Dave's ESL Animation Projects

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Research Intent	Thank-you for visiting my site on ESL Animation Projects. To understand more clearly my objective, please review my letter of research intent Computer Animation: Project-Based ICT-Rich Language and Content Learning (PDF)

Imovie Video Projects	I will be attending a 4-part Professional Development session in Richmond to study the process of making Imovie digital videos. Content of the sessions includes planning an Imovie video project, using a video camera, taking different types of shots, improving sound quality, transferring video to computers, editing the movie with iMovie, and transferring edited movies to CDs. I aim to utilize some of the knowledge gained here in my work with ESL student animation projects. Here is my Imovie Page with links to Imovie tutorials and tips on shooting good video.

Storyboarding Templates	Here are some samples of story boarding templates that students can use to map out their project/video/animation before they begin: Storyboarding Template #1, Storyboarding Template #2. Developed by Bernajean Porter

Slowmation	Researched by Gary F. Hoban (Hoban, G.F. 2005. From claymation to slowmation: A teaching procedure to develop students' science understandings. Teaching Science, 51(2), 26-30), Slowmation allows students to teach others curricular content through slideshows using either Quicktime Pro or Windows Movie Maker. Here is an example of a Slowmation students can make: A Slowmation of The Standard Order of Adjectives using Windows Movie Maker I made this Slowmation as part of a group project in my Introduction to Teaching English as a Second Language class at UBC. "Slowmation' achieves world first in technology leadership awards". Here is a U of Wollongong article that presents Dr. Gary Hoban's and Kristy Kervin's 2006 International Technology Leadership Awards for the innovative use of technology in teacher education.

Express Animator	Looks pretty good, except the trial period is only two weeks.

Pivot Stick Animator	Pivot Stick Animator is free, very user friendly and fun. It might be a little too basic, though, as it is diffiuclt to add text.
	Created by Peter Bone, it is downloadable at http://www.geocities.com/peter_bone_uk/pivot.html Here is a GIF image I made with Pivot Stick Animator. It took about 90 minutes to create.


Macromedia Flash	Flash is very powerful and is somewhat difficult to learn the basics. I don't think that it would be good to use for students in a project because of its cost - Free to try; $699.00 to buy. Once mastered, it the sky is the limit. Here is a .swf file I made with Macromedia Flash in about 90 minutes.



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