Animation

I attended the bubbermation/claymation workshop while at the Learning@school conference.

Bubber (the latest craze in modeling 'stuff') is a Ceramic Polymer made in Sweeden (whatever that means). To describe it in 'Angela Terms' Its a fuzzy crumbly stuff that kind of feels like polystyrene. When you play with it and compact it it holds the shape ... just like clay. The major difference between bubber and clay is the bubber has less ability to be 'fiddly'. You can not work in 'major' detail which when you are working on animation and linking it with eg literacy you are not actually doing an art lesson it is more about the content than the 'art'.

Sam animation (see download page) is free animation software that can work well with Bubber and Clay. it is very 'kid friendly' and has the ability to add sound etc.

Check back in a little while for some movies of animations my class has completed.

Pivot animation is a 'no stuff' animation its all done on the software you download fromt eh net. It helps the kids work out the nitty gritty of animation before letting them loose on the 'stuff' and it results in far less mess!!! A great 1st step in animation.

How To instructions (written by 2 year 6s)



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If year 2s can do it so can you!!!

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Pivot 'How to' needs sound

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