as part of After Effects CC. “Character Animator relies on a layered .PSD or .AI file that has body parts on different layers in a specific way,” explains David Simons, the senior principal scientist who heads the product team. For the quickest start, check out those example files and accompanying instructions. Eventually, you’ll want to build a puppet from scratch, but what if you’re not artistically inclined?
Secret iMessage shortcuts: Ten gestures to speed up your iPhone chat! | iMore Messages is the most popular app on the iPhone. There are tons of features you can activate with just a tap. It's got even more, however, that you can access with long presses, swipes, and other gesture shortcuts. If you have enough time, you can figure them all out. Or you can just read all about them right here and instantly master your messages! 1. Just like on the Home screen where you can touch and pull down to access Spotlight search, you can touch and pull down from any mailbox to bring up search for mail. 2. Another system-wide gesture, any time you're in a message or mailbox, you can swipe to go back to the mailbox the message is in, or the account the mailbox in in. 3. Time stamps — exactly when a message arrived — aren't shown inline. 4. You can't select text in a message the way you can in other parts of iOS. 5. There's no Edit button in Messages but there's still a multi-select mode. 6. 7. Messages shows you thumbails for every photo or video you receive. 8. 9. 10. 11.
Animation software used by Studio Ghibli is going open source Toonz, the software that animators at Studio Ghibli used for classics like Princess Mononoke, is going open source. Italian studio Digital Video made a deal with Japanese media company Dwango, enabling Dwango to produce and release a free version of the tool, called OpenToonz, for the international animation community. Making Toonz a world standard for 2D animation "The contract with Dwango," said Digital Video managing director Claudio Mattei, "which offers the Toonz open source platform to the animation community, has enabled Digital Video to realize one of its strategies, i.e. to make of Toonz a world standard for 2D animation." Toonz first saw release in 1993, and is used to turn hand-drawn art into vector graphics. Toonz was also used by Rough Draft Studios for Futurama Toonz is also used by Rough Draft Studios, the group behind Futurama and The Simpsons Movie.
What do you want leaders to do with technology? (Updated Visual) I worked with Bill Ferriter, who created the visual “What do you want kids to do with technology?” on this updated version of “What do you want leaders to do with technology?”, adapted from my previous post on this topic. This morning, Bill sent me the updated graphic that he had created. Bill has a ton of great slides that he also shares with the world, so I was honoured that he would create this for myself and others. You can see his creation in the tweet below: (You can all see Bill’s original post on Flickr.) First of all, this is not about “administrators” but about leadership, which can come from any position. If we are thoughtful on why we use technology and the impact it can have on leadership, all of these things can happen a lot faster with technology than they could without.
Character Perceptions by Character-Resource on DeviantArt 5 Best Online Presentation Tools for the Classroom Many-a bona fide teachers love creating the best online presentations for their students so as to get them hooked to their learning material. This isn’t easy for everyone since learning how to make a “wow” presentation requires a good amount of presentation, creativity, and maybe some designing skills. But what about the use of the latest cool-tools that technology has brought us? Not everyone has learned the art of design or has amazing presentation skills. However, many teachers and educationists do have an arduous desire to be the best in front of the classroom. Did you know about the best online presentation tools galore? Prezi Ditch PowerPoint and start creating beautiful slide-shows/presentations with Prezi. Prezi also offers discounts to students and teachers when they sign up with a school email address. Glogster Edu Glogster is an innovative tool that allows users to create interactive posters which they can customize in various ways. Animoto Kizoa Photo Peach About Anais
Character Traits Meme by pichu4850 on DeviantArt Using Minecraft in Education : Cross Curricular Ideas Minecraft is an open sandbox game that allows players to construct their own world. They can build structures, farm animals, mine for resources and much more. There are different modes to the game; Survival Mode is a challenging mode where the player needs to fight for survival against other creatures in the world, and Creative Mode provides unlimited resources to build and create without limitations. I’ve been investigating Creative Mode as it’s easier to build large structures quickly. Minecraft can be played individually, or as a multiplayer environment allowing children to cooperate to build and explore together. Minecraft is available in many flavours, including a Raspberry Pi version, a pocket edition for the iPad and a Educational version. Here are a few ways that Minecraft can be used to support different curriculum subjects. Minecraft and Numeracy Minecraft can be used to pose numerical problems within a meaningful context. Here are some more ideas for Maths with Minecraft.